Thesaurus / spiel
EXAMPLE SENTENCES FROM THE WEB
In tests, cordless vacuums give between 15 and 45 minutes of action, and that doesn’t always correlate with what it says on the box or in the marketing spiel.
BEST CORDLESS VACUUM: SUCK UP DEBRIS WITHOUT GETTING YOURSELF TANGLEDCHARLOTTE MARCUSJANUARY 19, 2021POPULAR SCIENCE
He calls his motivational spiel about conserving native plants “Tales from the Crypt,” and he chats colorfully about plants and the people who love them.
HOW PASSION, LUCK AND SWEAT SAVED SOME OF NORTH AMERICA’S RAREST PLANTSSUSAN MILIUSNOVEMBER 5, 2020SCIENCE NEWS
"Aw, boss, that was part of the spiel," he confessed frankly.
FROM PLACE TO PLACEIRVIN S. COBB
When Artie goes to a wedding, he records that "there was a long spiel by the high guy in the pulpit."
AMERICA TO-DAY, OBSERVATIONS AND REFLECTIONSWILLIAM ARCHER
You can hand em the spiel you gave me, and see how much they believe of it.
THE GRAY PHANTOM'S RETURNHERMAN LANDON
He'll give you a spiel about his research and ask to measure your brain waves.
SENTIMENT, INC.POUL WILLIAM ANDERSON
The Germans call it Krug-spiel—which means war-game, and that term has been adopted all over the world.
THE BOY SCOUT AUTOMOBILISTSROBERT MAITLAND
When just now you made your spiel, that part of it which you said about the dead coming back didn't worry me.
SUNDRY ACCOUNTSIRVIN S. COBB
It turns out that he was new to the job, and this was his first call to spiel off the splicin' service.
SHORTY MCCABESEWELL FORD
"The same for me," said the engineer, imperturbably, when James had finished his little spiel.
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WORDS RELATED TO SPIEL
- address
- allocution
- appeal
- bombast
- chalk talk
- commentary
- debate
- declamation
- diatribe
- discourse
- disquisition
- dissertation
- eulogy
- exhortation
- harangue
- homily
- invocation
- keynote
- lecture
- opus
- oration
- oratory
- panegyric
- paper
- parlance
- parley
- pep talk
- pitch
- prelection
- recitation
- rhetoric
- salutation
- sermon
- spiel
- stump
- tirade
- valedictory
- affirm
- air
- articulate
- asseverate
- aver
- bring out
- chime in
- come out with
- deliver
- describe
- elucidate
- enounce
- enumerate
- enunciate
- explain
- expound
- express
- give
- give blow-by-blow
- give rundown
- interpret
- narrate
- pitch
- present
- pronounce
- propound
- put
- recite
- recount
- rehearse
- relate
- report
- say
- set forth
- speak
- specify
- spiel
- tell
- throw out
- utter
- vent
- ventilate
- voice
- affirm
- air
- articulate
- asseverate
- aver
- bring out
- chime in
- come out with
- deliver
- describe
- elucidate
- enounce
- enumerate
- enunciate
- explain
- expound
- express
- give
- give blow-by-blow
- give rundown
- interpret
- narrate
- pitch
- present
- pronounce
- propound
- put
- recite
- recount
- rehearse
- relate
- report
- say
- set forth
- speak
- specify
- spiel
- tell
- throw out
- utter
- vent
- ventilate
- voice
- affirm
- air
- articulate
- asseverate
- aver
- bring out
- chime in
- come out with
- deliver
- describe
- elucidate
- enounce
- enumerate
- enunciate
- explain
- expound
- express
- give
- give blow-by-blow
- give rundown
- interpret
- narrate
- pitch
- present
- pronounce
- propound
- put
- recite
- recount
- rehearse
- relate
- report
- say
- set forth
- speak
- specify
- spiel
- tell
- throw out
- utter
- vent
- ventilate
- voice
- adventure
- allegory
- anecdote
- apologue
- article
- autobiography
- beat
- biography
- book
- chronicle
- cliffhanger
- comedy
- conte
- description
- drama
- epic
- fable
- fairy tale
- fantasy
- feature
- fiction
- folktale
- gag
- history
- information
- legend
- long and short of it
- memoir
- myth
- narration
- narrative
- news item
- nonfiction
- novel
- old saw
- parable
- potboiler
- recital
- record
- relation
- report
- romance
- saga
- scoop
- sequel
- serial
- spiel
- tale
- tragedy
- version
- yarn
- adventure
- allegory
- anecdote
- apologue
- article
- autobiography
- beat
- biography
- book
- chronicle
- cliffhanger
- comedy
- conte
- description
- drama
- epic
- fable
- fairy tale
- fantasy
- feature
- fiction
- folktale
- gag
- history
- information
- legend
- long and short of it
- memoir
- myth
- narration
- narrative
- news item
- nonfiction
- novel
- old saw
- parable
- potboiler
- recital
- record
- relation
- report
- romance
- saga
- scoop
- sequel
- serial
- spiel
- tale
- tragedy
- version
- yarn
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