spiel

Example Sentences

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Mr. Brady pulled off Don Profondo’s patter song “Medaglie incomparabili,” a tongue-twisting list of precious objects, as an auctioneer’s spiel.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 1, 2025

With “The Phoenician Scheme,” Anderson is celebrating the art of the spiel, the capitalism that artists are supposed to be against.

From Los Angeles Times • May 29, 2025

He has long integrated assertions about a third term into his political spiel.

From Salon • Apr. 11, 2025

"I usually get stopped by security, but I give them a big spiel about how exciting the science is and then they get really bored and let me through," she says.

From BBC • Oct. 21, 2024

So, when Mrs. Prejudiced Cantrell opened her door, Jennifer began her spiel about poor kids in China and her school's fundraiser.

From "It All Comes Down to This" by Karen English