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
For more than 38 years the World Stage Performance Gallery, in South Los Angeles’ Leimert Park, has presented live music, poetry, spoken word and other forms of cultural expression in its performance gallery.
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
Her first spoken word, which comes to her while gazing in awe upon a “disappearing machine,” as she thinks of it, is the French term for “vacuum cleaner.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2025
I watched Baba’s car pull away from the curb, taking with it the person whose first spoken word had been my name.
From "The Kite Runner" by Khaled Hosseini
