All 13 Uses of
oration
in
Babbitt
- He was a jolly man, given to oratory and to chumminess with the arts.†
Chpt 5 *
- It was only when they attacked the sacred purse that he was frightened into fury, but then, being a man given to oratory and high principles, he enjoyed the sound of his own vocabulary and the warmth of his own virtue.†
Chpt 6
- W. F. PEET author of the Shortcut Course in Public-Speaking, is easily the foremost figure in practical literature, psychology & oratory.†
Chpt 6
- His convention paper had given him the beginning of a reputation for oratory, so the Republican-Democratic Central Committee sent him to the Seventh Ward and South Zenith, to address small audiences of workmen and clerks, and wives uneasy with their new votes.†
Chpt 14
- His reputation for oratory established, at the dinner of the Zenith Real Estate Board he made the Annual Address.†
Chpt 14
- Of course you've all read about his speeches and oratory in the papers—and the boy's good-looking, too, eh?†
Chpt 15
- The evenings of oratory and committees and lodges stimulated him like brandy, but every morning he was sandy-tongued.†
Chpt 16
- He was a thin, rustic-faced young man with gold spectacles and a bang of dull brown hair, but when he hurled himself into oratory he glowed with power.†
Chpt 16
- He lost the accumulated weariness of business—worry and expansive oratory; he felt young and potential.†
Chpt 17
- His friends had always congratulated him on his oratory, but in their praise was doubt, for even in speeches advertising the city there was something highbrow and degenerate, like writing poetry.†
Chpt 17
- In the long run they're bound to respect a man who makes them think, and with your reputation for oratory you—"†
Chpt 28
- What do you know about my reputation for oratory?†
Chpt 28
- To be the "livest" of them was as much his ambition now as it had been to excel at making money, at playing golf, at motor-driving, at oratory, at climbing to the McKelvey set.†
Chpt 29
Definition:
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(oration) giving a speech to an audience