spoken word
Example Sentences
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He decides out of the kindness of his heart with his boys to come and watch me do spoken word at Coventry Student Union.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 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
As for Quinn, she recently spent time in Abbey Road Studios, where that Beatles magic was originally created, working on the spoken word limited edition “Rocky Horror” vinyl.
From Salon • Oct. 22, 2025
In addition to the spoken word, their communication methods include petroglyphs, wampum belts, and books with symbols painted on bark cloth.
From "An Indigenous People’s History of the United States" by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz
