“It is instructive that Isocrates uses oral metaphors to describe the role of poetry and oratory in cultural reproduction and to convey the idea of an education he himself professes.”

“The politician's speech was filled with oratory, as he droned on with exaggerated gestures and pompous language.”

“Speakers go about their oratory for hours together earning the wrath of the listeners.”

“The president delivered a powerful oration at the inauguration ceremony, inspiring the nation with his words.”

“He is a wooden, uninspiring, unconvincing orator who completely lacked the common touch or any real ability to communicate with voters.”

“He is a wooden, boring, uninspiring, unconvincing orator, who completely lacked the common touch or any real ability to communicate with voters.”

“Lincoln, seeing this masterly orator of mixed-race ancestry, would most likely first have been reminded of his exceptional friend, Douglass.”

“It is instructive that Isocrates uses oral metaphors to describe the role of poetry and oratory in cultural reproduction and to convey the idea of an education he himself professes.”

“The politician's speech was filled with oratory, as he droned on with exaggerated gestures and pompous language.”

“Speakers go about their oratory for hours together earning the wrath of the listeners.”

“I want to insist, however, that in the case of his funeral orations, Derrida's concern for presence and otherness is not merely theoretical.”

“For it is not necessarily self-evident that epistles and orations function in the same way.”

“The orations that accompany the awarding of an honorary degree are rarely sophisticated studies in personality.”

“She made tabernacle doors, Stations of the Cross, crucifixes as well as other items for churches and oratories all over the country.”

“The oratories tended to have permanent officers under the direction of the rector of the local baptismal church.”

“There are the remains of a number of oratories and some stone monuments that may be pre-Christian.”

“Public speeches by master orators were also very popular as a performing art.”

“Both were highly effective orators, but with markedly different techniques.”

“The masses were, in brief, shortsighted, selfish and fickle, an easy prey to unscrupulous orators who came to be known as demagogues.”