spoken word
Example Sentences
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A young poet who calls the spoken word her "biggest form of therapy" says the growing popularity of sharing poetry online is because people "have a lot to say".
From BBC ● Jun. 13, 2026
We’ll also have people from our spoken word workshop who will be doing presentations throughout the day.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 29, 2026
Barclay's hour-long spoken word performance draws on his upbringing in Huddersfield and his experience of the industrial landscape of northern England, against a soundtrack of live percussion and horn.
From BBC ● Apr. 23, 2026
“The spoken word is perhaps the quintessential form of protected speech,” Justice Neil Gorsuch writes for the majority in Chiles v.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 31, 2026
It was, to use his own words, "an art of short, swift, and secret writing, by the which one may transcribe the spoken word as rapidly as it issues from the tongue."
From "The Shakespeare Stealer" by Gary L. Blackwood
