All 4 Uses of
eloquent
in
The House of Mirth
- She questioned him intelligently, she heard him submissively; and, prepared for the look of lassitude which usually crept over his listeners' faces, he grew eloquent under her receptive gaze.†
Chpt 1.2
- At that moment the word was more eloquent to Lily Bart than any other in the language.†
Chpt 1.7 *
- The strain of the last hours had restored to her face the deeper eloquence which Selden had lately missed in it, and the bravery of her words to him still fluttered in her voice and eyes.†
Chpt 2.3
- Gerty broke off, abashed at the sound of her own eloquence, and impeded by the difficulty of giving precise expression to her vague yearning for her friend's retrieval.†
Chpt 2.8
Definition:
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(eloquent) powerful use of language