speechmaking

The christening was a great occasion, with a houseful of guests, and a great deal of speechmaking.

There's no need o' speechmaking to make an adder bite or a gude man work.

William T. Roberts turned his attention exclusively to speechmaking and politics.

The purple had left the Atkins face, but the speechmaking habit is not likely to be broken.

Uncle Heinrich was never strong in speechmaking, but in the beginning even Demosthenes stuttered.

I feel quite sure that he will have our speechmaking routes laid out.

The actual slaughter was preluded by dancing, feasting, speechmaking and elaborate ceremonial.

On this day there was a large procession, with speechmaking in the afternoon and fireworks at night.

The immediate result was cessation of the speechmaking and dissolution of the meeting.

Here the speechmaking was concluded and the crowd was thinning a little.