spoken word
Example Sentences
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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
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
Outside of his acting career, Greene won a Grammy in 2000 for best spoken word album for children for his work on “Listen to the Storyteller.”
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 1, 2025
First, in the deserts and veldts arose oral culture, the culture of the spoken word.
From "Feed" by M.T. Anderson
