SPEECH in a Sentence
Learn SPEECH from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.
388 example sentences for SPEECH, such as:
1. The speech bore the stamp of authority.
2. He tailored his speech for his audience.
3. His speech was a powerful spur to action.
4. Two things displeased Cedric in this speech.
5. My speech started with the situation analysis.
2. He tailored his speech for his audience.
3. His speech was a powerful spur to action.
4. Two things displeased Cedric in this speech.
5. My speech started with the situation analysis.
Search Quotes from Classic Book Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen |
Meanings and Examples of SPEECH
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speech
n. words making up the dialogue of a play
n. a lengthy rebuke
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1 Major's speech had given to the more intelligent animals on the farm a completely new outlook on life.
2 Snowball was a more vivacious pig than Napoleon, quicker in speech and more inventive, but was not considered to have the same depth of character.
3 At the graveside Snowball made a little speech, emphasising the need for all animals to be ready to die for Animal Farm if need be.
4 Napoleon, with the dogs following him, now mounted on to the raised portion of the floor where Major had previously stood to deliver his speech.
5 Napoleon ended his speech with a reminder of Boxer's two favourite maxims, "I will work harder" and "Comrade Napoleon is always right"--maxims, he said, which every animal would do well to adopt as his own."
6 He had only one criticism, he said, to make of Mr. Pilkington's excellent and neighbourly speech.
7 If you want a speech this morning, my friend and father-in-law, Tom Gradgrind, is a Member of Parliament, and you know where to get it.
8 After this strange speech, she lay silent for some time.
9 Since his sheet-anchor had come home, Mr. Gradgrind had been sparing of speech.
10 After this internal commentary on the Prior's speech, he raised his eyes, and replied to the question which had been put.
11 Two things displeased Cedric in this speech.
12 The purport of Cedric's speech was repeated to him in French.
13 Hubert had but one set speech for all occasions.
14 Prince John, who had expected that his own name would have closed the Saxon's speech, started when that of his injured brother was so unexpectedly introduced.
15 Still, however, his speech was hailed by Cedric as an incontestible token of reviving spirit in his companion, whose previous indifference had begun, notwithstanding his respect for Athelstane's descent, to wear out his patience.
Example Sentence: (178 in 12 pages)
1 His speech was a powerful spur to action.
2 Children do not use inflections such as are used in mature adult speech.
3 She needed speech therapy after she suffered severe head injuries in a car accident.
4 My speech started with the situation analysis.
5 Man is the only animal that has the faculty of speech.
6 His speech seems to have sparked off a real argument.
7 He glanced about to make sure that the audience were ready to hear his speech.
8 She reworked her speech for a younger audience.
9 He tailored his speech for his audience.
10 The audience was very partisan, and refused to listen to the points she was making in her speech.
11 He glanced round to make sure that the audience were ready to hear his speech.
12 The audience was very partisan, and refused to listen to the her speech.
13 His first speech as president made a strong impression on his audience.
14 The cleverly designed speech lashed the audience into a frenzy.
15 The speech bore the stamp of authority.