eloquent

in a sentence

I have never heard a more eloquent silence.  (source) Laurie Halse Anderson, Speak, 1999

I jumped up and waited for his eloquent words of wisdom.  (source) Dave Pelzer, The Lost Boy, 1997

That they could breathe free, finally, and stand to meet life with the force of dignity and whatever eloquence the heart could call upon.  (source) August Wilson, Fences, 1984

...have written about our struggle in eloquent and prophetic terms.  (source) Martin Luther King, Jr., Letter from a Birmingham Jail, 1963

I had no words and no eloquence, and when Ras thundered, "Hang him!" I stood there facing them, and it seemed unreal.  (source) Ralph Ellison, Invisible Man, 1952

The crumbs and curls she found in the trash spoke most eloquently of how long he'd sat in the dark.†  (source) David Wroblewski, The Story of Edgar Sawtelle, 2008

Nor are thy lips ungraceful, Sire of men, Nor tongue ineloquent;†  (source) John Milton, Paradise Lost, 1667

My husband, as I have told you, was a distinguished clergyman; one of the most eloquent men of his day.  (source) Henry James, Washington Square, 1880

This was the unbounded power of eloquence--of words--of burning noble words.  (source) Joseph Conrad, Heart of Darkness, 1902

In fact, something else entirely ...Something that speaks just as eloquently of summer's approach, but with a little more flair ... "Mint?" he asked.†  (source) Amor Towles, A Gentleman in Moscow, 2016

Cousin Tom, though not fluent in speech, had inspired me with that desire by his eloquent description of the place.  (source) Frederick Douglass, The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, 1845

Not a subject on which much eloquence is possible.  (source) Oscar Wilde, An Ideal Husband, 1905

He was as ragged as a rock star, but his missing teeth and the unhealthy pallor of his skin spoke eloquently of a life of privation and despair.†  (source) Arundhati Roy, The God of Small Things, 1997