Oratorical

I became interested in words I suppose mainly in high school, because in those days people had what they called oratorical contests. ❋ Unknown (1992)

[a] The ancient critics made a wide distinction, between a mere facility of speech, and what they called the oratorical faculty. ❋ Caius Cornelius Tacitus (N/A)

1Co 2: 1-4, 13; 2Co 10: 10, 11, shows his words were not without weight, though his "speech" was deficient in oratorical artifice. ❋ Unknown (1871)

Obama has no substance except his so called oratorical ability. ❋ Unknown (2008)

In time, the free-flown speeches of the judges were curbed; and what one might call the oratorical style of law practice died down, though it never died out. ❋ Lawrence M. Friedman (1985)

There will be a moderate use of what I may call oratorical furniture; for there is to a certain degree what I may call our furniture, consisting of ornaments partly of things and partly of words. ❋ Marcus Tullius Cicero (N/A)

Thus his assertion (Histoire de l'harmonie, c. ii, pp. 158-159) that the neums "have their origin in the accents of the Latin language", an assumption which became the basis for the so-called oratorical rhythm in plain chant, was disproved long ago by the mensuralist school of chant rhythm and, more recently, by the Rev.J. Thibaut in his work "Origine byzantine de la notation neumatique de l'église latine" (Paris, 1907). ❋ 1840-1916 (1913)

Her manner, at times, might be called oratorical, more particularly when she bewails the departure of the golden age, or declaims upon the prospect of its revival amongst the rejuvenescent glories of the Old Dominion. ❋ Unknown (1832)

Everything was thrown at Obama: his inexperience and questionable associations, his so-called oratorical skills vs. a lack of substance, his supposed unreadiness to become commander in chief -- charges that were also used by ❋ Unknown (2008)

Rather fay you will not, I remember when I had the honour to fit in parliament the old fiirft Lord Lyttletoriy in one of his oratorical, or at load called oratorical, fpeeches, thundering out again and again, as a burthen of a fong; — * Notumus ❋ Unknown (1790)

Despite knowing how exceptional he was she reduced his expertise to 'oratorical' prowess. ❋ Unknown (2009)

In the autumn of 1883 Sir Charles made what was rare with him, a kind of oratorical progress. ❋ Stephen Lucius Gwynn (1907)

All contemporary evidence shows that in this kind of oratorical tact Burke was eminently deficient. ❋ George William Erskine Russell (1886)

While officials are hoping Mr Obama can pull off the kind of oratorical triumph that the nation witnessed at the most critical and precarious junctures of his election campaign last year, the impact of the speech will depend also on what he chooses to say - or not say - about possible compromise solutions to get a reform bill approved. ❋ Unknown (2009)

"We wanted to know their opinion on child abuse and we organised events such as oratorical contest, debate and slogan-writing competition." ❋ Unknown (2009)