eloquent speech

collocation in English

meaningsofeloquentandspeech

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eloquent
adjective
uk
/ˈel.ə.kwənt/us
/ˈel.ə.kwənt/
giving a clear, ...
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speech
noun
uk
/spiːtʃ/us
/spiːtʃ/
the ability to talk, the activity of talking, or a piece of ...
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(Definition ofeloquentandspeechfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofeloquent speech

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We shall take good note not only of the interesting points she made in hereloquentspeechlast night.
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It is aneloquentspeech, but in extravagant terms, and is fundamentally depressing.
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I was only sorry that during theeloquentspeechwhich he made he had behind him virtually empty benches.
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He made aneloquentspeechin support of it.
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I am sure that we all enjoyed his veryeloquentspeech.
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I made a mosteloquentspeech, profoundly impressive, to about 22 people.
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Indeed, that was obvious from hiseloquentspeech.
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He made a long and highlyeloquentspeechin which he raised a great number of different issues.
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He certainly has not lost the skills that he used in speechwriting for others, as he demonstrated in hiseloquentspeechthis afternoon.
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We do not have to agree with all his conclusions to say that he made a typically passionate andeloquentspeech.
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He will not take any notice of theeloquentspeechjust made.
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He made aneloquentspeechon that issue.
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In a short andeloquentspeech, he described the effects of pollution from abandoned mines.
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He did that today in a mosteloquentspeech.
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Prelate in his most able andeloquentspeech.
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I have listened with great interest to theeloquentspeechhe has made.
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It was a most interesting andeloquentspeech.
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As he said, it is a complicated subject and needs extensive discussion, in spite of theeloquentspeechhe made.
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We have just heard a very fine and a veryeloquentspeech.
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You will agree that it was a mosteloquentspeech.
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