She presented her oratorical contest speech to Senor Saguaro. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

Recordings of Mr. Muhammad’s speeches were now regularly being broadcast across America over small radio stations. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

But just thinking such words made me look around guiltily, as if Mami were standing behind me with a hot pepper, set to rid me of the habit of vulgar speech. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

She shook her head at this, and, the difficult speech halting on her lips, she said further, “Well, and my lord, come home unexpectedly.” The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

Slovo: “Do you mean to say that you reported these speeches in English but you don’t understand English well?” Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Their speech sounded like they were swallowing rocks, but Lady Seymour understood them. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was like this after every game Ben had ever played in, so neither the tone nor the content of the speech was a surprise. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

They didn’t really want to hear any more speeches they couldn’t understand. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

All through the speech, she kept squeezing the fattest part of Eleanor's arm. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

The state legislature was scheduled to assemble on Tuesday, August 27, and he was to deliver a formal speech on the condition of Pennsylvania. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z

Adam Clayton Powell used to stand on a podium right on 125th Street and make political speeches. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s just a figure of speech, man,” Percy said. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

The idioms, the figures of speech that make language rich and full of the poetry of place and time must go. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

His speech made, he allowed Piggy to lift the conch out of his hands. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

Apart from its wrong-headedness, Neville’s speech was entirely contrary to the climate of cooperation between organizations we were trying to create on the island. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mom didn’t yell or give me a speech about how disappointed she was; she left me alone to do homework. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

But a small group known as the Hollywood Ten refused to answer questions, citing the First Amendment of the US Constitution, which grants citizens the freedom of speech and association. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

The screen switched to a shaky video of my speech at Gran’s church. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

The language of our rocket engineers became part of our everyday speech. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

His carefully planned apology speech—formulated on the walk over—evaporated. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

But on this night, surrounded by friends and empowered by the confessional tone of the speech, he can’t help himself. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

To hear the white dignitaries tell it in their long-winded introductions to his speeches, Lander demonstrated his brilliance from an early age. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

Each announcement was lengthy, accompanied by a speech directed at the new Twelve. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

The speeches were long and formal, and my attention wandered. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

Jason’s smiling speech therapist finally comes out to get him. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Soviet Union’s head of state and a close colleague of Stalin’s, Chairman Mikhail Kalinin, gave a speech in July 1945 addressed to the “Glorious Daughters of the Soviet People.” A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

To steady his nerves, he scribbled an anxious reminder to himself on a speech he was preparing: “Don’t get rattled—don’t waver—don’t react.” Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

It was the aunts coming into the kitchen, their speech slurred and hysterical. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

“Sleep dwell upon thine eyes, peace in thy breast,” he whispered, repeating a speech he had heard in the movies. Stuart Little 1945-10-17T00:00:00Z

"To point out the dangerous nature of his speech isn't destructive criticism. Far from it. Like the rest of us, the new brother must learn to speak scientifically. He must be trained!" Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Later, after we’d finished our salads, Mr. Tushman made a speech about the importance of supporting the arts at Beecher Prep so the school could continue to nurture the kind of “talent” they’d watched tonight. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

Mass action was perilous in South Africa, where it was a criminal offense for an African to strike, and where the rights of free speech and movement were unmercifully curtailed. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Samuel suddenly realized that he was making his speech last to prevent silence from falling on the table. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

At the end of the first week I tried this, I was ready to go back to test flying—it was relaxing compared to speech making. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dressed in mismatched, gaudy clothes and chimney-pot hats, they molded their voices to exaggerate colored speech; this seemed to be the source of the humor. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

"What happened to 'aye'?" "I'm trying to civilize me speech—my speech." The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

Over my earphones, the announcer finishes her speech with a now-standard reminder of what the objective is, for the benefit of any new audience members who are watching. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I incorporated this idea into many speeches I gave as I traveled around the country. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

They left him with a clumsy left hand and a slight slur to his speech. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

‘Come! Now is the time for speech and merriment!’ The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

The voice says, “Shoppers, the store will be closing in fifteen minutes,” and Mr. Kellerman goes, “Sorry I can’t help you with your speech, Bobby.” The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z

His abrupt speech indicated what the men already knew. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

“Bono ...,” said I, deprived almost of speech — eager already for the plumes, the charges, the palace intrigues. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

I don’t feel like hearing one of her “you’re beautiful the way you are” speeches. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Tucker sat next to the class treasurer, glasses flashing in the light, wringing his speech mercilessly between his hands. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

The speech had been proceeding for perhaps twenty minutes when a mes-senger hurried onto the platform and a scrap of paper was slipped into the speaker’s hand. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

Longstreet remembered a speech: In a land where all slaves are servants, all servants are slaves, and thus ends democracy. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

He took a swallow of ice water, and resumed his speech. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

One of the people she contacted was her new friend Elizabeth Cady Stanton, whom she recruited to serve as president and to write a speech for Anthony to present. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

After a flurry of last-minute preparations and speeches, marshals quickly arranged the marchers in a column, six abreast, and the march finally got under way at 12:47 p.m. Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tomorrow we’ll focus on speeches and interviews and have me pretend to be in rebel battles. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

Winston decided that it would not be enough simply to reverse the tendency of Big Brother’s speech. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

That sense of inward concentration, of a rapture “completely under the influence of his own thoughts,” gives something of the idea of how a speaker might inhabit, or be inhabited by, his speech. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

At three o’clock, about the time Harrison was giving his speech, Prendergast walked into the Unity Building in central Chicago where Governor John P. Altgeld had an office. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

I would also hear then the high nasal notes of middle- class American speech. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s a lot of champagne and too many handshakes and a speech by Pez, charming as always, and as soon as it’s over, their collective security convenes at the exit and they’re off. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Could not the same speech be given about mass incarceration today? The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

His ear heard more than was said to him, and his slow speech had overtones not of thought, but of understanding beyond thought. Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

And Odysseus came, debating inwardly what he should do: embrace this beauty’s knees in supplication? or stand apart, and, using honeyed speech, inquire the way to town, and beg some clothing? The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Passing through Alexandria on his way to Mount Vernon, he stopped to deliver a speech in which he reiterated his allegiance to the principles articulated in the Farewell Address. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

She worked as a speech therapist for children, mostly freelancing in the public schools and then part-time at a speech and hearing clinic downtown. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

But there's stuff not even speech therapists understand. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

“Excuse me,” began the Wart again, and stopped, terrified, in the middle of his speech. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

My mother and father were sitting only a foot apart during this speech, but each heard something different. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

At this rate, Lou and I will be vying to give the school's valedictorian speech in June. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Each one had his health drunk, and Adam made a little speech to Abra when he drank her health. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

That confirmed Bram’s anxieties and he came to me the next day and urged me to modify the speech. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“That is not the true speech of a bird,” Adaon cried, springing to his feet, “The Huntsmen have found us.” The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

“That was a really nice speech,” I say. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Using a combined approach, begin by having the melody group sing the melody, while the ostinati groups come in one at a time using speech only. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

It was really great watching my sister get on the podium because my brother was something like 223rd in his class and consequently didn’t get to give a speech. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

With one blow, she stole Matt’s carefully prepared speech. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Speaking and writing involve very different kinds of human relationship, and only the one associated with speech comes naturally to us. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

“I get real nervous when I have to give a speech.” Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

As the last ten girls give their speeches, I feel my pulse race and think how good it feels to say what I believe with every molecule in my body, while hundreds of people listen. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Of course it is a language. It is not a big language like human speech, but it is large.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

“She was the valedictorian. And everyone knew it when she went up to give her speech!” The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

“Yes, I can. Some things are even more important than a free college education. Including 323.443: ‘freedom of speech.’” Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

They had just reached the door when Slughorn rumbled into speech. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Ulbrickson’s plan to have the boys row themselves quickly into fighting form ran into trouble starting the day after his fiery speech. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

We grab our index cards with our speeches, and we’re ready. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

He often breaks off in his speech and stares in front of him. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

President Dwight Eisenhower, in his farewell speech in January 1961, railed against the United States’ growing military-industrial complex. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

“Don’t think I’m going through all the ceremonies and speeches about being brave and invincible,” said Eilonwy. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

On the night before her trial, Anthony presented her speech for the last time. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

“Look, I’m not gonna hit you with some impassioned speech. I don’t have one in me and that’s not what I’m about.” They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

On February 11, Madison delivered a long speech in the House, denouncing the Hamilton proposal as a repudiation of the American Revolution and recommending his own plan for payment, which he called discrimination. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

It was a good speech, but it suffered from frequent interruptions because Bastet and Aida had read the same book and had some ideas of their own. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

Francie recited passages she knew by heart—Portia’s speech, Marc Antony’s funeral oration, “Tomorrow and tomorrow”—the obvious things that are remembered from Shakespeare. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dona Amelia hugs me and whispers, “Beautiful speech,” into my ear. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

I grabbed it, thinking this was going to be a revisit of the whole "energy of the team" speech. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

I don’t know what class presidents do, but the girl gave a very good speech. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

“You may have seen me around campus recently. I’m not really great at making speeches, but I wanted to say a few things.” Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

There was no hair, makeup, or wardrobe to be tended to, no marshaling of our children, no late-night speech being prepped for delivery. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

When I watched her give speeches during class, I had no idea what words came out of her mouth. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

Meanwhile, Yoyo was on her knees, weeping wildly, collecting all the little pieces of her speech, hoping that she could put it back together before the assembly tomorrow morning. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

This was François’s speech next morning when he discovered Spitz missing and Buck covered with wounds. The Call of the Wild 1903-01-01T00:00:00Z

I stepped to the lectern and began delivering the speech I had written in verse. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

Surely that speech then made a more permanent impression on my young mind than his offer of apology now. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

He tried to be stoic, giving the familiar speech that no team was ever built around one player. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

"From the sea. Beyond the sea. The Seven Lands, he said. Sunset Lands. Where men are iron and dragons rule. He taught me this speech." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

When an important pair of major generals came to inspect the 588th, one of them gave a speech and told the regiment that they were “the most beautiful girls in the world.” A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

Up at the front of the room, the kids around Matt are fidgeting, but he’s completely still, as though preparing to give a speech in front of a hundred-something kids is no big deal. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

Welles added back a section cut from Koch’s earlier draft, a speech from the secretary of war. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z

Power was the subject of the speeches I heard. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z

One by one the contestants took the long walk to center stage to give their speeches. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

With some misery, I prayed that he should do no such thing, for in her looks and speech her admiration for my companion was clear. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

The others all walked around Dragonwings while Father explained things between bites of meat dumpling, trying to convert the jargon of aeronauts into common speech. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Radical, dude,” he said in jokey surfer speech before turning back. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

Three days later, at a special assembly, a Nazi student leader gave a speech, deriding the White Rose group for their resistance activities. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

As I sat there listening to his speech, I realized he actually cared about us. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

Yes, and I'd have to hide the fact that I had actually been afraid when I made my speech. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

He read directly from the speech without looking up, but he read with the confident, airy tone of a slightly snooty academic. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

He had finished shouting the whole of Mark Antony’s speech and most of Lochinvar before he realized that he had lost his audience. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was giving a speech when the accident happened ’cause every time he made a point he’d give me a little shake way up there over top of his head. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

Precisely at that point it vanished--and I was looking at an elegant young rough-neck, a year or two over thirty, whose elaborate formality of speech just missed being absurd. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

Between her district accent and her garbled speech—possibly she’s had a stroke—I can’t make out more than one in four words. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

During the speech, at a preestablished cue, the women in the front row of the balcony grabbed the satin banner and lowered it over the gallery rail. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

You heard the congressional speeches before we left. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

There is no force which can compel my speech. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

A few weeks later, Nixon sat at his desk in front of television cameras reading his speech and calling on the “great silent majority” of his fellow Americans to support him. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

One of the “wise men” from the dungeon appeared on the screen, with a speech balloon that said, “Thank you. I am indebted to you. Please accept a giant robot as your reward.” Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

As his speech reached a crescendo, Khrushchev played up the theater of the moment to the hilt. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Matt noticed that Ton-Ton’s speech problem got worse when he talked about his parents. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Every now and then he broke out into a torrent of nervous speech. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z

“Do you remember how Dad took us into a separate car for a speech?” The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

While we were standing up behind our chairs listening to the welcome speech, I had bowed my head and secretly eyed the position of the bowls of caviar. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

The sweet-sour smell of cherry pie filled the kitchen where the four of them sat around the table without appetite for food or speech. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

I’m taken aback by the directness and even the sincerity of this speech. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

Though I was some distance away, I could still hear snippets of his speech. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Widge! For all the loves on Earth! What will you do when they give you an entire speech?" The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

In the spring of 1860, Stanton prepared a speech in defense of married women’s property rights and returned before the Judiciary Committee of the New York State Legislature to present it. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

Finally, the Republican Party relented and allowed Guiteau to give his speech, only once, to a group of Black voters in New York City. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

It called her speech “mesmerizing, hypnotic, mysteriously touching.” Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

The title of my speech was “God’s Judgment of White America.” The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

When he wasn’t in Haiti, Farmer frequently gave speeches, lots of them, and invariably he mentioned the dam we were now staring at. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

You wouldn’t think there is anything life threatening about speech impediments, but let me tell you, there is nothing more dangerous than being a lad with a stutter and a lisp. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

It was a shocking, groundbreaking speech, especially from a civil rights leader. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

They don’t see any hierarchical gap between themselves and the pilots in the air, and to them, mitigated speech from a pilot doesn’t mean the speaker is being appropriately deferential to a superior. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

In fact, in none of his wartime speeches did he ever mention women in the military, though nearly a million Soviet women would eventually fight in the Great Patriotic War. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

This impassioned speech shut up Edward’s shelf-mate for a considerable amount of time. The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane 2006-03-30T00:00:00Z

Evelyn’s expression is too empty for someone giving an impassioned speech. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

That's when Coach started his boring speech about how proud he was to have us on the team, and how great the season was going to be. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

He sees a speech therapist three times a week and an occupational therapist two times a week. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

“It’s good advice, you’d better take it and save your fingers,” she said, thinking her speech amused him. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

One of my first opportunities was being asked to give the keynote speech for the National Court Appointed Special Advocates Association, the CEO of which I had met at the White House. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

In December, 184.9, most of the speeches made in Congress dealt 'with the need for a more stringent fugitive slave law. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

He’d been talking about “changing the world” long before his speech to the TB tribe in Boston. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

“I saw him at the party, and what you tell shows that he knows how to behave. That was a nice little speech about the medicine Mother sent him.” Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

In a country of free speech and press, they starved him out for expressing views not in harmony with their prejudices. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was as much as she expected; the Creighton males did not go into long speeches about such matters. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

On August 13, after a number of long speeches, the Senate approved ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment by a vote of 25 to 4. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

Of course, I could not have expressed this view to Mr Farraday without embarking upon what might have seemed a presumptuous speech. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

Once our feet hit the hard-packed earth we set off in a run, settling into a pace just light enough for speech. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

By the age of one and a half her speech was perfect and she knew as many words as most grown-ups. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

Robbie obviously made up the speech as he went along, including the name of his armadillo. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

I started keeping watch over the speech therapy door, taking note of who came and went. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

His voice rose with the conviction of his chapel speeches. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I want you all to listen up! Because our very fearless and very talented director is about to make a speech!” From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Lincoln was, by habit, a slow and careful polisher of his speeches. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

Soon the aviator Charles Lindbergh, perhaps the most famous man in America, would claim in a speech that Jews had too much influence over “our motion pictures, our press, our radio, and our government.” The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Still Ralph heard every word of every speech as though it were the crystalline note of an ice chime. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

The worst thing about her speech is that her voice is so high-pitched and squeaky that rust-colored spirals rain down behind her. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

It comes out in a lightning-fast bit of speech, and then I'm running full tilt along the wall. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

Whether it’s the emotion of the moment or just plain nervousness, it’s hard to tell, but Mommy has never given a speech before. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

But at some point you begin to see that you both come with open hands to this kind of practice, this mutual circling of speech. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Not if you think she will not be back till late,” adding, as if suddenly aware of some discourtesy in his speech, “and I should miss the pleasure of walking home with you.” The Awakening 1899-04-22T00:00:00Z

Thad Stevens, the aging floor leader in the House of Representatives, pushed his program of “no mercy to the South” and let his contempt for the President spill out in every speech he made. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

These are the “parts of speech” that should be familiar even to people who were educated after the 1960s. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

Though his health was declining rapidly, newspaper accounts of the proslavery speeches in the House roused him for one final appearance in print. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

Laila marveled at her daughter’s manner of speech, her cadence and rhythm, her thoughtful pauses and intonations, so adult, so at odds with the immature body that housed the voice. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

Gay helped me write the speech that explained everything Mary Miller had done for me as my Guardian ad Litem, and Phil edited a video clip that illustrated my journey through foster care. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

Lincoln’s inaugural speech is a performance worthy of a great dramatic actor. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

Songs flared between speeches, chants exploded as spontaneously as shouts at a southern revival. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was his first major public speech that wasn’t a church sermon, and he needed to inspire this crowd. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z

Nervous to the point of nausea before addressing an audience, Churchill consulted specialists as a young man in the hopes of ridding himself of his speech defects. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

Shortly after Johnson’s speech, the North Vietnamese agreed to meet with the United States in Paris, France, for preliminary negotiations to end the war. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

Family opinion held that this reflected not emotional frustration, as post-Freudians might have it today, but a mind that worked so quickly that his thoughts raced ahead of his ability to express them in speech. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

Everyone said how much they loved my sister’s speech even if they didn’t. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

To shape himself as an orator he learned by heart the speeches of Disraeli, Gladstone, Cromwell, Burke, and Pitt. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

But our leaders were making speeches about how America’s middle class had to stop dreaming and start learning how to really work. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I agreed but, because none of my speech classes ever made a difference, I still prefer to use the word chump. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

There were bits of old speeches floating about, as well as recited lessons, gunshots from old wars, babies’ cries, auto horns, waterfalls, electric fans, galloping horses, and a great deal of everything else. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Not all speech is spoken, Ivan. I know that doesn’t make sense, but it will.” Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

His speech was the deepest south I had heard so far. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

While Delmar was finishing the secretary of interior speech, the phone rang in the Studio One control room. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z

She thought it was a figure of speech until Lola twisted her shoulder to reveal, high on her arm, a long scratch. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

So he decided to act on advice he had been resisting for years: he outlined his speech, tailored it to his audience, and memorized what he wanted to say. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

His language was a patchwork of cultivated speech and blue-streak profanity. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

His speech became slow and slurred from the cold. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

It wasn’t long at all before George gave Charlotte’s final speech. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

She phoned my mum that evening and one week later I was taken to see Mrs. de Roo, the speech therapist at Malvern Link Clinic. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

Richard Nixon’s “Checkers” speech, mentioned above in the section about pathos, contains a nicely clean instance of division. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

I now had unexpected spare time, which I used for reading, preparing my speech for the conference, and hiking the wild and beautiful hills above the town. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even when we have an inkling that we are speaking in a specialized lingo, we may be reluctant to slip back into plain speech. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

The simplest scheme is Aristotle’s—who said that a speech is a thing of two halves. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

Since these speeches were in part rehearsal for when, as the local Member of the Legislative Assembly, Comrade Pillai would address thronging millions, there was something odd about their pitch and cadence. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

He shook himself loose from the slow measured speech of his memory, and smiled. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

And as Booth left the White House grounds, he spoke to companion and co-conspirator Lewis Powell: “That is the last speech he will ever give.” Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

She titled her farewell speech “The Solitude of Self” and called it “the best thing I have ever written.” Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

She felt like speech was impossible, but knew she had to say something. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

While speeches were made in English, Russian, and Icelandic, the audience fidgeted, craning their necks to the side entrance, half expecting—hoping—that at any moment Fischer would make a grand entrance. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

If you’ve ever delivered a speech yourself, you’ll know that it’s in the first few moments that you know if it’s going to work. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

How does some music, such as rap, challenge our original notions of speech and music by integrating speech as part of the music? Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

But she, alone, of all that company, looked at him and signified that there was no speech in the grave. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

She had never thought of making a speech, and didn’t know if she cared to make one at all. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

While Zeus was talking—some long speech about the bravery of the gods, etc.—Annabeth walked in and stood next to me. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

If he knew about the speech contests, then he must know about Grandpa and about the Red Guards searching our apartment. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

After a long day of speech writing, the two men had taken a walk along a foggy beach. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

“All who invade this place will die!” he shouted, in his guttural speech. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

The gathering in front of the Tower started with just a few citizens holding signs, but quickly swelled to a crowd with banners, songs, speeches, and other atrocities. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

Winston, in addition to his regular work, spent long periods every day in going through back files of the Times and altering and embellishing news items which were to be quoted in speeches. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

He spoke like he was the president making a speech, except in his funny little voice. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Ferdinand or Ida or both were often to be found planning strategy or making speeches in churches, associations, and political backrooms. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Ms. Monroe gives a long speech about how much she wants justice for Khalil and apologizes that it’s taken this long for us to meet. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

The more romantic case for the Potomac entered the debate duringMadison’s initial speech against the Susquehanna site. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

Not just a speech, mind you, but a speech that when translated into basic middle-schoolese, boils down to: “Ready, aim, laugh!” The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z

The scheduled beginning of the speech had long passed. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Reductio ad absurdum, by this token, would be classed as a figure of thought, whereas isocolon—a sequence of phrases the same length—or alliteration would be figures of speech. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

It was hard for Atal to imagine speech without the trunk movements that clarified and defined it. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

I tune out through the speech about victory and sacrifice. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Hit the trail, do some speeches. Be a surrogate.” Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

It seems to call for a big, dramatic speech, but all I get out is one almost inaudible sentence. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

Many of those who took the time to write accused the government of violating the suffragists’ right to free speech. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

As before, the reports by the Special Branch officers of our speeches were generally muddled. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Perhaps it was the recruiting speech that he was about to give. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

"I only wanted to make a speech," I said again. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

It is, like speech, a dominant aspect of human biology. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Or is a metaphor a definite category beneath the heading of ‘figure of speech’?” Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

I greatly admired the president when he gave his televised Civil Rights speech on the night of June 11, 1963, and aligned himself solidly with the Civil Rights movement. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Antony opened the ceremony with a speech, likely delivered in Greek. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z

I can remember a time when I could almost pinpoint a man’s place of origin by his speech. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was constantly surprised by the number of colored people that she saw, by their speech, and the fine clothes that they wore. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Many were reciting lines from his “I Have a Dream” speech when someone began to chant, “Freedom Writers have a dream!” The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

In 1951, during a keynote speech about code breaking and the rumrunner years, she spoke up about the general problem of addiction. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

“Because of you, I have a son now who . Her voice broke. “I have a son who has speech and coordination problems. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

The speech he is about to give is vital to the peace of the country. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

So I struggled to attend to the tedious speeches. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

Her black hair was like a mirror for smooth shining blackness, but from her speech one could perceive she was not of the lord’s family, but a slave, sharp voiced and bitter tongued. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

The black man, a family friend, probably thought he was doing me a favor by pointing out that I had a speech defect. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

The reporter who transcribed it, Sarah Oliver of the Mail on Sunday, reported afterward: He delivered the speech completely off the cuff. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

“Yeah, is that wrong? I figured it was a better speech than I could have written, and people deserved a good speech, so...” The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

The grave robber was an Irish giant, imposing in frame, uncouth in manner and speech, and carried with him the reek of damp earth. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

Even so, nowhere in that speech did I hear an apology. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

He labors under an affliction in his speech, acquired through long habit of degradation or sudden excess of horror. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

Mountain Dew was forbidden, and our speech was monitored for the slightest hint of a Raleigh accent. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

President Nixon made a speech outside our window, and so did the captain of the Hornet, and then we ate a huge steak and got a good night’s sleep. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her hesitant speech was getting on his nerves. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Many times since then, I’ve looked at the speech notes I used that day, which had been prepared at least a week before the assassination. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even if he had had the power of speech, he did not know what he could have said. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

The most effective off- the-cuff speeches are premeditated, and the best premeditated speeches appear off the cuff. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

Exhaling, I shake my head, her speech from the video already making me want to close the space between us and kiss her. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

I may be an advocate for free speech and human rights in public, but with my brother, I admit, I can be a dictator! Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

And Mr. Small got up and gave a speech about what a wonderful class this was. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

For me, giving commencement speeches was an important, almost sacred springtime ritual. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

It was evening by the time my speech was finished, and we were hustled back into our cars for the trip to Bishop’s Court. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

My preoccupation with curbing my impulses, my speech, my movements, my manner, my expressions had increased my anxiety. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

No one was much interested in using him or his speech. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

“But hey, I got an A on my speech,” he said. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

Their speech was formal and lofty, their manner slow and unhurried, and the traditional clicks of our language were long and dramatic. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“No, my dear friend,” said he, when he had recovered wind for speech. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

“Forgive me, Mrs. Murphy! A figure of speech!” Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

Who ever heard of angry revolutionists swinging their bare feet together with their oppressor in lily-pad park pools, with gospels and guitars and “I Have A Dream” speeches? The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

He rehearsed his speeches—gestures and all-in front of a mirror until he got them right. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

Lincoln's April 11 speech provoked more violent talk. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had read some of his speeches, and had heard fragments of others on the radio and on television, so I associated him with ferocity. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z

The mayor made a little sad speech, his face sometimes looking like the mayor, sometimes looking like something else. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

She arranged for him to be my speech coach. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

Ellsberg was particularly impressed by King’s recent speeches against the Vietnam War. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

And the other player had to make up a speech about who they were and why they should be allowed to cross. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

I don’t want to hear the speech Tori will make on Marlene’s behalf or be around for the toasting and the shouting as the Dauntless celebrate her life and her bravery. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

We heard no public apologies, few empathetic speeches from the white community. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Once, when she was presenting a speech in New York, a heckler taunted her by calling her a “free lover.” Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

She could not penetrate Lola’s detachment or coax from Pierrot the common inflections of everyday speech. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Usually we were sent out for a week at a time, to visit half a dozen cities, making a couple of speeches a day as we went. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Begin with some vocal exploration with speech, just getting them to loosen up and find their high, light head voice. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

The king then launched into a speech that promised to be lengthy. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

Or she should not have cut at all, tampering with my speech. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

My father told me about the Zionist activities he was engaged in, the speeches he was making, the funds he was raising. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

Counsel said that such a speech would not be very helpful for an appeal, and I reaffirmed that we would not be appealing. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“But I told you, we didn’t have time to stop. If I had stopped, you’d have been late for speech!” Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

When one of them got finished making a speech, the other one said something very fast right after it. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

But were their two speeches so different after all? The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

He introduced his crew; each made a small speech and was embarrassed by the thunderous applause. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

The lady led the child forward and made a speech. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

They were able to talk to Billy by means of a computer and a sort of electric organ which made every Earthling speech sound. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Since litigants were required to represent themselves in court, those who could afford to do so would buy a speech from a professional. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

She loved logic, loved to take things apart and put them back together, whether it was a speech by Cicero or a windmill. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

“If I’d read the letters, I would have had a different speech to give to him.” The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

The program would have been much more interesting if the former mayor—the one who had fired her—had been the one to give the speech. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

They will be like the speech I tried to write to honor Rue and Thresh in District 11. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

And so, five days before the wedding, he stood at the head of his company awaiting the speech of the Prince. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

There were Minute Men too, so called because they made one- minute speeches in favor of America in moving-picture theaters and in churches. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

During the discussion period after Woodhull’s speech, the chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, Representative John Bingham, a Republican from Ohio, told Woodhull: “Madam, you are not a citizen.” Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

In the course of common speech, ’tis but a hesitation. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

The three basic strategies underlying writing systems differ in the size of the speech unit denoted by one written sign: either a single basic sound, a whole syllable, or a whole word. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

Their speech had a lilting cadence that made me think of singing more than speaking. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

He stopped pacing in front of the jury, took a deep breath, and continued with the last part of his speech. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

When they set out again he was very weak and for all his speeches he’d become more faint of heart than he had been in years. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

He spoke of Amelia Bloomer, and laughed, describing the costume she had worn when she made a speech there one afternoon. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her geeky demeanor and hyperkinetic speech pattern reminded me of Jordan, my favorite character in Real Genius. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

He tries to pick up his speech by moving on to the bombing of a water purification plant, when a clip of Finnick talking about Rue replaces him. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

I felt gratitude for all the people on my team who’d given everything to the work, sorting through handwritten letters, fact-checking my speeches, hopping cross-country flights to prepare for our events. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

The key thing is that it is halfway to being a handbook: here is not an academic exercise, but a course of instruction in the basic principles behind the successful composition of speeches. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

I was deeply moved by the speech, and I was very proud of my father. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

I’ve written more than eighty books and more speeches than I can remember. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z

Well, I had made a speech, and it had made me a leader, only not the kind I had expected. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

It would take a roomful of Shakespeares to replace them with fresh figures of speech, and before long those would become cliches too. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Squealer made excellent speeches on the joy of service and the dignity of labour, but the other animals found more inspiration in Boxer’s strength and his never- failing cry of “I will work harder!” Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

I’ve already written a speech as part of my bar mitzvah. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

As millions of Americans watched, he concluded his speech. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

They completed their trek to City Hall without incident, and after a short speech by Ben Ruffin, turned around and headed back to Hayti. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

Always circumspect when addressing the white inhabitants of the house, he ceased to speak to them at all unless speech was demanded of him by his master. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

He made speeches about the dishes stacked in the sink or about Gerald Ford or about the raspado vendor who’d gotten in his way. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

“Unless our principal has turned into a jolly old man, I have the wrong speech!” Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

Berrange later revealed in his deft cross-examination that many of the African detectives were unable to understand or write English, the language in which the speeches were given. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Gage prepared a speech titled “The United States on Trial, Not Susan B. Anthony,” which she presented to sixteen groups. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

Because of speeches like these, Marupeng became extremely popular during the Defiance Campaign, but popularity is only one factor in an election. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“At least in all the recent speeches I’ve seen, he’s been in the mansion. Even before the rebels got here. I imagine he became more vigilant after Finnick aired his crimes.” Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

So the speech must have rhythm, but not meter; otherwise it will be a poem. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

I had traveled and given speeches and won awards. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

The Garden had been packed, and two thousand people had stood on the street outside, listening to the speeches over loudspeakers. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

It would have been a more moving speech had he not slurred his words. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

But it can also be the place for a dying fall—where you bring the ship of your speech into the calm waters of harbor. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

We discussed Patrick Henry’s speech—“Give me liberty or give me death”—and applied it to our own situation. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z

"Yes, of course. And you made an effective speech. But you musn't waste your emotions on individuals, they don't count." Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

An hour later, Russian speech could be heard through the microphone in the tap chamber. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Yet many of the documents the state submitted and the speeches they transcribed were public documents, public speeches, information available to all. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Underneath this Afrikaner hero is a quotation from one of his speeches. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

We listened without comment, but I confess his speech cheered me considerably. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wonder if my speech also bears a Danish stamp. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

In my imagination that courtroom seemed like the Colosseum, and it felt like I had one last speech. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z

“That’s a figure of speech. The purse is the prize money. His winnings.” Lawn Boy 2007-06-12T00:00:00Z

He would read Rimbaud aloud with a very bad accent, marveling the while at his fluid speech. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jefferson denounced Washington's speech as “shreds of stuff from Aesop’s fables and Tom Thumb. ” Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

As the audience digests your first few words, and you relax into it, you realize that the rest of the speech is at your command. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

Nor had I considered the embarrassment I might have caused her should the police come to her home to arrest me for making that wild speech. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was very old and weak and the effort at passionate speech had drained him. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

“Yeah. It was easy to be calm since it was a good speech, and since most of the people watching were my friends.” The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

There was no help or healing in the grave, no answer in the darkness, no speech from all that company. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

There was indeed little speech, and they ate and drank for the most part in silence, until at last, plucking up courage, Merry asked the question that was tormenting him. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

We all stood stiffly with our cups of shikanji while Maa Kamala made a polite speech about how well we were doing and how grateful we were for the rich lady’s help. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

Eventually, after some speech making about the contribution of chess toward a possible détente between the Soviet Union and the United States, play got under way. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

We tried to get old Marsalla to rip off another one, right while old Thurmer was making his speech, but be wasn't in the right mood. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

Would not this go against my speech, and was not this a moment for humility, for nonresistance? Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

She goes into a ramble about how we have to get together to work on her campaign speech, because the assembly is on Thursday and we need time to consider every golden word. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z

I find that he has never demanded the death sentence in his closing speeches to the jury. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

“Yes, I will make sure everyone knows the Houston rally was your idea,” his mother says, barely paying attention, as she goes over her speech on the plane to Texas. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

I was still taking speech therapy classes, but I wasn’t fighting anymore. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

His accent was American, like Joseph’s mother’s, but sometimes he pronounced things the English way, so his speech sounded rather mixed up, as though he didn’t come from anywhere. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Anthony felt compelled to defend her friend with a passionate speech. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

All day at school I keep going over my speech to Miss Cook. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z

Some of them are old clippings, and show Princess Elizabeth and Princess Margaret Rose, in Girl Guide uniforms, making radio and other speeches during the Blitz. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

This great feast would be interrupted by a small speech of welcome from my grandfather, and the grown-ups would raise their long-stemmed wine glasses and say ‘skaal’ many times throughout the meal. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

Could I please give a speech for somebody’s nonprofit? Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

In February, British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan visited South Africa and gave a speech before Parliament in which he talked of “winds of change” sweeping Africa. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

In class today she made us do a speech about our future goals. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

It seems like every teacher has memorized the same first-day-of-school speech about citizenship, hard work, and “building a strong school culture.” How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

The insult of a child—a fourteen year old—hung between them, made their tongues heavy so that speech became a labor. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

Some of the others were reviewing speeches they had prepared. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the presentation speech, Professor K. M. G. Siegbahn of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences praised the cyclotron as “without comparison, the most extensive and complicated apparatus construction carried out so far.” Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

Eric took up; and then the twins started their antiphonal speech. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

While his first instinct was to blame Hamilton for the whole sorry mess, Washington’s speech justifying the action could not be so easily dismissed. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

“The principal’s speech is the better speech,” he said. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

The voice of someone giving a speech was promptly silenced. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

I did get down every syllable of the final few speeches, but that was small comfort. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Over to Bub’s one day, Karl said the man had the right to say such things. Said it was free speech and all that.” Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

His speech became confused, his voice was choked. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Poor little mouse, that gesture must have taken all his courage, he had none left for speech. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was not to get a chance to deliver my speech, I thought. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

The aura in the village rapidly changed after the speech. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

It sounded as if it were being generated by a primitive speech synthesizer, like those used in Q*Bert and Gorf. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

At once Frodo thought of Boromir, for these Men were like him in stature and bearing, and in their manner of speech. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Though most speak English as their mother tongue, there are some, newer fetched from their country, who spake two languages or three before ever they heard our British speech. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

It surprised Matt to see how poor the man’s writing was, when his speech was so intelligent. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

What everyone later remembered was not so much Huxley’s long scientific argument but how he ended his speech. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

“This is going to be a boring night, you know, long speeches on things I don’t even know or understand. This is for grownups, what am I doing here?” The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

He gives amazing speeches, writes fantastic op-eds and now newspaper features, spearheads community warmth drives...and he dates a manipulative ditz. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

I would become very angry if kids laughed at my speech, or even if I thought they were laughing. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

“It only sounds like moaning and groaning. It’s really saying stuff. Rabbi Gold is teaching me what it means. That’s important, because I have to write a speech about it.” Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

Attendees sat around tables made into giant rectangles with their name cards and cups of coffee or bottled water in front of them, making speeches. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

I shake my head all through Principal Principal’s speech to drown out his voice. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

When the throb-bing calmed a little she gave Logan’s speech a hard thought and placed it beside other things she had seen and heard. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

At the end of the first week in September 1941, as the German army surrounded the city of Leningrad, Marina gave a speech at a “women’s antifascist meeting” in Moscow. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

Just as our bread, mixed and baked, packaged and sold without benefit of accident or human frailty, is uniformly good and uniformly tasteless, so will our speech become one speech. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

When we’d finished, Emma suggested that one of us say something—make a speech to dedicate the journey ahead—but no one seemed ready with words. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

She delivers a terse speech from a raised dais, and when it comes time to take our oaths to the Empire, I only know to stand because everyone around me does. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

Beneath the picture was part of the text of one of her speeches. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

Repetition had wrung from Clement’s speech any controversy it might have once contained. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

But it’s an irony of human communication that the more beautiful or lively or effective the figure of speech, the more likely it will be loved, remembered, repeated, worn out, and finally worked to death. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Harry’s going to make a speech,” he said. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

“I—we—thought he was smart. You know, principled. Remember his speech when he was running for class president? You said it was the most amazing thing you’d ever heard. And it was!” The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

“So, I don’t have to make a speech or anything, right?” Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

It is not merely that speeches, statistics, and records of every kind must be constantly brought up to date in order to show that the predictions of the Party were in all cases right. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

He opened the meeting with a controversial speech in which he called for our sanctions policy to be reevaluated. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

During his remarks, Wilson looked up and appeared to read the banner, but he continued with his speech without acknowledging it. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

I had an entire speech planned out in my head. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

In fact, I would nearly have been disappointed if she hadn’t given me the big, fiery speech at that point. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Make no speeches about matters far beyond your comprehension,” Muriel snapped. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

He faltered for a moment, and again I saw that people just didn’t know how to take this speech. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

He sat a while with those longshoremen, shipwrights, and weatherworkers, taking pleasure in their slow, sparse conversation, their grumbling Gontish speech. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

I’d had a fancy speech rehearsed in my head, but when I saw her there, all normal and ordinary, it suddenly seemed like too much and all I said was “Thank you.” The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

He gave his speech last night but it didn’t change my mind, and nothing I can say will change his. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

“So, sir, you then repeated your original speech on matter.” The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

She had been befriended by stout German farmers, whose guttural speech surprised her and whose well-kept farms astonished her. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

He wished that he could find suitable words of appreciation, but he suddenly felt a great shyness about saying anything in the presence of this man who had actually written a book about correct speech. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

I said in my speech: Dear brothers and sisters, Do remember one thing. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Perhaps it was in the cadence of his speech, and this had the effect of making men, and women too, tell him things they would not tell to relatives or close friends. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Serena Joy didn’t do this herself, she made speeches instead, but she presented this failure of hers as a sacrifice she was making for the good of all. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

The suffragists would still carry protest banners, but they would also burn copies of President Wilson’s speeches in front of the White House, symbolically destroying his declarations of democracy. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

I figured she would simply give me the same speech other teachers had given me: “You’re failing and I know you’re bright, so get it in gear. OK?” The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

“It’s uncanny,” Pete said, after it was over and they had caught their speech. The Call of the Wild 1903-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tyler’s speech impediment kept him quiet, made his tongue heavy. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Marilyn came by today and, if I’m being honest, I wasn’t in the mood to hear another speech about how I need to do this or that. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

If you want to hear a speech, Lincoln yells to the crowd, please come back tomorrow night. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

Buckley’s voice boomed in Bigger’s ears and he knew what the loud commotion meant when the speech had ended. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Finally, when the crowd had setded down a bit, I took out my speech and then reached into my breast pocket for my glasses. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

One of the onlookers, who had been clenching his teeth to suppress hot speech, now spoke up:— The Call of the Wild 1903-01-01T00:00:00Z

But I said that the spirit of that speech had not been much in evidence of late. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the opening speech the next day, Jim Kim said many people had asked him why a small organization like PIH had taken on such a costly and difficult project in Peru. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

I found him sitting at his desk, looking over the text of his victory speech in the little book-strewn office adjacent to our bedroom—his Hole. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

I think about everything I learned about writing essays in high school, which are kind of like speeches. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“You still can make a difference—like when you give your speeches.” Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

The leader of the school Revolutionary Committee, Chairman Jin, was making a speech on the current revolutionary situation. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

She wasn’t singing anymore by then, she w as making speeches. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

To this speech Bingley made no answer; but his sisters gave it their hearty assent, and indulged their mirth for some time at the expense of their dear friend’s vulgar relations. Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z

But I had heard hundreds of such speeches—or so it seemed to me at first. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z

In one, he said, “I think I have a right to claim your help on the strength of this speech.” Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

With great fanfare and a long drumroll in the press, the state played for the court a secretly recorded speech of Robert Resha’s. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Oppie’s speech had been cleared by the White House and was said to have impressed Eisenhower himself. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

She was in love with the sound of her own name and seemed to view my speech impediment as a personal assault. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

But the small lady proved capable of speech. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

He seemed to think that it was Turner who had spoken, for the little speech that followed was addressed to him. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

“You look weary,” Royal told her one August evening after Lander delivered one of his speeches. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

Here’s a shining example, a speech made by our beloved Winston Churchill. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

There was no need to put together a speech. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

The speeches were electrifying, and I joined in the applause and the cheering until my hands were sore and my voice was hoarse. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

The coach gave a big speech about how we were still in the game and how he wanted every loose ball. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

They put the young people’s presentations on first, before all of the speeches and the musicians and the adult poets. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

He’s not here to make a fancy speech, he tells us, but to get on with a job of work. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

But no one’s hand can wipe away those tears he sheds invisibly today, which one hears in his laughter and in his speech and in his songs. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z

“Because Mr. Jansen’s speeches go on forever,” said Jack. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

He began a solemn speech explaining the circumstances of the case, but was brutally interrupted by Nivea, who threw herself on the dusty coffin that held the remains of her dearest brother. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Perhaps a Gethenian, being singularly complete, feels telepathic speech as a violation of completeness, a breach of integrity hard for him to tolerate. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

What linguists call speech rate — the number of speech sounds per second — equalizes. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I should have practiced my prepared speech again,” he muttered to Werfel. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

She studied history written by Herodotus and Thucydides, which included political and military events of the past, and memorized the speeches of Demosthenes to learn the fine points of public speaking and debate. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z

Eddies cloying and fulsome speeches got on Mrs. Cleaver’s nerves. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jackson was tearful too, but he was still capable of speech. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

As Miss Lamb had ‘enjoyed’ the story, this speech was not exactly grateful or complimentary. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

He often asked about my wife, freely offering his aid in finding her more speech work with the city. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

This was her speech in his mouth, and Linda just sat there, staring at her hands in her lap, a sense of imminent disaster riding like ice through her bones. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

As he said in a 2006 speech to the American Society of Magazine Editors, “Look, you know, when I was a kid, I inhaled. Frequently. That was the point.” The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

My speech that night gave me a chance to humanize myself, explaining who I was in my own voice, slaying the caricatures and stereotypes with my own words. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Then he changed to modern speech and described some of Father’s actual victories. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

My parents loved him for how he could pepper an otherwise folksy speech with Shakespeare quotes and for the famous, mouth-stuffing vigor with which he ate fried chicken at community events on the South Side. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

His speech sounded familiar, because he’d used almost the same phrases at Mother’s funeral. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

He was giving a speech and seemed especially eager that I come and listen. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

Anyone who has been near the theater would know that these speeches were not spontaneous. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

That seemed to catch him off guard and take the steam out of his big speech. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

Headmaster Clarkson looked at me like he might be trying to remember a speech he had made long before to some other student whose name he had now forgotten. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

After the last girl gives her speech, a band comes onstage, an indigena band, playing the panpipe music MacGyver played on his cassette years ago. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

The characteristics of his speech were more and more uncertain, and they came together and combined to form words that were gradually losing all meaning. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

Even before he attempted to persuade me with his words, he had forged a bond with me with his movements and his speech. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Microphones did not yet exist, so only a small portion of the audience actually heard any speeches. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Then, the line for which the speech will always be remembered: the stone-cold stroke of brilliance. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

I gave a little speech and then my answers to their questions, hardly caring whether I won or not. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Yet even then I had been going over my speech. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

My speech had the intended effect, and Jimmy left the office. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’ve learned to understand human words over the years, but understanding human speech is not the same as understanding humans. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z

His speech was extremely slow on account of a learning disability. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

Jefferson owned several copies of English histories that reprinted the Rumbold speech. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

I’m honored to have been asked to give the commencement speech on behalf of the fifth grade this year. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

His speech over, the governor retreated to his piano stool, sat down, plinked another note. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even their speech is colored and shaped by what they must undergo. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Back and forth in front of the windows, the way he did when searching for inspiration for one of his speeches. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

Near the end of his speech, Shin described how he had crawled over Park’s smoldering body. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

“Dad keeps making that speech about serving the country,” Brinker said apologetically, “I wish to hell he wouldn’t.” A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

The city hires people like her to work with summer students whose schools don’t have speech facilities, or not enough of them. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

As I listened to the president’s powerful speech on Civil Rights, I felt a sense of great relief and sudden hope. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

You’d have thought we were shooting people, with him making speeches and even holding onto a man’s gun when they came over. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

And besides, I suspected that fighting a battle royal might detract from the dignity of my speech. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Rather than a system, Schulwerk combines instruments, singing, movement, and speech to develop children’s innate musical abilities. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

I am not sure I can translate my thoughts into speech. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

I open my mouth to ask WTF, but she fills me in with a practiced speech. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

It is, in fact, a downbeat speech, almost an informal State of the Union address, designed to undercut the revelry and prepare the country for years of more pain and struggle. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

His life’s words had mostly been spoken now, his speeches and letters, his books and protest chants, already etched not just into his story but into humanity’s as a whole. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

On the twentieth of May, Yutar handed out a dozen blue leather- bound volumes of his final speech to the press and one to the defense. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Often, the speech of people in public seemed to me very loud, booming with confidence. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dr. King’s speeches and his life were all about peace and brotherhood, about finding justice. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

All the dogs in the show were voiced by human actors, of course, because even though dogs could talk among themselves, they still hadn’t cracked the code for human speech. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

“Who asked you? Get upstairs and into the rack on the double. I didn’t ask you for a speech.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

I longed to look stupid, utterly incapable of thought or speech, and tried to shuffle my feet over the walk, but quit with distaste after stealing a glance behind me. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Fern couldn’t remember all of her speech, but what she said was good enough. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mary, though pretending not to hear, was somewhat disconcerted; and Elizabeth, sorry for her, and sorry for her father’s speech, was afraid her anxiety had done no good. Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z

When they finished their speeches, the experts had all the mothers line up and come to the side of the room, where each was given samples according to the number of people in their household. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

More and more invitations to give speeches poured in. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

Their applause is getting a little weaker, because it’s been two hours and they’ve already heard about forty girls give one-minute speeches, and they’re ready for the queens to be chosen already. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

This speech would stay with me in a way that a hundred of its precursors had not. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Anthony also presented another speech, titled “Are Women Persons?” Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

For those in the audience, Obama’s speech was an old tune sung by an exciting new performer. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

During the almost five months between his nomination and the election, Garfield gave dozens of speeches to his visitors. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

I apologized for what was happening with my speech. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Confusion, panic, and incoherent speech are all symptoms of extremely high blood pressure and blood sugar, which can lead to heart attack and stroke. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

Judge de Wet looked to him to reply to Bram’s argument, and instead of offering particulars he began to give what the judge derided as “a political speech.” Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

This speech so dried out Doc’s throat that he drained his beer glass. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

While she spoke with a throaty German accent until her death, he had the choppy spouting speech of the West Indians. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

It belongs to the submerged landscape of the things that are never said, which lies beneath ordinary speech like hills under water. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

What I remember are the long avenues in the frost, the farms and houses braced against the winter, the flat, laconic Maine speech in crossroads stores where I stopped to buy supplies. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

A high and merry time was being had by everyone, and I was pressed to make a short speech. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

My sister was second in her class, so she gave the fourth speech. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

Then we have a looonnnnng assembly and watch Martin Luther King’s “I Have a Dream” speech, which you know by heart from listening to it fifty-eleven times at home. Booked 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

But no one’s hand can wipe away those tears he sheds invisibly today, which one hears in his laughter and in his speech and in his songs. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z

“Can I hang with the nondrinking party? Not a big fan of slurring my speech and walking like a toddler with a poopy diaper.” Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

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. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

The first twenty-four hours after the speech are a blur, but a few snapshots will stay with him for the rest of his life. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

I think we were made of more timid stuff than the speech- maker herself. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

Nazario’s and Bodega’s speeches were as different as a glass of tap water and a glass of wine. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

“Good heavens! Mother, stop that. I’ll be in no condition for my speech.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

On the night of graduation I was nervous and tense; I rose and faced the audience and my speech rolled out. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

There were no more speeches due, and the stuff in the book was all obvious stuff, like how you should look your prospective employer in the eye at a job interview. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

His philosophy, speeches, and life transitions were now being adopted by a whole new generation of youngsters, internationally. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

She lived in town, a stout, grave woman with a slight Teutonic edge to her speech, over Lottie Opsvig’s apparel shop on Main. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

Their speech was strange and their clothing even stranger. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

Now Lincoln’s speech has reinforced his change of plans. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

“Must've been a good speech,” I said when we walked out of a restaurant in Chicago to find that a crowd had gathered on the sidewalk to wait for him. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Harry waited for somebody else to get to their feet; he expected speeches, probably from the Minister, but nobody moved. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

Music students normally use them but speech therapists do too. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

He admired Kennedy’s determination to end the war, and helped the candidate craft speeches in preparation for the pivotal California Democratic primary. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

On February 9, seven days after Mr. de Klerk’s speech opening Parliament, I was informed that I was again going to Tuynhuys. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

This last speech of his was very slurred and thick. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

And none seem to hold off these devils who wish to belabor us with their tethers and paddles and speeches on the rights of man. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

To think that Dr. Martin Luther King recited his famous “I Have a Dream” speech here where he dreamt that someday “little black children and little white children . . . will come together.” The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

When he not beingfciptap driver for the sick people, he be making speeches. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Later Governor Faubus came on television to give what one reporter described as a pleading speech. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

And the Lord Helios burst into angry speech amid the immortals: ‘O Father Zeus and gods in bliss forever, punish Odysseus’ men! The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

In any city, wherever I go, making speeches, holding meetings of my organization, or attending to other business, black men are watching every move I make, awaiting their chance to kill me. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

I guess I had expected a pep talk, or a stern speech. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

As though I did not possess the power of speech, I stepped forward and simply handed her the forged note, not parting my lips. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mkentane’s depiction of Lincoln was stately and formal, and his recitation of one of the greatest of all speeches, the Gettysburg Address, won a standing ovation. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

My speech about Mom in the bathroom, cowritten by my best friend. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

‘He drew himself up then and began to declaim, as if he were making a speech long rehearsed. “ The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

He has a lot of interesting things about Anubis in his speech. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Second, there is the decline of belief in magic and witchcraft, already hinted at in Lafeu’s speech, if we take ‘modern’ to mean something more than just ‘ordinary’. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

They had the same East Coast inflection to their speech. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

The speech, like the myth of its offhandedness, is one thing that appears another. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

Several times that weekend around the supper table, he recited his own high school valedictorian speech. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

“Her speech is nothing. She is a harmless creature,” said the white-haired gentleman in a reassuring tone. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

I was also assigned to a speech therapy class in Stuyvesant but found that if I didn’t attend, no one seemed to care. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

She would have been waiting for him, perhaps preparing her little speech, even rehearsing it out loud as she sat on the stone parapet. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

In one speech,*for instance, he accused an enemy in short order of being a “monster, ” “funeral pyre of the commonwealth,” “butcher,” “scoundrel,” “most foul and inhuman monster,” and “gelded pig.” Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

After receiving a standing ovation for a speech at Washington University in St. Louis advocating a test ban, Pauling launched a petition drive among scientists calling for an immediate international halt to all nuclear testing. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

He struggled on the verge of speech, but with a contemptuous look she turned and climbed back through the portrait hole.... Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Eighteen screens of the prime minister giving a speech at a convention, his two hands shaking themselves out over the podium as he spoke, a bit like mine. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

The speech stirred the sinews and summoned up the blood quite brilliantly. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

“I just couldn’t take it. My speech is coming back a little better—I almost had two strokes in two weeks cause of all that stuff with my mother cells.” The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

She gave an animated speech—a performance, really— titled “Elf Owl, Call Me by My First Name.” Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

This was a long speech for my father, who is generally a man of few words. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

In the end, he chose to give speeches. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

“I just. I need you to help me rewrite this speech for, uh.” Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

The class president stood and gave his speech. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

After lighting a cigar, Chandresh begins his speech, punctuating it with purposefully placed puffs of smoke. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Lahousen gave a speech, telling the saboteurs that if they were successful, they could do more damage than the soldiers on the front lines. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z

The day of the UN speech, I was excited. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

During the preparatory examination, which was to last for months, we listened day after day as African and Afrikaner detectives read out their notes of ANC meetings, or transcripts of speeches. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her speech was short enough that Hannah took a deep breath in relief. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

One by one, the organizers stood and read the speeches they had prepared. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

Midway through the speech, the wind knocked his hat off and everyone laughed. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

He had said no word to him, knowing that Ged had no human speech in him now. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

His speeches at the mass meetings kept people walking and kept things from getting out of control. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z

But the speeches of the less forceful players were still lost. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

Then the Chief Elder moved ahead in her speech. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

The speech was given in his capacity as Transvaal Volunteer-in-Chief to a roomful of Freedom Volunteers in 1956, a few weeks before we were all to be arrested. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

That weekend, her mother turned all her energy towards helping Yoyo write her speech. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

She often wore her hair in cat’s ears, lots of piercings, lips, nose, eyebrows, tongue, her speech thick. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

Daddy didn’t manage anything but “Well, well, well!” which wasn’t much of a speech. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

One is to provide the reader with hints about prosody, thus bringing writing a bit closer to speech. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

She has a speech impediment, bad moods, and “a couple of peculiar habits that many would find repellent,” he tells Theo. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

The old woman’s voice had changed: her accent, her gesture, and all were familiar to me as my own face in a glass—as the speech of my own tongue. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

To soften the effect of his speech, Douglass offered some kind words about Stanton. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

“Professor, I’m going to say my own speech that night,” I said. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was noticed that they were especially liable to break into “Four legs good, two legs bad” at crucial moments in Snowball’s speeches. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

“We aren’t big on speeches here. Eloquence is for Erudite,” he says. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

Fox picked confetti out of Seven’s curls and flitted around the tent behind the stage they had erected for the Gran’s speech. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

He also made a stop in London to give a speech to the Royal Geographical Society—ending once and for all any doubt about the existence of the Rio Roosevelt. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z

“You should say ‘grit,’ not ‘fortitude’ there,” June says, reading the speech over her shoulder. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Whenever I get this speech, I listen patiently and don’t say a word. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

I liked Mr. Tushman’s speech, but I have to admit: I kind of zoned out a little during some of the other speeches. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

“Of course, Miss Katherine,” I say, slipping into the characteristic speech patterns of an uneducated serving girl. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

I tried to explain this in subsequent speeches: “Unless we call one white man, by name, a ‘devil,’ we are not speaking of any individual white man. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had a copy of the speech, and I figured I could read the words Princesse had written. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

I put my whole heart into giving that speech. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

“Yes,” Rex Rollins says, “a short speech from—” But I want to shout out, “I know what a monologue is, you dip.” Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

Who are the Japanese, when and whence did they come to Japan, and how did they evolve their unique speech? Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

The kettles were then filled with copies of President Wilson’s speeches and were kept burning day and night. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

When the earth is rendered chaos, regulations of speech and propriety are rendered impotent, just as city may become desolate, and street, battleground, and flesh may become fire. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

Mr. Curran clears his throat and begins to make a speech. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

The best man’s speech can provide a caricatured instance of decorum misfiring. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

“What a sweet little animal!” the speech therapist says. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

In this speech, Satan talks a big game about “force or guile”—but having tried force and lost, guile is his inevitable resort. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

In his valedictory speech, Taylor thanked his teachers. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

In the background of his speech, gunshots and angry soldiers, cursing and jubilating, almost drowned him out. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

The pastor gives his speech, yelling about Christ coming, every week Christ is coming. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

His valedictory speech was entitled “To Be or Not to Be.” I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

I sat there in the dark trying to recall the sequence of the speech. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Say you are running a company and you have been asked to give a speech and a PowerPoint presentation in two days. The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z

It’s hard to believe there will not be polite clapping after this speech, and tea and cookies served on the lawn. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

She marveled at his speech, completely enamored by the things he said and did. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

To make this easier, I am translating the ticket seller’s speech from Aberdeen Doric. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

Children, especially very young children, cannot express themselves fluently either through speech or writing—two modes of communication that adults use almost exclusively. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

The speech is so long and so unexciting that people in the audience begin shifting their feet and then lowering their heads and slipping away into the night, off to search for a real celebration. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

“We just finished up in his office. I heard you made a speech.” Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

By the end of his speech, Garfield was hoarse. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

I will always make bad errors of speech. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

When the men had repeated their instructions, and everyone was word perfect in the speech, there was an issue of war arrows, a dozen to each. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

“That is the most unforgiving speech,” said Elizabeth, “that I ever heard you utter. Good girl! It would vex me, indeed, to see you again the dupe of Miss Bingley’s pretended regard.” Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z

At the first session, Dad got to his feet formally, poured a glass of ice water, and began a speech. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her Igbo had slipped into the dialect that Ugwu heard in Master’s speech when his cousins visited. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

I could not pick up and leave whenever I wanted; security had to be arranged, as well as speeches prepared for local organi-zations. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I look with Slant’s eyes down the length of this dark hold, and I see men involved in speech and exhalation. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

“I got the ‘shave before you go to the airport and don’t read anything in Farsi or Arabic when you’re out of the house’ speech. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

“All you have to do is make a few changes at the beginning of your speech, and it will work brilliantly,” she assures me. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z

Inside the East Hall of the Science Museum, Herod Sayle was coming to the end of his speech. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

I tell Haymitch to go ahead, then click on my mike and listen carefully to him dictate the first line of the speech. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

When they walked, their stride quickened; all the peasant hesitancy of their speech vanished as their voices became clipped, terse. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

There’s no big ceremony or encouraging speeches to kick off the finale for the Junior Agent trainees. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

Hip-hop artists quoted him in lyrics, cut his speeches across the breaks, or flashed his likeness in their videos. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

It wasn’t until I reached the second grade that I realized that I had a speech problem. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

The President had given a speech, praising Watney's bravery and sacrifice, and the quick actions of Commander Lewis in getting everyone else to safety. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

A half hour of that time was filled with a speech from Dad, explaining to Javier and me how we needed to stop squabbling, be kind, and work hard. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

She matched her words so perfectly that the speech was not a speech at all, but one creature’s voice in the wild, as natural as a raven’s caw or a coyote’s howl at midnight. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

Communist theory defined these people as the molders of the future of mankind, but the Communist speeches I had heard in the park had mocked that definition. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

The only part of that speech that Eric meant was the last part: We are Dauntless, and we need to act accordingly. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

I wanted to deliver my speech and he came at me as though he meant to beat it out of me. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Still, the speech was the beginning of something new, not just for him, but for us, our whole family. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

“But the speech was marvelous,” added the colonel, smiling at the American doctor. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

There's a slight pause in Max's speech but then it picks up with the upbeat tone of a brilliant idea. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

While Shirley looked about, the principal had been making a speech. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z

I had this whole speech worked out, about how I didn’t want a boyfriend and never planned on marrying, but I didn’t end up using it. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

The five hundred or so people who had come out for the five-minute speech then left to go home, happy and satisfied. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

His speech was slow and mellow, measured and unexcited, his gestures were wide, and new teeth gave him a vulpine smile out of all proportion to his emotion. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

They had heard the same speech for years. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

There’s no doubt that in everyday speech, whom has lost the battle. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Yet the memory of the harsh sound of his murmured speech in the room below prevented Kira from asking him about the singing child. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

In addition, she nourished the hope that if she kept putting ideas into Clara’s head, sooner or later she would ask a question and regain her speech. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Of course, it could be that little Minou doesn’t like my speech much! In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The first was that he took me out of class one day per week and put me in speech therapy for the entire day. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

When we were remembering these long speeches, Ruth remarked how odd it was they should have been so unfathomable, since Miss Emily, in a classroom, could be as clear as anything. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

That brief conversation not only ended my law career but placed my speech problems in the center of my consciousness. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

My uncle had obviously been practicing this speech. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

I didn’t tell her that I’d learned to read and write by reading only the Bible, the Book of Mormon, and speeches by Joseph Smith and Brigham Young. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

I’ve heard a lot of these types of speeches before and can tell that Imam Malik doesn’t enjoy giving them. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

Such speeches could provoke the enemy to crush the organization entirely while the enemy was strong and we were as yet still weak. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

"I see," she said, as if that explained something—my appearance, perhaps, or my speech. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

He left the old man without speech and went out into the early morning. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

The new school chairman, who had replaced the old principal, was giving us a welcome speech, but we had too much to catch up with among ourselves to pay him much attention. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

The premise was that every candidate gave a speech—with no notes and no teleprompter—and also tried to bring along as many supporters as possible. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Looking around, I noticed a small poster tacked on the wall, advertising a women’s suffrage speech in Baltimore in 1888. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

She's one of the best writers at Carver, and her queen's last speech got me choked up—and fired up. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

He had heard it everywhere, in prayer and in daily speech, and wherever the saints were gathered, and in the unbelieving streets. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

Dad is stumbling up the stairs, making a speech about how we all have to die for Ireland. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

“Pray, Mr. Knightley,” said Emma, who had been smiling to herself through a great part of this speech, “how do you know that Mr. Martin did not speak yesterday?” Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z

Why does not one of the Commensals force the issue and speak of him in a public speech or on the radio? The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

The police had blocked off the street; the crowd’s response to the speeches urging an end to the British mandate and the establishment of a Jewish state had been overwhelming. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

He delivered the speech without a note and went on at length. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

In the darkness he saw Lee’s face and heard Lee’s soft speech. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

There were things I was good at in school, such as reading and spelling, but it seemed to me that my speech somehow became more important than anything else. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

An audience digesting war as spectacle may have a very different idea of the correct ethos for an eve-of-battle speech than the men at the sharp end. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

Harry felt as though Dumbledore’s speech at the Leaving Feast had unblocked him, somehow. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

At the Meetings Snowball often won over the majority by his brilliant speeches, but Napoleon was better at canvassing support for himself in between times. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

This time, he claimed to have noticed the eerie similarity between Jackson’s speech on behalf of slavery and one delivered a century earlier by an Algerian pirate named Sidi Mehemet Ibrahim. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

There were more songs, more speeches, more processions. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

Linguists talk about the phenomenon of “accommodation”— which is the way in which we seek to adapt our own language to fit into a speech community. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

If I called Mother or Daddy, I’d be going to Pine Bluff for sure, no matter how many pretty speeches Mother made about taking a stand. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then came speeches on various aspects of the economic and political situation. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Don’t get restless. I’m not making a speech. I just want to tell you how it is. We don’t drive people. We’ve got to live with them.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

The metaphor, the most common figure of speech, lets us use one image—any image we want!—to conjure up another. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

They would call my dad and ask about what I planned to say in my next speech. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

He read the speech to me the Shabbat afternoon before the rally. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

As a protective mechanism, I developed a terse, cynical mode of speech that rebuffed those who sought to get too close to me. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

He said it while brushing his teeth, his speech muffled by the toothbrush and toothpaste. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

And I’m not exactly using kill as a figure of speech here. Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z

They gathered at the Lincoln Memorial to listen to speeches, then many of them marched on the Pentagon, headquarters of the United States Department of Defense. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

Why should an old slave use such a phrase as, "This and this or this has made me more human," as I did in my arena speech? Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Susan sat next to him at the memorial service, and when parts of a speech delivered by Sir Winston Churchill were played, she clasped her gloved hands together, tightly, and leaned against him. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

“She said it’s not open for debate. No more speeches, she said, no more excuses. Just come home.” Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

"Have you gone mad? That is her speech for tomorrow you have torn up!" How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

She said something in the Dutch speech, which I did not understand. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

“How are we getting along?” he says, some tic of speech from the other time. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

“What kinda speech you gonna make? Where you going to, Ignatius? Tell me, boy?” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

King began his speech, “Beyond Vietnam,” by acknowledging he was moved to “break the betrayal of my own silences and to speak from the burnings of my own heart.” Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

“Let me have clear thoughts, clear speech, and a good path to walk this day,” I prayed as I watched the rising sun. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

But speech for them is a single word, occasionally a phrase. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

On March 3, 1881, the night before his inauguration, James Garfield stayed up late writing his speech. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

Ginger Jack’s face was hidden behind a bristly orange beard, and his speech was unintelligible. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

If you read Madisons speeches against assumption in the House during the spring of 1790, you get the impression that his core objections were economic. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

He was supposed to give a longer speech, but he must have forgotten it. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

We planned an assembly where we would make our speeches; we called it a peace rally, but it was just going to be a handful of us upper-school girls. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

The Farewell Address, as several commentators have noted, was an oddity in that it was not really an address; it was never delivered as a speech. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

"I fell into it out of old habit. I'm a country wight meself, born and bred in Yorkshire. Judging from your speech, your master must be a South County man." The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

She was sick and tired of her grandfather’s speeches, of listening to his arguments with her Uncle Jaime, and of endless electoral campaigns. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

During the ride the driver said nothing else, but Ignatius practiced his speech loudly in the backseat, rapping his cutlass against the front seat to emphasize certain key points. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

The icy-eyed man appeared, standing on top of a nearby stage as if he was about to make a speech. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

CONCLUSION: In speech, mannerisms, and dress, the subject manifests a feminine gender identity and role, despite a contrary chromosomal status. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

The classic manuals, written by starchy Englishmen and rock- ribbed Yankees, try to take all the fun out of writing, grimly adjuring the writer to avoid offbeat words, figures of speech, and playful alliteration. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

Fortunately, there were no extemporaneous speeches this day. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

The Dallas schools had some people come to make a few speeches. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

While the support team got him dressed, he gave a speech. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

For them, “going home” is more a figure of speech than a realistic option. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

Once everyone had eaten and the plates stopped flying, Reyna made a short speech. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

Its footing was unsteady and twice abortive grating sounds were all it could do in the direction of speech. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

Their figures of speech were as forceful and colorful as any ever used by English-speaking people. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

When the parlors became too crowded, they moved to church halls, and it was not long before hundreds of people attended their speeches. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

I had given him a big speech about basketball being a team sport, and that my doing well didn’t matter. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

He seemed to shake himself free for speech. Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

Malachy still wants to stand and make his speech but I tell him we have to hurry and look in other pubs before Dad drinks the whole five pounds. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

And yet, I had begun to worry about my speech again. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

I felt quite silly sometimes when I realized I was giving a speech to a mirror in the toilet. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

It turned out that Agent Samson was something along the lines of a circuit-court speech therapist. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

When I delivered a similar speech to the Florida Guardian ad Litem Program, Mary Miller was present. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

He talked steadily through the stop and go, freely using his hands to punctuate his speech, the movements subtle but stylized, what I recognized as Anglo. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

It would be too upsetting for her to make this speech to her husband just before she gives birth. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

“We know Oliver’s speech by heart,” Fred told Harry, “we were on the team last year.” Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

Going a bit further back, Enoch Powell’s “rivers of blood” speech, as it became known, was based on a classical allusion: “Like the Roman, I seem to see the River Tiber foaming with much blood.” Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

What if I have to give a speech? Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Three years after Truman’s staging of Rent—and thirty-six years after my own high school graduation—I was asked to give the commencement speech at Truman High. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

‘The matter of the Lady Galadriel lies still between us. I have yet to teach you gentle speech.’ The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Now I spend my days helping Lelia with her speech kids, then nap for a few hours after an early dinner until I leave at nine for the nightly work with John Kwang. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

It has pieces of truth of your speech impediment, I am right?” Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

It was nigh impossible to understand Howard’s speech under normal circumstances. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

Each time she gave the speech, it was different. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

One of the most famous speeches of modern times was the one made—apparently extempore—by a British army officer on the eve of the invasion of Iraq. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

Startling myself with my bold speech, I withdrew my hand from his and clasped it with my other hand, thus restraining myself. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

For the first time, I’m sony to see his speech therapist stride into the waiting room. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

I believe that it was too strenuous a marathon of long speeches that Mr. Muhammad made at our big rallies which, abruptly, badly aggravated his long-bothersome bronchial asthmatic condition. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

She called her speech “I Might Have Heard a Moa.” Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

But when you’re writing or giving a speech or talking to your boss, get out your good English. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had a long speech planned, but at the last second, I junk it. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

The other thing that got me in trouble was my speech. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

He took away basic freedoms, such as the freedoms of speech, press, and assembly. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z

They are complaining about the brutal compare-and-contrast paper they have to write, on the speeches of Sojourner Truth versus Chief Joseph. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Though the gentleman is a Scot, there was none of the Caledonian in his speech, but instead the easy air of Whitehall, Saint James’s Palace, and Vauxhall. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

“If the editor of the county paper ain’t agin freedom of speech, could I jest put one more question to this young ’un?” Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

In fact, every Muslim worried that he overtaxed himself in the length of his speeches, considering his bronchial asthmatic condition. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

The great difference between us and the other animals may be the qualitative difference made by speech. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I took the chair directly before him, wondering what this speech was all about. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Pearl Harbor came,” he tells me in a speech very big for him. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears ...” I always recited speeches from Macbeth and Julius Caesar, as those were the adults’ favorites. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

We must imagine the morphogenesis of deep structures, built into our minds, for coding out, like proteins, the parts of speech. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

He sang with his trio and gave his speech. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

She didn’t want a speech from her, not now, not ever. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Turning very serious, Farmer answered with a long speech about democracy and socialism, the rich and poor, power and privilege. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

By his mannerisms, by the rhythms of his speech, Volpe was different. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

Then she fell silent, like she’d planned a whole speech but had forgotten it. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

At the end of her speech, the audience applauds. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“And there’ll be a lot of love passing between us. Ted, we’ve had thirty-five years of friendship. You don’t need speech or hearing to feel that.” Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I held a series of petty' jobs for short periods, quitting some to work elsewhere, being driven off others because of my attitude, my speech, the look in my eyes. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Everyone praised me and I was invited to give the speech at a gathering of the town's leading white citizens. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

I could see Stick as a lawyer, making speeches like Father, or like the ones on TV who defend wrongfully accused people. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

He frowned, trying to puzzle out my speech. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

“What an amiable creature I was!—No wonder you should hold my speeches in such affectionate remembrance.” Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z

It's the look on Mom's face that makes me talk back to Dad, because she isn't buying his little science speech either. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

In regular speeches, we commonly offer observations, first of all, for and against witnesses in general. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

‘Who are you, and what are you doing in this land?’ said the Rider, using the Common Speech of the West, in manner and tone like to the speech of Boromir, Man of Gondor. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

They were all escorted to the steps of City Hall, where the Mayor of New York made a speech of welcome. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z

His voice had grown soft, and he had merged many accents and dialects into his own speech, so that his speech did not seem foreign anywhere. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Because of the ensuing chaos, they were unable to give her a proper funeral, as she would have wished, ana were forced to bury her in a hurry, without speeches or tears. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then, for the rest of the year, you get the pleasure of watching President Bonehead giving speeches, running assemblies, and making a complete idiot out of himself. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

He paced back and forth as he gave us a speech about how everybody was saying it was our year, the newspapers, people in the league, even TV sports news was covering us. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

She laughed much more than she needed to and was still at it when she signed the form recommending me for the following year's speech therapy program. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

"What speech? I made no speech," I said. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

“No, no. It was only a figure of speech. I’d get in trouble if she knew I was reading these,” she said. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

The speech of Pyrrhus had moved him greatly, and he lamented that the actor's passion was greater than his own. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

He felt he was one of the creatures electronically inserted between the slots of the phono-colour walls, speaking, but the speech not piercing the crystal barrier. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z

The speech, one of the few sections of the play I could understand, had moved me. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

They can all communicate directly through speech, song, dance and ceremony. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

While at Woodbrooke Quaker Study Centre, she heard a speech by Christabel Pankhurst, the British suffragette, and she was invited to participate in suffrage protests, but she didn’t jump into radical politics easily. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

Some of them are old clippings, and show Princess Elizabeth and Princess Margaret Rose, in Girl Guide uniforms, making radio and other speeches during the Blitz. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Not what he says, or who he says it for, only that he is still capable of speech. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

My body jerked as I remembered how awful my last public speech had gone. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

Satan, in a classic rhetorical sleight of hand, doesn’t directly ask the question his speech hopes to answer. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

“But how could she know...me? We’ve never met. How would she know anything about me, about my speech or posture or smell? How could she know anything about me?” This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Out front, George Pickett had ridden out before the whole Division, was making a speech, but he was too far away and none of die men could hear. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Not only have I given a speech the whole school is talking about, but I have declared my love for the girl of my dreams. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z

Minerva gives me her speech about how Dinorah’s a victim of our corrupt system, which we are helping to bring down by giving her some of our milk fudge. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Despite Anthony’s speech, the delegates voted in favor of censure, 53 to 41. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

In his speeches, Farmer liked to talk about “the nation of humanity,” as opposed to developed or undeveloped nations. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

The priest finished his speech and blessed the two gold rings. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“A few relatives and close friends. Beautiful prayers. People gave little speeches about him, and Grandpa Ted and I held hands. Gemma called it very tasteful.” The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

It is good that I have been sparing in my speech with her. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

He had brought along a bound, autographed version of his inaugural speech as a gift to her. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

“But, Lord, ‘subverting the patriarchal paradigm’—it’s like she wrote the speech.” Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

And I’d get a big speech about Marcus and how black youngsters need to achieve and how we got to work so hard to show ourselves better than the white students. Tears of a Tiger 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

With some pomp and circumstance, Wallace stood in front of the Crowell house and gave a brief speech to the crowd of black spectators, white reporters, photographers, and our neighbors. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

I was helped out of my comfortable chair and made a little speech of thanks. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Wilbur had been feeling dizzier and dizzier through this long, complimentary speech. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z

He spoke the words so awkwardly that even Bran took note; it was a speech he had learned, not words from the heart, but the black brothers thanked him all the same. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

He marveled at the slowness of their speech; words seemed to crawl from their mouths and drop like stones to the floor. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

The orator, still gripping the neck of the microphone, his shoulders hunched forward, his free hand claw-ing at the air, had gone straight on with his speech. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

The surprise was this: her speech was new. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

He had a severe speech impediment and couldn't get his mouth to cooperate. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

“Then we’ll forget the speeches. The important thing is what you say to people here.” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

Her speech was pleasant enough, but she kept walking straight on to her gate. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

He paced below the scoreboard, talking aloud like he was gearing up for a big speech. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

But Armpit knew he wasn’t good at making jokes, and if he didn’t write his speech down, he would just stand there, sweating and babbling nervously. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

We walk through the streets and Malachy practices his speech at the top of his voice, Dad, Dad, that five pounds is for the new baby. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

Her knees failed, and her heart failed as she listened to the words, and all her power of speech went out of her. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Maxx had promised to arrive by 11:40, twenty minutes before the official start of Speaker Day, giving him time to learn the speech and everything. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

Stanton delivered a stirring speech about the “sacred right” of women’s suffrage. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

There is no trace of his parents’ accent in his speech. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

The speech was being broadcast live to schools throughout the country and it would also be shown on the evening news. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

My swollen face and mouth were still distorting my speech. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

Radio and television speech becomes standardized, perhaps better English than we have ever used. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

The driver launched into a long speech peppered with familiar words like America and President Kennedy. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

“We are on the move now,” Martin Luther King promised in the last speech of the day. Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

They had not seen the Lord and Lady again, and they had little speech with the Elven-folk; for few of these knew or would use the Westron tongue. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

I then telephoned a number of people from the ANC and the UDF in Cape Town to come to the cottage to prepare for my release and work on my speech. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I just don’t want to take your favorite. It’s just a stupid speech. What if something happens?” Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

A speech of defense was not within her. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the speech, Marina called on women to volunteer to go to war. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

Her speech is not peppered with Spanish words. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

He felt that he should make a short speech on this very important occasion. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z

“South Africa belongs to us once more,” Malan proclaimed in his victory speech. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

But monsieur could not wait even a ‘flash of time’, and in the middle of the speech departed to find mademoiselle himself. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

The principal decided that Brian and I were both a bit slow and had speech impediments that made it difficult for others to understand us. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

And his lips were dry and thickened and his speech had the sound of a dream talker, slow and coming from a distance. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

He congratulates all the candidates on our excellent speeches and wishes us all luck. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z

To that end, it is a part of a continuum of how we hear all sounds including noise, speech, and silence. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

Two days before, he decided to rewrite the speech. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

Our trip to Washington and Riley’s speech made the kids feel almost anything was possible, but the idea of going to college is completely foreign for a lot of my students. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

And she’d listened with earphones that carried translations of each speech. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

“There isn’t any romance there!” she said, waving her hands in front of her like she did when she was making a speech in assembly. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

And so down the line it went, with each guest rising briefly, making a short speech, and then resuming his place. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

Julia, who was pretending I hadn’t just walked in, seemed to be in the middle of a long speech about how American cheese wasn’t even real cheese, strictly speaking. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

Then, the next morning, in chapel, be made a speech that lasted about ten hours. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

He spoke so soldierly her own speech halted on her tongue. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Runaways turned activists saluted his generosity in their Boston speeches. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

He delivers a heart-wrenching speech, so distraught he can barely contain himself. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

With that single speech, Truth established herself as a celebrity suffragist, one of the most effective advocates for women’s rights. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

Garfield often traveled by train within Ohio and to various states, giving speeches and boosting other Republican candidates. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

“I hear that the principal wants you to say a speech which you’ve rejected,” he said. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

As I listened to the militant speeches, I found myself wondering why in hell I had come. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had been reading my speech, and at this point I placed my papers on the defense table, and turned to face the judge. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

When he talks—a rare thing—even his speech. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z

A thickness in his throat makes speech impossible. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

Oppie’s campaign took form in a speech at the Council on Foreign Relations in New York on February 17, 1953, before an elite audience of opinion makers and financial leaders, Strauss among them. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

Now he closes his speech as he closes every speech—with these words: “Farewell, hello, farewell, hello.” Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Two weeks ago, the president’s speeches became required viewing. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

I try to adopt the formal speech common to the Erudite. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

He looked forlornly at the blue folder that contained his cheerful speech praising a perfect launch. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

By the time Lincoln finished his speech, like it or not, that was the proposition and that was what was being tested. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

I felt so happy, even though Mother Lois gave me the usual speech about how I would have a wonderful big Christmas gift to make up for there being no birthday present. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

“You don’t know him, lady. His speech stops only when the stars shine green in a yellow sky.” Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Wow,” I said when I regained the power of speech. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

"Look," I said, "I don't know what you're talking about. I've never lived on a farm and I didn't study agriculture, but I do know why I made that speech." Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

He unrolled and read it without pausing in his speech. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

Then two things caused me to begin to listen to the speeches, and one was the behavior of the police. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z

It was not so much a speech as a rising storm. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

I don’t exactly walk around giving little earnest speeches about how deeply and sincerely I appreciate my friends. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

In 1841, she made her first public speech, lecturing on temperance with a “dose” of women’s rights, as she reported in a letter to Mott. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

I had always loved and admired Dr. King, and when I read his speech, that love and admiration deepened. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

“But why did they ask me to write a speech if I can’t deliver it?” Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Our families, friends, and local chiefs gathered for speeches, songs, and gift-giving. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Stanton delivered the speech to the House and Senate Judiciary Committees and the convention. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

King traveled to Oslo, Norway, and on December 10, 1964, delivered his acceptance speech. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

I’d given a speech at Yale Law School earlier in the year that was attended by a producer from the popular CBS investigative program 60 Minutes, and he also called me. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

"Not if you think she will not be back till late," adding, as if suddenly aware of some discourtesy in his speech, “and I should miss the pleasure of walking home with you.” The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m not so great with speeches. How about Sahil instead? He’s the producer, and this entire thing was his idea anyway!” From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Interpreters were enlisted to reach out to workers in their own native languages and to translate speeches for them at rallies. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Those speeches he made just brought out everything you wanted to say to a white person. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z

Small wonder I did not recognize him at first; his appearance and speech were radically changed. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

He looked at me as though watching a field mouse develop the skill of speech. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

‘It could have been a figure of speech: very little time before the wolves arrive. Perhaps Hades didn’t literally mean wolves. At any rate, we should leave as soon as it’s dark enough for shadows.’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

The news media latched onto McCarthy's speech and catapulted him to national prominence as the most aggressive anticommunist leader in the United States. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

The reception had little static, as if the radio waves understood the importance of the speech. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

And even where something appears merely decorative—a run of alliteration or a mellifluously turned sentence—it serves to commend the speech more easily to memory, and to give pleasure to the audience. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

Churchill liked to play martial music while he prepared speeches, the better to kindle that vital emotion in himself that he hoped to communicate to the crowd. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

King pushed his written speech aside, gripped the lectern with both hands, and gave his country seventeen of the most memorable minutes in its history. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

It seems especially hard, even perilous, for this to be the burden of a species with the unique attribute of speech, and argument. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Coach Hedge looked like he was about to launch into a major speech about the evils of cartoon Dalmatians, but Jason decided he didn’t want to know. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

“Just get her to turn off the waterworks, Lillian. We don’t need a speech.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

I left the meal early to return to my hotel room in time to prepare, win or lose, for Barack’s speech later that night. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Colonel Aureliano Buendía had the seventy-two gold bricks included in the inventory of surrender and closed the ceremony without allowing any speeches. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

“Sure, but it’s not what I’ve been hearing for the last month. What were you doing, practicing a secret speech on the side?” Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

I knew in my heart that I would have some difficulties in life because of my speech problems, and I also knew that I wouldn’t always be able to solve them by punching somebody out. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

I was still absorbed in the speech when out of the corner of my eyes I saw two tall white men coming out of the tent. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

She called, “I guess you don’t want to hear me practice my speech, huh?” Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

He was also poorly read, seldom wrote his own speeches, and, according to one member of his cabinet, “could not write a sentence without misspelling some word.” Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

I have almost total recall, every face is there, every hill and tree and color, and sound of speech and small scenes ready to replay themselves in my memory. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was an old bird, reputed to be fifty years old, and he had lived a ribald life and acquired the vigorous speech of a ship’s fo’c’sle. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

“The first step to honest communication about race is to realize that you cannot equate all racisms,” she said, and then launched into her carefully prepared speech. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Where were the initiated who, attaining Atman in sleep, could retain it in consciousness, in life, everywhere, in speech and in action? Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z

He paused, summoning the kind of starry-eyed reverie of his dining hall speeches. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

The page was crowded with thousands of comments and videos of Nicole, her pageant appearances, student council speeches, tennis matches, mash-up tributes cut to saccharin music. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

I have read that its pungence can sometimes restore memory and speech. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

"Okay, Defenders, here we are, back on the battleground—" Coach was starting strong on his windup speech, when he glanced at me. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

He says it with pride, moves it around in his speech as though to gain a better view of things. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z

My part in the eviction was kept very much alive, and although I was under orders to make no speeches, I had grown accustomed to being introduced as a kind of hero. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

And a long way from the girl who gave speeches to the bathroom mirror. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

“I ha’ heard Sir Lancelot’s speech and his great proffers, but he hath slain my brothers. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

The ship passed over Nuremberg, where fringe politician Adolf Hitler, whose Nazi Party had been trounced in the 1928 elections, had just delivered a speech touting selective infanticide. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z

License plate and speech relaxed him as much as he is ever likely to relax. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had a speech impediment that caused him to stutter badly. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

“In fact, he was so anxious to come to speech today, he even changed his shirt for you.” Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

“He could have stopped there to give a speech or something.” The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

“It’s a very old form of animal speech. But he says his name is the Ophiotaurus.” The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

“I thought you were going to tell your speech to that man,” said Jo, rudely shortening her sister’s little reverie. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

He is reported to have whispered to the man next to him after Wilberforce’s speech, “The Lord hath delivered him into mine hand.” Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

He called Felix, then went to school and took his speech final. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

Beowulf found a collection of the speeches of Cicero and offered them proudly. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

I gave some speeches and attended a few dinners. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

What was their great battle over mitigated speech and teamwork all about, after all? Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

Rather than the rolling suitcase everyone else in the family remembers, Yoyo thinks of the speech her mother wrote as her last invention. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

Finally, she “content-filtered” the slices, which means she removed the high-frequency sounds from speech that enable us to recognize individual words. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

After retiring to his hotel that evening, Garfield finally had the chance to polish his inaugural speech. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

Only the brown of our faces gave away the fact that we were something other than the usual people who would hear such a recruiting speech. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Okay, Grandpa. Here’s the deal. If you embarrass us one more time, I’m going to drive you back to the nursing home, and you’ll never see your granddaughter give a speech.” The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

I’ve heard this speech, or one like it, often enough before: the same platitudes, the same slogans, the same phrases: the torch of the future, the cradle of the race, the task before us. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

The girl’s only asset was a better command of proper New England speech than most of her lot. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

I couldn't see it in his face or hear it in his speech, yet I knew he was neither lying nor trying to shock me. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

After that first speech she was a much sought- after speaker in Boston and its environs. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

He couldn’t easily promulgate it, though, because he had a tragic flaw: a severe speech impediment, perhaps a stutter. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

Besides, he added, the most important relevant law was the First Amendment: “Congress shall make no law...abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press.” Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

An extended rebuttal of your opponent’s arguments isn’t really necessary if you’re delivering the father-of-the-bride speech at your beloved daughter’s wedding. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

I will make a speech about tolerance and love! Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

Not the words of his speech—those famous phrases printed on posters and in schoolbooks. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

His speech was mostly about Ginny and how important Coo was to her. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

Martin Luther King watched the president’s speech in Selma with colleagues and friends. Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

The press was cruel when covering her speeches. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

It had sounded like a shocked accusation and made Francie self-conscious of her speech. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Despite his speech paralysis, my grandfather remained a vital person. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

The shouting was loud tonight, and I thought on tall Slant, ill-toothed, slow of speech, gentle of heart. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

The sounds of lilting speech reached them, along with the gentle strumming of a harp. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

It read: “I am very glad that you are free, and that you are back among your friends and family, but your speech yesterday was very boring.” Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

To kind-of quote Ovid: “Tears at times have the weight of speech.” Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

He bade his daughter good luck, and ended his speech by saying, “If your man is a wizard, you must become a witch!” Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

His speech was often interrupted by members of the Domination faction demanding that the President stop this lunatic, turn him out, and get on with the order of business. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Not yet, but he always saves his proper speech for after the feast, doesn’t he? It can’t be long now.” Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

While I wrote and revised my speech, the Freedom Writers gave me constructive criticism. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

By studying the strengths and weaknesses of commanders he had served under, he had collected shards and fragments of the speech he would one day deliver to men who looked upon him as their commander. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

I loved the nurse and I thought she did a lot of special things so I told her in a whisper I snuck in to the gifted and talented speech. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

This time, Lincoln delivered a long speech, without gloating over the Union victory. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

A group of Frelimo soldiers gave a speech outside the trading post. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

But his inauguration speech had to be special, and Garfield wasn't satisfied with his first draft. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

For all the fine speeches about equality, the actions of a powerful few spoke much louder. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Nevertheless, it’s worth having a sense of the basic off-the- rack structure of a speech before you dive into bespoke couture. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

“I saw her, sir, after you made your speech. She was goin’ towards home. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

But his speech was harsh in his own ears, and he could not face her eyes. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

For speech is so much more than words and sentences. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Another inspiring speech from Jackson,” he said to himself. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

Alex and June introduced their mother before her acceptance speech, and June’s hands were shaking but his were steady. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Then John the chieftain slowly translated my speech into high-school English and put it back into Canadian French. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

For example, they had to figure out how to decompose a continuous utterance into speech units, regardless of whether those units were taken as words, syllables, or phonemes. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Perfect, isn’t it? Sounds just like him. He’s giving a campaign speech at some factory—I’ve never figured out which one it was—but it sounds just like him, doesn’t it?” This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

The recitation of Macduff’s famous speech had reminded him of the woman he had spoken to on the path, the woman who feared for her lost children’s future. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

When the drafts were complete, there came a faint tone of excitement into their speech. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

As had happened when he was deeply upset before, the power of speech left him. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Leo didn’t want to bring him down, but he could still hear Gaea’s voice: He is the void that consumes all magic, the cold that consumes all Jire, the silence that consumes all speech. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

But to get back to the subject of raising children, yesterday a silence fell after Mrs. van D. finished her little speech. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

He launched into a long speech about how he had volunteered to be on the program committee for some principals’ conference, so he didn’t have time to nursemaid me through Finance 101, whatever that was. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

Bertha continues her speech as she leads me through a maze of hallways. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

I promise they are not dull, for I am not one inclined to sit through pages of nonsense and bloated speech, though perhaps you enjoy works and authors who think very highly of themselves. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

“We lost the feed just after Katniss’s beautiful speech, and then Haymitch said he thought he heard a gun fire, and I said it was ridiculous, but who knows? There are lunatics everywhere!” Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

These five parts roughly correspond to the sequence in which you might imagine putting a speech—or, more broadly, any persuasive appeal—together. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

It’s the room where FDR once recorded his fireside chats, and Alex is going to walk in there and make a speech and hope the country doesn’t hate him for the truth. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

He told Sanchez to go up to the Speaker’s chair and make a speech. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

W. H. Auden’s celebrated definition has it that poetry is “memorable speech,” and Auden is right. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

“Yes, I know, it wouldn't melt in his mouth. Jason's still painfully quiet. How's his speech therapy going?” Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

The day before giving the speech, he’d shown an advance copy to a newspaper columnist, hoping to convince him to write a supportive piece the next day. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

He began a speech, but the king cut off his slurred words. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

Nicole had been asked to give a speech at the annual Girl Scouts conference in Manhattan. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

On the other hand, the rhythmless is unlimited, and the speech should be circumscribed but not by meter; for what is unbounded is unpleasant and unrecognizable. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

His speech is as spare as his home. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z

There was a crowd around a woman who stood on a barrel—she seemed to be telling a story or giving a speech. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

I was probably the only child in America who was horrified when Dustin Hoffman forgot to thank Tom Cruise in his Oscar acceptance speech for best actor back in 1989. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

She keeps telling me, What do I have to worry about, I’m not the one giving the speech, which is about as close to sympathetic as Addie ever manages to get. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z

Miss Simpson made a dull speech as she presented Charlie with a gift from the school: a wool stocking cap and some stationery. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

Stanton invited Anthony to her home, and together they wrote a speech that scolded female teachers for accepting lower pay than their male colleagues received. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

Japanese warfare had previously involved single combats between samurai swordsmen, who stood in the open, made ritual speeches, and then took pride in fighting gracefully. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

"Some things are just too unjust for words," he said, expelling a plume of smoke, "and too ambiguous for either speech or ideas. By the way, have you ever been to the Club Calamus?" Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

From these instructions they were summoned by the arrival of the coach; and with many speeches of thankfulness on Mr. Collins’s side and as many bows on Sir William’s they departed. Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z

“His Excellency is about to give a speech.” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

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. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

Everyone was settled and the playwright was about to begin her little speech summarizing the plot and evoking the excitement of performing before an adult audience tomorrow evening in the library. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

The President of the Council was in Lyons making a speech, or, rather he was on his way back. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

"I liked the speech," the man said, "I thought it was quite effective." Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Addie and I agree to get together Tuesday night to write the speech. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z

Just last night we’d listened to part of his latest speech on the radio. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

I read all of his speeches, listened to what he said, and began to see that he represented a genuine departure from his predecessor. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He remembers my father, how he spent his wages and his dole while singing patriotic songs and making speeches from the dock like a condemned rebel. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

I would buy tapes of Malcolm’s speeches—“Message to the Grassroots,” “The Ballot or the Bullet”—down at Everyone’s Place, a black bookstore on North Avenue, and play them on my Walkman. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

Union and community leaders, four white and three black, gave emotional speeches glorifying the strength of a united laboring class. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

“He doesn't give speeches. He's usually very direct and succinct,” I told the interviewers. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

I’ve been thinking over this whole year in one gigantic rush, so I’m sure I’ve missed some key moments in the principal’s speech. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

She says don’t let them hear you joke and pinches me, but she knows my own history with speech therapists. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

“But when a shark bites my legs off, promise to write a speech about how awesome I was.” We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

She hardly peppered her speech with English words when she spoke to Papa-Nnukwu, as the rest of us inadvertently did. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

“Pride of the Yankees”? The speech that echoes over the loudspeakers? Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

These boys and girls were will-less, their speech flat, their gestures vague, their personalities devoid of anger, hope, laughter, enthusiasm, passion, or despair. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Robbie Ray came over to help her, and he held her close while she stumbled and wept through the rest of her speech. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

There were thirty-eight contestants; nineteen had already given their speeches that morning. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

There is no jesting or speech among us. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

Sprezzatura—that quality of life and spontaneity in a speech— is the thing to aim for. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

The principal, valedictorian, guest speaker, and the rest of the graduation speakers gave their speeches as Woody fought to stay awake. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

And I’d been out there giving speeches already for more than a year. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

“Well, I was really moved by your plea, sweetie. You must’ve woken up the journalist in me. I recorded your speech.” Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

Lincoln’s speech was a political as well as a literary tour de force, and what was really clever about it—not to mention cheeky—was that he used it, in effect, to game the Constitution. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

Perhaps, I thought, I will stand on the rug to deliver my speech. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

They want black men to believe that they, like white men, once lived in caves and swung from trees and ate their meat raw and did not have the power of speech. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z

So now I keep my speeches to myself. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Poor? What do you mean poor? Poor is sometimes a figure of speech. Do you mean poor?” Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

Your inspiration for a music or integrated lesson plan can be a song, an instrument, timbre, vocal sound, poem, story, rhythm, speech pattern, etc. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

Instead of replying with my usual open-your-mind speech, I send love to my mother. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

He had rehearsed this speech for twelve years. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

The pirate leader finishes his speech, there’s a break in the scene, a cut to the commercials. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

It was this combination of daintiness and cultivated speech that misled Macon and invited him to regard her as merely foolish. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then I play around with my retirement speech and decorate the waiting room of my doctor's office. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

After the many brilliant speeches that had been made on this very spot Ralph s remarks seemed lame, even to the littluns. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

His father, Guy Waterman, is a musician and freelance writer who, among other claims to modest fame, authored speeches for presidents, ex-presidents, and other prominent Washington politicians. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

I knew this wasn't the place or time to make a speech or complain, but I couldn't stop myself from making one final comment. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

They had to learn to recognize the same sound or speech unit through all our normal variations in speech volume, pitch, speed, emphasis, phrase grouping, and individual idiosyncrasies of pronunciation. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

If the children are not ready to sing the song with a sung vocal ostinato, begin by chanting the song as a speech piece and adding one or more speech ostinato patterns. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

As a young professor at Wilberforce College in Ohio, Du Bois had initially praised Washington’s 1895 speech, telegraphing his congratulations “upon your phenomenal success at Atlanta—it was a word fitly spoken.” The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

I was in eighth grade and I had a little speech to say at my graduation ceremony—I liked that. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

The speech received wide publicity in both the local and foreign press, and was printed, virtually word for word, in the Rand Daily Mail. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

My father was at a meeting of the Association of Private Schools and had just gone onstage to give a speech. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Instead, their supporters promoted them by delivering speeches around the country. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

After Hiatt began the meeting with a keynote speech, Farmer listened to the experts argue, sometimes in heated voices, about MDR and other TB issues. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

“I know this is a strange request, but would it be okay if I do the speech part first?” Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

“Okay, but we can’t stay long. Your mom will be mad if you miss speech.” Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

About five thousand people were there, and when he came to the microphone to give a short speech they rose and honored him with a standing ovation, because they would be thankful to him forever. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

From her decorated desk to her oratorical speech to her performance on the football field, she was there for all to see. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

Branwell wrote about the Four Freedoms of World War II: freedom of speech and expression, freedom of worship, freedom from want, and freedom from fear. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

A long, awkward silence followed, during which I reflected upon the significance of my mother’s lengthy speech. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

As he lost his speech with his second stroke, he can't tell me himself. Seedfolks 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

He took notes in a small diary and to hear the house speak of it was a man of intense concentration and flowery manner of speech. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

In the past, candidates for student body president had presented humorous skits before their speech. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

“Why don’t you go on and recite that speech for your father?” Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

The only good part of his speech was right in the middle of it. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

With that little speech complete, she walks out toward the horses. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Gallatin, she observed, “that specious, subtle, spare Cassius, that imported foreigner,” was guilty of treasonable behavior by delivering speeches or introducing amendments “that obstruct their cause and prevent their reaching their goals.” Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

Hundreds of students cheered their approval of the speech. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

The problem was nobody remembered any of the speeches.” Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

He was a brilliant man who was slow in speech and slow to move and silent-faced as stone. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Woodhull’s successful speech before Congress, coupled with her pledge of $10,000 to the organization, made Woodhull welcome among the suffrage leaders—most of them, anyway. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

And all through the speeches, I could see my mother’s hands. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

“A speech? Man, what else do have to do? Stick flaming bamboo under your fingernails?” Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

And because his everyday speech didn’t have any diplomacy, he defended his case the way he always did. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

“I have a speech all ready. Do you want to hear it?” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

The same month Sojourner Truth made her speech, a history-making feminist friendship was forged between Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

“Lady, I think your little girl has lost her speech.” A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had an odd manner of speech, a queer lilt that reminded Cora of the way those on the plantation sounded after they lost their wits. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

From the time I leave Addie’s house Tuesday night until eleven in the a.m. on Thursday, all that occupies my mind is the mess I have gotten myself into by agreeing to give this speech. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z

This was not a trick or a question, it was a speech. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

My spirits were so disarranged, my nerves so clamorous in their confusion, that no course of thought, speech, or action presented itself. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Weasley ended her speech with a stern look, as if it had been Harry suggesting that it was natural to miss spark plugs. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

It was a relief to know she had the power of speech, but I was struck again by the power of cancer to get attention. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Yeah, fine. We’re getting our nature on,” she said, slurring her speech. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

At any rate this speech abashed and terrified him. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Parents in the drop-off lane are giving their kids motivational speeches. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z

“If I could have everyone’s attention, it’s time for my speech!” said Nearly Headless Nick loudly, striding toward the podium and climbing into an icy blue spotlight. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

After several speeches and more singing, the crowd splintered into dozens of small groups, which entered segregated businesses and sat down in protest. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

When Mr. Bontaff calls everyone to attention and announces that it’s time for the student council election speeches, I stuff the note in my pocket. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

The English papers carried excerpts of the senator’s speech and briefly mentioned my father. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

It was sort of pitiful for Tony not to know he couldn’t make a speech without saying that. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

Count Olaf had a great number of very long speeches, which he performed with elaborate gestures and facial expressions. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z

Woodhull accepted and made an impassioned speech intended to stir up the suffragists. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

“This time, miraculously, I understood. I decoded their speech. I penetrated the words and understood what was happening inside.” The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

It swelled into a great babble of speech from many throats. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

He takes his turn at the podium and recites the “Tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow” speech from Macbeth, the only lines of poetry he will know by heart for the rest of his life. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Well, I didn't get a gadget that makes Garfield-like speech bubbles over my head, but I did get an electric wheelchair, and our school began something called 'inclusion classes' I thought that was funny. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

I already have to worry about making my speech sound street when I'm out, and making it sound proper when I'm home. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

“I didn’t ask you for a speech. I just asked a question.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

He raised his hand to comfort her and made some sort of horrid, gurgling speech noise to get her attention. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

The steps of the Lincoln Memorial in the background, where Dr. King would deliver his famous speech. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

Horses reared and fell over screaming, ravens flew, crazy as bats in a fire, men staggered, gesturing wildly, making speeches, dying or sometimes pretending to be dying, sneaking off. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

When he finished his speech, the amphitheater, about half full, give him a long, loud round of applause. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

After the C.O.’s speech, we were handed picks and shovels and given rudimentary instructions as to the mining of lime. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The tiniest speech bubble had appeared next to his figure. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

She said that speech loud, and she said it often. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

He has taken to demanding speech from me; or else he puts his hand over my mouth. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Or this bit about Nick: “Everyone agrees that Nick Allen masterminded this plot that cleverly raises issues about free speech and academic rules. He is the boy who invented the new word.” Frindle 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Once again, he soberly addressed Americans in a televised speech. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Walton likes that my speech is like a light switch: I can go from news reporter to ’hood girl in a split second. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Then he called all the women of the 587th together so he could make a speech. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

“Urn ...” “Your Mandarin is excellent, and you won several speech contests. Is that right?” Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

The speech final was also a week from Friday, but he wasn’t too worried about that. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

On the car radio, Gowon’s speech was broadcast yet again: No victor and no vanquished. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

The other items on the list, Grabarek informed the students in his stiff speech, were negotiable. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

Her speech is unclipped and loose, full of attitude even when speaking to John in the formal constructions. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Hold your tongue, you disrespectful old bird!” cried Polly, tumbling off the chair with a bounce, and running to peck the ‘rattlepated’ boy, who was shaking with laughter at the last speech. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

“A metaphor, or simply a figure of speech?” he says, also frowning. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

Until then he had not thought of his speech as being subject to ridicule. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

The wind had knocked off his caracul hat and everyone had laughed, then stood and clapped when he’d delivered his speech. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Then he spoke many single words of Elvish speech. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Doc held the door open and Mack made a little speech. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had a hard enough time just standing in the front of the room in speech class. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

She hadn’t been listening to that last speech of Count Olaf’s, knowing it would be full of the usual self-congratulatory nonsense and despicable insults. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z

Although Guiteau visited campaign headquarters frequently, his role in the election of Garfield and Arthur was limited to that single speech. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

He is the void that consumes all magic, the cold that consumes all fire, the silence that consumes all speech. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

He had not understood the speech, but he had felt the meaning of some of it from the tone of Max’s voice. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

For a moment he seemed even to have been deprived of the power of speech. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

“He’s an extraordinary child, isn’t he?” said Number Two, her speech somewhat hindered by a mouthful of biscuit. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

Inspired by his interest in hearing, sound, and speech, Bell experimented with using electricity to transmit voices. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

One of my purposes was to listen, to hear speech, accent, speech rhythms, overtones and emphasis. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

His mom gets up to make her speech to thousands, and Alex thinks, Hell yeah, Texas. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

The full edition of his speeches runs to eight volumes and more than four million words. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

He made them a long speech, explaining about the griffin and the stalk and what the boys were going to do. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

That speech turned an equivocal, a provisional victory on the field of battle—thanks to the alchemic power of Lincoln’s words—into a turning point in the history of American liberty. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

“You didn’t mean it, did you, sir? It was just a speech. You don’t really want us to think, you want us to obey.” Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Violins, horns, drums, speeches—a mouth against a microphone in some faraway yet simultaneous evening—the sorcery of it holds him rapt. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

I am making books, documentaries, and speeches, and I am meeting interesting people, doing social media campaigns, and engaging in humanitarian work. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

"I said, will they give me a whole speech?" The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

Well, I must say I marvel at the sight of you: your manner of speech couldn’t be more like his; one would say No; no boy could speak so well. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

It doesn’t matter that my speech wasn’t in Quichua, that there’s no way I can be voted queen now. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

The last word was still a novelty in the speech of white people in 1944. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Today, Suesetta and I are practicing our speech and trying on clothes. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Ollie knows nothing about me now, certainly not enough to make these grand, sweeping speeches. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

He’s credited with discerning the different parts of an oration—how to open your speech, advance your arguments in an orderly fashion, and close the deal—and with teaching his methods to others. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

It was the reward for their success in combat that Marina had wished for them in her speech on the day they’d said goodbye to her. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

Chang cited a 1933 speech by a Japanese general: “Every single bullet must be charged with the Imperial Way, and the end of every bayonet must have National Virtue burnt into it.” Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z

At one point during his speech he turned to Huxley and asked him if he was related to an ape on his grandfathers side or on his grandmothers. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

The stranger rabbits seemed slightly disconnected by his little speech and he felt that for some reason or other he had not struck the right note in complimenting them on their numbers. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

His speech at all times was quick and energetic, without a trace of the south. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

On the evening of May 2, Mr. de Klerk made a gracious concession speech. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

While the “Checkers Speech” has become famous for that crowning moment, the whole speech is a rhetorical classic. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

I don’t think it was any of the speeches she’d heard that made her vote for the union. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

I slowed my speech down and started reading from the top of the page. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

She could walk with help and move the crippled arm some, but her mouth still dragged at the corner and her speech was hard to follow. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then, he introduced the class president, who gave a speech. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

If something or someone dis-pleases him, his eyes narrow and his speech becomes clipped. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

When it came time for the candidates’ speeches, I stood behind the lectern and let the paper cascade off the stage onto the floor. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

I cannot remember what prompted the lieutenant to make this speech. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

She clutched them greedily as a child might and held them in her hand without speech. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

And he called to her, and she came down, and they walked on the grass or sat under a green tree together, now in silence, now in speech. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

Although Oliver’s speech had been discussed and approved by the NEC, his proposal was met with indignation by ANC militants, who insisted that sanctions must be maintained unchanged. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

After his speech the previous evening, April 4, he returned to his room at the Lorraine Motel on Mulberry Street to dress for dinner. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

They taught well-heeled Athenians how to construct speeches and sway audiences. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

I recollect—oh, donkey’s years ago—I used to sometimes go to ’Yde Park of a Sunday afternoon to ’ear the blokes making speeches. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

Parrots are known to be long-lived, and among all the world’s birds, African Greys are best at imitating human speech. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

The stutter was largely cured by a speech therapist during his early teens, although it would resurface occasionally in adulthood, typically at moments of intellectual excitement. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

Somehow I felt that Bledsoe and Norton were behind it, and all day I was inhibited in both speech and conduct, for fear that I might say or do something scandalous. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

On the radio, a woman’s voice was saying that Taraki, the leader of the Khalq branch of the PDPA, the Afghan communist party, was in the streets giving rousing speeches to demonstrators. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

What other part of speech than a noun is "rupture"? Ans. New Word-Analysis 1871-01-01T00:00:00Z

The administrator had given a speech as well, reminding everyone that space flight is incredibly dangerous, and that we will not back down in the face of adversity. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

The term used by linguists to describe what Klotz was engaging in in that moment is “mitigated speech,” which refers to any attempt to downplay or sugarcoat the meaning of what is being said. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

“The lady told a speech and asked us did we wanna say anything too.” We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

Irwin made speeches to his employees, pledging that he would pay them, but he couldn’t. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Give me the speech of Pyrrhus, who with arms black as his purpose, sought vengeance on old Priam!” Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

Ben had said, “How many million cousins does Red have?” but the opportunity for speech had died a swift death. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

A good orator will hope to have a command of all three—and will be capable where appropriate of mixing them up a bit in a single speech. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

It is an extraordinary fact about Joseph Sauveur that, as the meticulous, indefatigable founder of acoustics, he should have been partially - later severely - deaf, with a lifelong, relentlessly lampooned speech impediment resulting from childhood mutism. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

Everybody asked for a speech, but Percy didn’t know what to say. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

I wanted to graduate, but I did not want to make a public speech that was not my own. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lillian Meecham disregarded her daughter’s objection and in a clear, lyrical voice filled with the soft music of southern speech, prayed to the Virgin, “Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Once the video of my speech finished playing, I quickly muted the live YouTube video and switched to another window where the Zoom call was already loaded. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

“What,” said Sally to Dr. Trefusis, “will you be diving off the roof to your death, now you’ve said your pretty speeches?” The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

He goes on with his speech, There are boys in this class who will never know the Sanctifying Grace. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

First, a Nazi Party leader gave a short speech. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

Harry went on; he explained how Voldemort had emerged from the cauldron, and told them all he could remember of Voldemort’s speech to the Death Eaters. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

‘One thing also is short, time for speech. Have you athelas?’ The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

REELTOK: Free speech applies to everybody, even people who are mixed up. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

Her speech slows down and her tone turns sympathetic—her doctor’s voice. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

“You gave the best speech,” she told him, her hand still there. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

“Time for the speeches,” announced the king as the plates were again removed and everyone looked glum. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

He looked me over, as if maybe I had two heads, and then said, “The senator’s going to make a speech right here in Welch. He’ll be here any minute.” October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

The nuns had been flattered, the audience had stood up and given "our devoted teachers a standing ovation," what Laura had suggested they do at the end of the speech. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t pay much attention to what was going on because I was so nervous about my speech. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

Combine and define confine + ment.—What other part of speech than a verb is "confine"? Ans. New Word-Analysis 1871-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even in the paragraphs above, for instance, it seemed natural to talk about traveling through a speech “step by step,” or of traveling through “well-known territory.” Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

The sarcastic question “What part of ‘no’ don’t you understand?” reminds us that negation is perfectly easy for people to handle in everyday speech. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

The red woman walked round the fire three times, praying once in the speech of Asshai, once in High Valyrian, and once in the Common Tongue. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

In the speech of most men you are absolutely sure what the next word will be. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

By the morning after Lincoln’s speech, Booth has decided to shoot the president inside a theater, the place where Booth feels most comfortable. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

The historical authorities differ as to the number of sections a speech ought to be broken down into. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

There was little speech and no laughter in any of the boats. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Someone made a long speech listing every infraction of the rules we were committing that night. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

Grandpa made a little speech over that piece of cushion, holding it in front of him as if it were some priceless jewel. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

“Look, Jack,” said Mom as soon as he left, and I knew she was about to give me a whole speech. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

It’s more than a figure of speech to say that plants create life out of thin air. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

Ever since I gave that speech, I’m thinking about writing. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z

I read the first part of the speech, explaining the history of the Banyamulenge people. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

Everyone had to bring a stuffed animal to school and give a campaign speech for it. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

“I never heard anything so abominable. How shall we punish him for such a speech?” Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z

On the streets, after my speeches, in the faces and the voices of the people I met—even those who would pump my hands and want my autograph—I would feel the wait-and-see attitude. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Someone else made a speech showing how by careful planning we could break all the others before dawn. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

That June Danny and I were among the seventy-eight students who were graduated from Hirsch College, to the accompaniment of numerous speeches, applause, honorary degrees, and family congratulations. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

Stanton gave her first major speech on women’s rights at a Quaker meetinghouse in Waterloo, New York. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

When I heard his voice in speeches and sermons broadcast all over the country on the Catholic radio station, it seemed that it was as much our voice, our thoughts, as Titid’s. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Inside Cavern Hole the Father Abbot addressed a morale-boosting speech to his captains. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

It’s a reminder about the weekly speech tonight. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

When the speeches are over, the circle opens up and the kids gather to one side of the fire. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

A year earlier, while Roosevelt was on the campaign trail and getting ready to make a speech, John Schrank, a thirty-six-year-old bartender from New York, shot him at point-blank range in the chest. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z

For all his seeming zoot-suiter characteristics his speech was precise and I had no doubt that he knew his business. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sir David Cardinal spoke next, and though I missed much of his speech, it seemed to be more technical in substance, and quite frankly, rather above my head. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

We gave Maxx a copy of his speech, and he read through it quickly. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

Their speech was not flavored with the cadences of the South, the slurred rhythms of the region where they had spent their entire lives. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

He spent hour upon hour working on drafts of his speeches— indeed, he devoted fully six weeks to preparing his first major speech in the House of Commons. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

I imagined myself making a speech and caught in striking poses by flashing cameras, snapped at the end of some period of dazzling eloquence. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

The way it works is that all the candidates sit up on the stage in folding chairs, but it is only the presidential candidates who make speeches. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z

“So can I. But that passage is lovely and it’s because of the terza rima. The music of it. The trimeter tolls through that speech of Klytemnestra’s like a bell.” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

"There I go, another speech. You fellows better tell me where to turn." The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

But all the long speeches, all the interminable days and hours that people had spent talking about my soul, had left me with the impression of a colorless swirling river that was making me dizzy. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

It is a giant umbrella concept meaning no more nor less than the fitting of a speech to the temper and expectations of its audience. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

The annoyed expression on her face matched the one on Mother’s, letting me know that maybe I should have prepared a speech. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’ll be pressuring them to have some kind of schoolwide discussion on diversity and the dangers of hate speech like this.” Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

To him, the speech had worked brilliantly—but on the wrong audience. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

Near the time, Joe assembled everybody in the street before the store and made a speech. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

An unflagging loyalty to his profession and its principles had made Arthur, over the years, increasingly deliberate in his speech and actions, and increasingly exacting regarding the truth in even his most casual reportage. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

Frederick Douglass, the outspoken leader of the African-American community for several decades, had died only months before the Atlanta speech, leaving a vacuum that the ambitious Washington quickly filled. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

It was an integral part of the learning of precise speech. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

Bush’s speech contained nothing newsworthy about drug policy, or Nicaragua, or the Federal Reserve, or balancing the budget, or social ills, or the homeless. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

I tried to take the friendship further a couple of times, but he didn’t want to join the chess club—he gave me a whole speech on the evils of competition. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

A medication, recently discovered, kept his limbs steady and his speech well controlled. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m no good at making speeches. I haven’t got your gift for words. But you have saved me, Charlotte, and I would gladly give my life for you—I really would.” Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z

Narration isn’t the most exciting part of a speech— but it can be subtly influential on its outcome. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

He placed it in his briefcase and extracted the red folder, with the other speech in it. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was a broadcast of a speech by this man Fidel, who is trying to overturn their dictator over in Cuba. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

"See, the savages lack the wit to understand the speech of civilized men." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

He found that his lips were still too numb for speech, and he wanted desperately to be beyond earshot of the old man’s plaintive questioning. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

When she did this, I knew a little speech was coming. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

Ms. Singh’s speech does not make things go back to normal. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

They jump up and down with Izzie and play tag, chasing each other around the room, until finally Uncle Bill says, “Quiet down, kids. I need to make a speech.” Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

It looked to Turner as if he was about to deliver a speech. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

Perhaps, if they are very lucky, he will give one of the speeches for which he has become so famous. shouts. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

By the time coffee was being served, all the speeches were over, and people had started walking around and mingling. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

For the next two days, Washington, DC, hummed with workshops, speeches, and ceremonies. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

“I don’t have time for speeches,” he said with a grin. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

When my sister finished her speech, we all clapped and yelled, but nobody clapped or yelled louder than my grandfather. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

For the sire of their race was the great horse of Eorl that knew the speech of Men. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

After the speech, Kissinger and Nixon walked together toward the president’s living quarters. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

His thoughts began to tangle, and his speech became incoherent. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

When she’d finished my speech just now, she’d been trying to show me up like she always did at the science fair. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

From the look on Drew’s ashen face and the way he carefully avoided making eye contact with me, I guessed Coach had already made his speeches for the day. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

"I think the brother's speech was backward and reactionary!" he said. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

After her speech, Woodhull stepped off the stage and listened from the wings to Judge A.G.W. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

She leans over and whispers, “You’ll do a good job. Albert and I are voting for you no matter what you say in your speech.” Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

“I’ll try not to, but I’m always possessed to burst out with some particularly blunt speech or revolutionary sentiment before her. It’s my doom, and I can’t help it.” Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

Under the pseudonym “Historicus,” he published a parody of the speech delivered by James Jackson of Georgia. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

Lawrence eventually found his voice and launched into a speech very much like the one he had delivered to Jackson’s subcommittee. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

He killed me at the Scrabble board, barely concentrating, and on those occasions when speech was necessary he had a way of compressing large thoughts into small, cryptic packets of language. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Anthony gave her first public speech to two hundred people at a Daughters of Temperance meeting on March 2, 1849. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

The mayor and the Company man made long, boring speeches about this great day. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

For a fullish half minute or so, there were no other words, no further speech. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

All those silly speeches Aided away behind Hydras, Minotaurs, and Medusas. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z

However, the Muslim understanding of that sound is that it is really heightened speech or recitation rather than music, and belongs in a separate category. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

In that speech she said: It was we, the people; not we, the white male citizens; nor yet we, the male citizens; but we, the whole people, who formed the Union. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

Even my technique had been different; no one who had known me at college would have recognized the speech. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

But then Axe muted the volume as he replayed my stump speech, removing my voice so that we could look more closely at my body language, specifically my facial expressions. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

“But there’s no need. These cards are part of a speech program we use, and it comes with a whole book of words. I can copy whatever he needs from there.” Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

He raised his hand to comfort her and made some sort of horrid, gurgling speech noise to get her attention. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Digdown the old groundhog was giving another one of her fireside speeches. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

As predicted, Cleopatra’s overpowering personality, incalculable wealth, and persuasive speech put Mai Antony’s fears to rest and captured his heart. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z

His speech therapist smiles, striding into the waiting room. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

Not one to give up on anything, I chose Portia’s “quality of mercy” speech for my presentation. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

At a speech in Salt Lake City, Humphrey summoned the nerve to break with Johnson. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

When Tom was nine years old he worried because his pretty little sister Mollie had an impediment in her speech. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

This was the moment for the calm, proper speech, but Meg didn’t make it. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

He did not believe that women should participate in public life or make speeches about divorce. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

“You should give the speech. You almost made me stand up and applaud.” A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Samuel waited for some speech to start up, knowing in advance that it would not. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

He didn't say anything then, but the next night he made us have compulsory study hall in the academic building and he came up and made a speech. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

He had made many speeches and he had a gift for it. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Everett spent months preparing—researching the battle in journalistic detail, which amid the fog of war was no mean task, then polishing and memorizing his speech. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

Yes, and I'd have to hide the fact that I had actually been afraid when I made my speech. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

My speech remained the same, but my excitement evaporated into discouragement. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

And I wouldn’t recommend it in formal writing or speech. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“All that is needed to produce a complete Temperance and Social reform in this age of Moral Suasion, is for our Sex to cast their United influences into the balance,” she wrote for her speech. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

Lady, I don't feel like hearing one of those save-our-black-youth speeches. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Nor had I considered the embarrassment I might have caused her should the police come to her home to arrest me for making that wild speech. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

“But . . . sir,” I said—for my speech was slow and ill formed—“if I do ... I ... I won’t be able to work the fields.” Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

They both burst into speech at the same time. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

Long before President Nixon met his Waterloo over the Watergate burglary, he escaped from another tight spot with a magisterial speech, at the heart of which was a nakedly cheesy pathos appeal. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

For example, I got bored very quickly with the prosecutor’s speech. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

She seemed about to say something—to rally us, I hoped, kick us into action with some inspiring speech—but she couldn’t seem to get the words out. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

He heard the speech with a growing sense of outrage, and thought it was “very arrogant and insulting.” The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I studied the photo of Father smiling, his arm around Dr. King’s shoulders, shortly before the speeches began at the March on Washington. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

There were no bursts of applause, no coach’s speech comparing him to the great Permian runners of the past, no take-your-sweet-time walk down the aisle of the crowded high school cafeteria. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

And she told me she didn’t want to hear the whole speech. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

During a lecture in Nebraska, an outspoken man interrupted her speech. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

This tape is about… A pause in her speech. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

‘Let us leave them! I guess their thought already: hatred of all that go on two legs; and their speech is of crushing and strangling.’ The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

"In my opinion the speech was wild, hysterical, politically irresponsible and dangerous," he snapped. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

The “finger” nodded its head stiffly, but did not exert its limited brain-power on speech. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

However, the speech made Lili and Guy stand on the tips of their toes from great pride. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

President Clinton talked about the incident in a speech and so did Newt Gingrich. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’m about to rush the stage, thinking she’s having a heart attack, when she suddenly ditches the speech, the page fluttering to the floor, and speaks directly to the microphone. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

She stands there staring at me like I have just recited a speech instead of one simple word. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

Although he began his speech airily, it doesn’t end that way. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

And then Portia comes in and gives this speech that turns everything upside down. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

There are awkward champagne toasts and speeches by their families, their parents’ friends. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

She sat there across from him, going over the notes for her speech, a twenty-four-karat gold American flag on her lapel, and Alex was so proud he thought he’d throw up. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Mother adds, “And when the program begins, you can go up to the balcony and watch the entertainment and speeches from there.” Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

“That was a nice speech,” he said quietly. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Deliver the speech, in a practice run, from the cards. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

Over the course of several months, she regained her speech, but she never regained her previous vitality. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

When the principal, Mrs. Carlisle, announces it’s time for me to give my valedictorian speech, the pageant nerves return. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Once the dinner and the speech have ended, people get up to dance, husbands head for the bar. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

With the convention drawing close, I worked with a speechwriter for the first time, a gifted young woman named Sarah Hurwitz who helped shape my ideas into a tight seventeen-minute speech. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

My self is a thing I must now compose, as one composes a speech. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

At first she didn't want to and then she couldn't seem to write that speech. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

The speech both indicated our line of defense and disarmed the prosecution, which had prepared its entire case based on the expectation that I would be giving evidence denying responsibility for sabotage. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Leon had made a speech as well as his father, and Cecilia had been there surely. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

He worked on his Coo speech until it was time to go, first making an outline, then putting his key points on three-by- five cards. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

Another said that the President’s speech would live among the annals of man. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

I watched her closely for some clue in her look or speech. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

When she finished her speech, Justice Strauss turned to Count Olaf and asked, “Do you take this woman to be your lawfully wedded wife?” The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z

There are invariant and variable structures in speech that are common to all of us. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I merely looked at the diagrams and photographs,” he said in his Nobel speech. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

These were their topics and subjects of discussion, carried on without the need of speech. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sean put his hands on my shoulders, ready to deliver a patented inspirational speech. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

Above all, my manner of speech had seemed an alien thing to them. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had not written my speech with only the delegates in mind. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

A dainty white lady at the women’s club luncheon approaches the podium after my speech to say, after all, wasn’t it a shame that I wasn’t able to ‘use’ my Spanish in school. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Everywhere the train stopped—Charleston, New Orleans, Los Angeles, Denver, Chicago, and many other places, ending in New York—enormous rallies were held, featuring speeches by veteran suffragist activists, each one dressed in prison garb. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

On January 9, 1918, President Woodrow Wilson gave a speech to Congress offering his support for women’s suffrage, describing it as a war measure. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

Then, despite their protests, I lured them to the table and made a speech. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

A very friendly shake of the hand, a very earnest “Good-bye,” closed the speech, and the door had soon shut out Frank Churchill. Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z

I marveled that Henry could go through with the speech as if we had a choice. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

And suddenly the creature burst out in a torrent of speech, rushed at her with outstretched arms and—Ford! Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

At least three times a week, I looked forward to Mother Lois taking me to Bethel AME for choir practice, speeches by people from out of town who talked about God, and Bible study. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Magdalys wasn’t sure if that little speech was supposed to settle the matter somehow, but the officer was clearly unmoved. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

She gave her opening speech, which went perfectly. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

When I told her I knew a little of the exotic tongues and wished to learn more, she gave me a dictionary of exotic speech. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Private Nothing,” she said, “you makes a pretty little speech right there.” The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

June 16, 1858: Abraham Lincoln delivered his “a house divided cannot stand” speech in Springfield, Illinois, which meant the country could not be partly for and partly against slavery. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Let her noble husband make the speeches and laugh at the feeble Yunkish japes. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Throughout the spring, he rarely mentioned Vietnam to reporters or in his speeches. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

After a short speech, he handed it to me, saying, “Son, this makes me very proud. It’s a great honor to present you with this championship cup.” Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I know only a hell of a little, but my speech is going to reflect that,” I said. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

My mouth was so wide open all through Andre’s speech that the police could have flown right in, and I wouldn’t have noticed or cared. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Moreover, he was not cut out for all the ceremonial obligations: “I hate speeches, messages, addresses and answers, proclamations, and such affected, studied, contraband things,” he wrote sulkily to Abigail. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

The accent was strange and guttural, the speech distorted. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

When he finished, he spun around and addressed the class, leaning back on one leg, waving his hands like he was making a speech in the locker room. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

As Palmer locked the cell, Ben asked, his voice so tremulous as to make speech nearly impossible, “Why am I in here, sir? Don’t you have to charge me with something?” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

I needed no ears because I was too far off to hear his voice, no words because I was too distant for speech, and no thoughts—those I saved for later. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

This was the divine speech Telemakhos heard from Athena, Zeus’s daughter. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Phillips moved to remove Stanton’s entire speech from the official convention record. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

He was preparing his speech for the next day, flipping through a havoc of handwritten pages, making notes here and there with a pencil. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

As she listened to Hitler’s radio speech, she felt hope for her future. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

I discovered that my speech was becoming slurred, and there was a lightness in my head. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

In that speech, if not yet in his life, Shin had seized control of his past. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

Unlike Grandfather’s stories, which quieted the warring spirits within her with the softness of moonlight or the lyric timbre of a lone flute, Mrs. Rappaport’s speech thrilled her like sunlight and trumpets. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z

Alice danced to Jasper’s side and whispered in his ear; her lips quivered with the speed of her silent speech. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

She glanced around like she was making a speech to an invisible crowd. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

“What about freedom of speech, freedom of expression?” The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z

Harry did not doubt that speech would return to him, and soon — the vein pulsing in his uncle’s temple was reaching danger point — but something about Dumbledore seemed to have robbed him temporarily of breath. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

I worked through the Old Testament next, then I read Dad’s books, which were mostly compilations of the speeches, letters and journals of the early Mormon prophets. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

All these years we were told the Irish were always noble and they made brave speeches before the English hanged them. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

Over the next forty years, giving as many as 250 speeches a year, speaking to more than one million people, he did just that, holding his audiences spellbound with his fire-and-brimstone style of preaching. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

The head judge came over and made a speech. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Be hut Daily Star front-page report of my speech mentioned no “riot”—because there was none. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

In that speech, RFK compared the domestic struggle for Civil Rights to the free world’s fight against communism. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Laura leapt to her feet, a sign that she was about to deliver her own speech. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

“Well, Richard Wright, here’s your speech,” he said with smooth bluntness and shoved a stack of stapled sheets across his desk. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

He recalled the speech Max had made in court and remembered with gratitude the kind, impassioned tone. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Whispers, almost indistinguishable from the rain, turn to normal speech, and I hear some voices lift above others, almost yelling, but not quite. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

A man around my mom’s age steps up to give a welcome speech. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

Then he came to the part of the speech about his own future. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Always identifiable by their strange speech and crude manners, they were looked down upon by most people. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had never been an irascible man and before war was actually declared and Mississippi seceded, his acts and speeches of protest had been not only calm but logical and quite sensible. Absalom, Absalom! 1936-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. Curran gives a less florid version of the speech he gave in Minneapolis and people begin to inch forward. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

His speeches were at times so fiery and full of passion that every year the principal would try to make Tapia the gym teacher, in hopes of cutting down Tapia’s influence over us. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

There were clips suddenly circulating from both the Milwaukee and the Madison speeches, focused on the part where I talked about feeling encouraged. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

There were always two or three meandering speeches, and all of them seemed written by the same verbose, insincere person. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

During his brutal reign, the Russian people were denied basic liberties, including freedom of speech and religion, and millions of Soviet citizens were killed in what has been called the Great Purge. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

Speech class always made him nervous even when there was no speech due. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

Otherwise, I may not have time to finish before Jason’s speech therapist comes out to get him. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the middle of Marina’s speech, the noise of bombs at the front could be heard clearly through the open windows. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

Many of their mannerisms, pronunciations, and turns of speech had been consciously copied from white Communists whom they had recently met. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

When we heard recordings of Nasser’s voice or speeches, we became silent as though we were hearing prayers. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z

A speech suitable for the stag night may not go down so well at the wedding, and decorum is a mobile thing—any good speaker reads his or her audience as he goes along. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

Fancying that the other man had noticed his surreptitious glance, he hastened once more into speech. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

I think my tongue has frozen and speech will be impossible, so I surprise myself by answering back in a steady voice, “Yes, I think that would save time.” Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

There were some elements of the old speech in it, and much that was as new as that morning. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

“We talked a lot about what you were like as a baby. She said you were very precocious, especially in toilet training and speech.” Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

As he was leaving he asked her if she would make a speech at an antislavery meeting in about two weeks. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

It is traditional to cut away to the faces of the tributes during the speech. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

The historian Garry Wills’s view that Everett’s speech was “obsolete within a half-hour of the time when it was spoken” seems to me a little over the top. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

Cara blushed at Joey’s little speech and blushed even more when the whole class clapped and cheered, agreeing with him. The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z

In the short term, Johnson’s speech was a success. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Later, with astonishment, I heard that the American press carried stories that my Beirut speech caused a “riot.” The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Here’s part of the narration for a speech he gave in October 2008, where he went on to outline his “rescue plan” for America’s middle class. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

Napoleon ended his speech with his usual cry of “Long live Animal Farm!” and after the singing of Beasts of England the animals were dismissed. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

"Brother, that was quite a speech you made. I heard just the end of it, but you certainly moved them to action . . ." "Action," I said, "action —" "Don't be modest, brother," she said, "I heard you." Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was a Quaker and his speech was a little different from that of other people. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was a solemn-eyed, shy little girl, slow of speech, but quick to laugh. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

In April, at a speech in Philadelphia, Canadian Prime Minister Lester Pearson sparked the president’s wrath by gently suggesting the United States might try harder to find a negotiated settlement in Vietnam. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

“I just wanted people to like the speech, you know?” The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

But the spectre of delivering a speech brown-nosing the teachers jammed her imagination. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

Marty had also gotten a Nike speech tattoo, which was pretty brag. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Allow me to step into my chamber and quickly practice my diplomatic speech.” The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

Roy had mentally prepared himself to be blindfolded and tied up again—he’d even composed a short speech for the occasion. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

While on the airplane, I went over my speech a dozen times. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

They could remember and repeat long passages of human speech, so they were sent into rebel areas to capture our words and return them to the Capitol. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

Toward the end of his speech he was aware that she was not listening to him. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

She stood upright with her feet firmly planted as if she were going to deliver a fiery speech that would change the course of the nation. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

“What a strange speech,” thought Milo, for he’d heard many in the past and knew that they were supposed to be long and dull. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Would you let me work on your speech?” he asked. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

His speech was a twenty-minute sermon on God’s promises to Abraham. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

As Toomer turned to leave the store, Red began following him, imitating his broken walk and his agonized, wavering speech. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

His powerful “I have a dream” speech at the 1963 March on Washington, delivered from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial, won the admiration of people around the world. Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

This little speech sounded to me the way his suit looked: often used and unnaturally shiny. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

The applause dies out and the mayor gives the speech in our honor. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

New Orleans, his home, needs no speeches, no squabbling, and no politics. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

There was an awkward silence, in which nobody dared to help their speech along. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

The point is that the peroration shapes the impression— intellectually, yes, but above all in terms of emotion or tone— with which the audience comes away from your speech. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

One time I went to the main square in Kraków to hear a speech by a famous Polish general, whose name I no longer remember. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

Mark smiled.“You’ve given that speech a few times. I think I got it.” The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

Kehaar’s speech was so outlandish and distorted at the best of times that it was only too common for the rabbits to be unsure what he meant. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Reagan has just given a speech at the Washington Hilton Hotel and is walking out a side door toward his limousine. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

"But then how do you con your speeches?" The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m not sure I want to make speeches.” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

My father stepped forward and began a speech as stuffed with words as an actor’s coat is stuffed with bombast to make him fat. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

“You should save that for November when you have to give that speech.” In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Reverend Dr. J. H. Barrows read a blessing and benediction and then, at the request of exposition officials, read a speech that Higinbotham had prepared for the originally planned ceremony. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

One of the boys, the one who was wearing glasses, was just finishing his speech. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

At the clinic there’s a waiting room and a long corridor of doors to little offices for hearing tests, speech therapy, and occupational therapy. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was middling tall, and slow of speech. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

There was a touching reunion in Johnny Garcia’s bar in Monterey, with tears and embraces, speeches and endearments in the poco Spanish of my youth. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

By now Mom was staring hard at him, trying to understand the point of this speech. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

The initial speech at the Ceremony of Twelve was made by the Chief Elder, the leader of the community who was elected every ten years. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

“I may have to give a speech my own self, and tell these people what they need to hear.” The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

And for saying I hate the president, which used to be free speech but qualifies as treason now. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

The rest of the speech might be described as “Spoken but not heard.” I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

He threw himself headlong into the desegregation effort, his rhetoric and speech unlike anything minorities here had ever been exposed to. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

The speeches fired up the Klansmen, but as a secret society standing outside of the mainstream, with no well-thought-out plan of action, the Klan had little influence in Durham’s affairs. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

I outlined my speech, she listened, nodded, and rubbed her chin in true mayoral style. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

And, as you might imagine, certain kinds of speech need to be certain shapes. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

“That was almost like poetry, wasn’t it? I—I—wish I could make pretty speeches.” Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was just as in so many civil rights organizations, he mused: the flamboyant male leaders make the speeches while the workaday women, most of them as plain as bread, make it happen. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

In his keynote speech, General Electric research chief W. D. Coolidge lauded Ernest’s “boldness and faith and persistence to a degree rarely matched.” Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

We start out for the front plain soldiers, either cheerful or gloomy: then come the first gun-emplacements and every word of our speech has a new ring. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Old Bear sat slumped and silent, as if the burden of speech had grown too heavy for him to bear. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Starks led off with a great eulogy on our departed citizen, our most distinguished citizen and the grief he left behind him, and the people loved the speech. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

“There are many different types of children for many different types of shows,” Rex Rollins begins, and I can see that he’s given this speech about a billion times. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

Free speech and press hadn’t done too well in the ante bellum South. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

Even Bush, in a self-deprecating speech, agreed that these were errors. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

He removed expression from his face, light from his eyes, and silenced his speech. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

There was a girl in his speech class who smiled at him a lot lately. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

And I had started a funny habit: I sometimes found myself looking in the mirror and giving speeches. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

It was weighty and at the same time it was joyful, a feeling mirrored in the inaugural speech Barack would then deliver. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Every time I make a speech I feel I am submitting to judgment, not only about my ability but my character and honor. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

“She means vampire, not seaweed, but it doesn’t matter. It’s too warm to be particular about one’s parts of speech,” murmured Jo. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

Bigger was not at that moment really bothered about whether Max’s speech had saved his life or not. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Rebutting those propositions one by one is the task of the speech that follows. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

It’s where Barack sat up late at night, poring over briefings and drafts of speeches in the Treaty Room, and where Sunny, one of our dogs, sometimes pooped on the rug. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

One holds back speech for fear of disturbing something—what? Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

After a round of applause for Mr. Wilde’s speech, students began putting on dramatic performances for the audience, which included several white people, benefactors of the school in one way or another. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

We each take one, and there’s barely time for the awkwardness to settle in, because Sabrina takes the mic and makes a short speech. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

His speech and clear ringing voice left no doubt in their hearts: the rider was of the Elven-folk. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

It is there that Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. delivers his “I Have a Dream” speech. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

“I do not know why they need this bit of land,” I said, in the manner of people who must say something for the sake of the sanity which speech can bring. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

Pirow opposed this application for dismissal, and quoted from several inflammatory speeches by the accused, informing the court that the police had unearthed more evidence of a highly dangerous conspiracy. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

But then, instead of starting in on her speech about Los Angeles, she let her mouth drop open and nothing came out except a strange gulping sound. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

I didn’t want her to lecture me about underage drinking or try to convince me to make a speech at the board meeting. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

With his hands placed behind his back, Bull paced in front of them, clearing his throat and gathering his thoughts for the traditional moving day speech. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Comings and goings in the twilight, and soft speech, and gifts of milk and honey such as men make to the women they have known.” Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had one more problem to settle before I could make my speech. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

In this company no one marked my own strange speech. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

He went on to mock the speech, pointing out that most of the men in the legislature were married and had experience dealing with women. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

“I have not the pleasure of understanding you,” said he, when she had finished her speech. Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z

The principal’s speech was simpler and clearer than mine, but it did not say anything; mine was cloudy, but it said what I wanted to say. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

His car's stuck up there on Thomley Bush and he's having to endure Harry's speeches as a result.' The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

"I stole that from your father's speech, remember? Remember how he put that in at the end?" How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

And the more resentful I became, the more my old urge to make speeches returned. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Also, he had a lot to think about from his father’s speech. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

In the long term, the speech set Johnson’s presidency on a muddy mountainside. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

She and the Congressional Union obtained ten tickets to the president’s first speech to Congress since his reelection. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

The difference is just one of style: than I is more suited to formal writing, than me to writing that is closer to speech. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

A short pause followed this speech, and Mrs. Hurst began again. Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z

He also had a way with words, winning a prize in a speech contest. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Mama’s speech was slurred as she told me to say hello to Jean, Louise’s granddaughter, who was in the living room. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

He had a hard enough time even when he’d prepared a speech. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

She said no, she’d be doing interviews and taping speeches—but he could come along and hold her tape recorder. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

At the dining room table Beans gave a speech about himself, about his hatred of pigeons and how many necks he intended to wring. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

On the 1st of August she was back in Boston to make another speech. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Everybody in Haiti been listening to those speeches.” Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

“No one goes a step in any direction without her say-so. A few days ago she gave a speech about uniting against our oppressors, the people outside.” Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

And goodbye to their teacher, Miss Thorn, who had finished her Last Day of School speech, wishing them luck in the lives they were about to begin. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

The endless debates over the invasion, air raids, speeches, etc., etc., are accompanied by countless exclamations such as “Eempossible!,” The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

Just this speech to make, this little speech, and then they’ll hand me the envelope, and so, gathering my courage, only weeping a little, I begin. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

The stuff that was coming out of him consisted of words, but it was not speech in the true sense: it was a noise uttered in unconsciousness, like the quacking of a duck. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

On the day before the elections, George and I had to give speeches before a school assembly. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

It became one of the “movement churches” after Martin Luther King, Jr., delivered his “Fill Up the Jails” speech there on February 16, 1960. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

Johnson shocked Clifford when he told him how the speech would end. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

He had only one criticism, he said, to make of Mr. Pilking- ton’s excellent and neighbourly speech. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

Over and over, our witnesses would show that Resha’s speech was not only taken out of context but did not represent ANC policy. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

His sardonic mind glowed and his speech took on its old singing rhythm. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

That is no figure of speech; it is fact. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

After the speech, however, the chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, Samuel G. Foote, refused to take action. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

Traveling west along the northern routes I did not hear a truly local speech until I reached Montana. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

“What will we buy?” asked Jo, ignoring the latter part of his speech, and sniffing the mingled odors with an affectation of delight as they went in. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

I could not believe they heard my welcoming speech at the Murphey Awards and saw me dance at an event several months earlier. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

Regarding her own speech, Stanton told Anthony, “Anything from my pen is necessarily radical.” Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

The same applies to any speech or extended piece of persuasive writing. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

The speeches start and finish, and then the march begins. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

In November of that year the President made a speech at Gettysburg; papers all over the country printed it, but they were not agreed upon its quality. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s possible that the campuses are really going to blow up after this speech,” Nixon told his secretary. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

To this end, I rehearsed my speeches again and again using a teleprompter set up in one corner of my office. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Papa wrote a check and handed it to the usher, telling her he did not want to make a speech. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

Sitting in his designer chair, with tomes and journals rising behind him, Dr. Luce appeared serious, full of expertise, as was his speech. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

It seemed to me that regional speech is in the process of disappearing, not gone but going. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Randalls party agreed to it immediately; and after a pretty long speech from Miss Bates, which few persons listened to, she also found it possible to accept dear Miss Woodhouse’s most obliging invitation. Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z

He said it must have given her some peace to hear President Kennedy’s speech earlier this summer, on the radio. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Mudgett’s parents were devout Methodists whose response to even routine misbehavior relied heavily on the rod and prayer, followed by banishment to the attic and a day with neither speech nor food. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Tatane appealed to the warden to overrule us, and in the midst of his speech, broke down and wept. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Just like that thug Bruce had said during his speech in the auditorium. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

After their walk, he asked her if he could borrow a stuffed animal for his ruler-of-the-world speech. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

“My point exactly. Now come along, everybody. We need to hurry—you’re to join the other new arrivals for Mr. Curtain’s welcome speech. Constance, stop dawdling. You, too, George, hustle it up.” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

—But your dad’s speeches don’t have any meaning for you? Tears of a Tiger 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

But Big Ma talked more about taking off her glove to shake a Kennedy’s hand than she talked about his speech. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

“Yes,” insisted Nixon, “go on up, Manolo, and give a speech!” Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

“When you are grown up, and able to prepare a speech, you must go down to Albany and talk to the legislators; tell them all you have seen in this office,” her father said. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

Here I'd thought of her as a cold-blooded agent when she was really nothing but a slightly dopey, inexperienced speech teacher. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

If this is true, it would mean that the human mind is preset, in some primary sense, to generate more than just the parts of speech. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

They piled his wagons high with gold and leather and weapons, and they kneeled to his messengers and made long speeches and promised to defend him against any foolhardy outlaw that dared to attack him. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s essential that he see a draft of the speech before it is given. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

The bitter feelings occasioned by this speech, the many bitter feelings, made the utmost exertion necessary on Emma’s side, to enable her to say on reply, Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z

Detective Jeremiah Mollson, one of the few African members of the Special Branch, claimed to recall lines verbatim from ANC speeches that he attended. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even with a reconstructed jaw, her father still slurred his words a little, but Siobhan had grown to understand his speech. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

In her speeches, Anthony cited the Declaration of Independence, the US Constitution, and the New York Constitution; she quoted American patriots. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

Some were so moved by Fannie’s speech, they wiped tears from their eyes. Fannie Never Flinched 2016-11-21T00:00:00Z

Cora had decided on the way over that in her new position she would avoid the cadences of plantation speech the best she could. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

“King,” he says, like he’s about to begin a speech, “thank you.” King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

Suesetta assures me, “It’s just like having to say our Christmas speeches in front of the congregation, only we don’t have to memorize it, so it’s even better. You’re good at speaking anyway, Betty.” Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Ruth looked the same, but her speech was peppered with words and phrases she’d picked up in England, like “I imagine” and “I suppose” and “presumably.” The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Pretty speeches! When a man can make pretty speeches, I always wonder how long he’s been practicing! Come on, Nat. Let’s tell mother!” Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

To enhance the drama of the proceedings, the state had made arrangements for a live broadcast of Yutar’s speech on the South African Broadcasting System. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the same book, I met with one of Sheridan’s mighty speeches on and in behalf of Catholic emancipation. Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass 1845-05-01T00:00:00Z

The national press regularly reported on his campaign speeches, calling his farm Lawnfield. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

As for Bilbo Baggins, even while he was making his speech, he had been fingering the golden ring in his pocket: his magic ring that he had kept secret for so many years. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Folks talked about a pretty speech he gave afore they kicked the stool away from his feet. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

Give a thank-you speech in return, but only the one the Capitol gave us, never any personal additions now. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

Out of respect he tries to speak as much Korean as he can, and I don’t let him know his rapid speech is variously lost on me. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

A dance floor and bandstand are off to the side, opposite the podium where Hilly Holbrook will give her speech. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

There was a natural reluctance among many African states to support violent struggles elsewhere; but the speech convinced people that freedom fighters in South Africa had no alternative but to take up arms. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Cora sat in the front of the class nowadays, and when Georgina corrected her—on her penmanship or arithmetic or speech—she no longer smarted. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

In fact, the Virginia Resolutions described the Alien and Sedition Acts as “alarming infractions” of the Constitution that violated the free speech guarantees of the First Amendment. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

He thought of it as a new part of speech: the silent man. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

On the train the next day, Joe didn’t make many speeches with rhymes to her, but he bought her the best things the butcher had, like apples and a glass lantern full of candies. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

It was a characteristic speech, and sounded daring, but audacity becomes young people, and Amy’s ambition had a good foundation. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

The people who had given their speeches earlier today had treated the election as if it was a big joke, which of course it was. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

Groans shall your speech be, lamentation your only words. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

His speech was never very delicate but Matilda was used to it. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

It was sometime later that I heard Dr. King’s speech: This afternoon, we gather in the quiet of this sanctuary to pay our last tribute of respect to these beautiful children of God. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

The speech doesn't really fit together very well. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

Dr. King pacing in the hotel corridor, thinking about a big upcoming speech. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

Tomorrow I go over to Minerva’s to work on my speech. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then everyone went to the auditorium for two hours of speeches by the faculty. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Music may be experienced through speech, gesture, and movement. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

If you listened closely it was possible to hear the dashes and commas in his speech, even the colons and semicolons. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

The rest of us just sat back and tuned out his impassioned speech on the importance of good hygiene. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Nixon, finally, defended himself in a masterful speech delivered live on television from the El Capitan Theatre in Los Angeles. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

A terrible, shameful image comes to me: Kamal with his delicate hands, his reassuring manner, his sibilant speech, contrasted with Scott, huge and powerful, wild, desperate. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

The people still told the old stories in the common speech, and some of them were written down, although by whom or when we do not know. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

Babies as young as one or two days old synchronize their head, elbow, shoulder, hip, and foot movements with the speech patterns of adults. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Did he happen on the article by the Norwegian physicist Rolf Wideroe while “glancing over current periodicals in the University library,” as he related in his Nobel Prize acceptance speech? Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

Dad was still smiling but I could tell he had turned serious because he slowed down his speech. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

He didn’t give us a speech about team unity or anything. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

Despite the demeaning response, Stanton and Anthony considered the speech a victory: Women had spoken before the legislature. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

The president of the court-martial began his final speech when Arcadio realized that two hours had passed. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

Anyway, Inigo finishes his speech to the Cliffs and spends the next few hours finding a fisherman who sails him back to Florin City. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

Although I had seen hours of him on videotape, there was something that I still couldn’t abide in his speech. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Oh, Madam Mina, I knew that the friend of that poor lily girl must be good, but I had yet to learn——” He finished his speech with a courtly bow. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

McKissick had a knack for translating complex ideas and for incorporating the audience’s responses into his speeches. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

His voice was high-pitched and a little bit shrill, like he had spent a lot of time standing on balconies screaming speeches through bad P.A. systems at the multitudes down below who feared him. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

“Stop cursing. The feral hog shows a remarkable understanding of human speech, especially profane speech,” he mumbled, quoting from the book. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

Yet I await the end of the speech with dread. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

At the station, as they had in previous years, the marching band played fight songs, cheerleaders danced, the coaches made brief speeches, flashbulbs popped, and newsreel cameras whirred as the boys climbed onto the train. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Upon inquiry, I found that English was the least of his languages, preceded by his own tongue and the speech of the Mandingoes. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

I loved drama and giving speeches at school, but I was worried about speaking before a huge crowd. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

The text of the speech scrolls across phones. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

That day, the teachers and students in Henry Metelmann’s school were called together to listen to Adolf Hitler’s victory speech over the radio. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

At first, the evening news puzzled her, a litany of fires and shootings, because she was used to NTA news, where self-important army officers cut ribbons or gave speeches. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

She made public speeches, but she dreaded them. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

His speech, which defended a jailed socialist, did not please his high school principal, but he graduated near the top of his class. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Our uncle could rewrite his Fourth of July speech and use it to sell bonds. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

The “you” and “I” of the speech situation have been gathered into the first person plural: “we” are making war on “our grand foe” who “sole reigning holds the tyranny of heaven. ” Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

With the richness of speech, and all our new devices for communication, why would we want to release odors into the air to convey information about anything? The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Yes,” I say, unable to translate into speech the emotions swirling through me. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

In her autobiography, Stanton wrote that her father beamed with pride and was “moved to tears” when he read about her speech. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

It is the morning after Lincoln’s speech and the third day since Lee’s surrender. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

And, of course, following the meal came songs, epic poems, and speeches in praise of the princesses and the three gallant adventurers who had rescued them. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

I’m sorry you weren’t there to see my dad try his best to be upbeat, cracking bad jokes in his speech, choking on his words. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

He spent a moment adjusting the microphone and smoothing his twisted speech, then he cleared his throat and looked around at everyone. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

Whenever he referred to him in his speeches he was careful to strip him of any human attributes and present him as an abstract functionary in some larger scheme. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Go to the principal, talk to him, take his speech and say it. I’m saying the one he wrote. So why can’t you? What the hell? What can you lose?” Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

He gave an impromptu speech about the unquenchable African thirst for liberty. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Gates repeated this speech twice more as I worked my way out the front door and turned left to my bus stop. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

This was quite a speech to wake up to, and Edward lay on his back trying to absorb it. The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane 2006-03-30T00:00:00Z

Any further speech was drowned by hearty cheers. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z