“She half heard the guest speaker introduce himself and welcome the audience to the ceremony.”

“By the way, in a lazy moment, you might enjoy yourself imagining an interaction between an impatient hearer and a compulsive speaker.”

“The speaker presiding over the meeting shall ensure that attendees are advised when classified information is being disclosed.”

“He stepped onto the podium and began to give a speech in a foreign language.”

“His speech was slurred and it was clear that he was not entirely lucid.”

“I found his speech to be rather verbose, yet articulate.”

“He was pushing the wheel with all his strength and putting his full weight on one foot on the spoke.”

“One of them is at the end of a long spoke extending beyond the perimeter.”

“The priestess urged her son not to engage in public speaking, convinced that doing so would only earn him the wrath of his listeners.”

“Many staff attended the speechcraft courses that Frances organised while an active member of Toastmasters International.”

“The culmination of this work appears in An Outline of English Speechcraft.”

“An admiration shout, or a silent contemplation, more than a speach, will be the artist's reward.”

“From freedom of speach and freedom of th press to the right to be informed.”

“Mikaël was invited to have few minutes speach to talk about its passion for racing and about his 2010 goals.”

“In the debate, the cockney cannily picked Derek, the professional speechwriter, to be on his side.”

“I'm sure it takes a monstrous ego to be a White House speechwriter, but do these guys really believe their own promotional blurbs?”

“Nicolson is a former speechwriter for US senator Daniel Moynihan and a former BBC journalist who reported for Panorama, Newsnight and Watchdog.”

“He still has this erratic speech pattern, the fluttering of the eyes, and he's the most appalling speechmaker.”

“Was he a truly eloquent writer or merely a conventional speechmaker sanctified by memory?”

“Talk story about Sir Gerald Campbell, the British Consul General in N. Y., about the most prolific speechmaker in the city.”

“A spokeswoman for the clinic denied they had abandoned the therapy course on the grounds of advanced age.”

“A spokeswoman acknowledged that allowing embryos to be tested to save a seriously ill brother or sister was a complex issue.”

“Last night a spokeswoman said it welcomed the report and accepted the findings.”

“The spokesman confirmed that there was an outstanding planning appeal which at present was held in abeyance.”

“However a spokesman for the firm declined to give any information about its intentions.”

“During the kar sewa, the volunteers cleaned the window panes, the walls and the area around the pond, the defence spokesman added.”

“Jeremy starts talking to one of his friends and I am once again baffled into speechlessness.”

“A mixture of confusion and speechlessness crossed his face in a matter of seconds.”

“Children in families in which speechlessness dominates and few facts have been disclosed may fantasize details to imagine the parental trauma.”

“Last night, a Government spokesperson insisted the bill was put together by the parliamentary draftsman's office and the Attorney General.”

“A council spokesperson said he was not in a position to answer the query on the double yellow lines.”

“A Department of the Environment spokesperson acknowledged that some local authorities could enforce the litter laws more effectively.”

“They can go to the mat for him with donors and insiders and pull every string they can to wire a speakership vote.”

“But caving in the current standoff could cost Boehner his speakership anyway.”

“Of course, this risks a rebellion in the far right of his caucus, which would likely cost him the speakership.”

“Listen to what some noted experts have had to say about that classic type of speechification, the Sunday sermon.”

“Captain Jessie paused a moment to take a breather from his speechification.”

“He is the chief theorist, the most respected mind, the most passionate speechifier.”

“The 2012 campaign will probably mean he can command even higher fees as a lobbyist and speechifier than before.”

“The speechmaking prowess that led him into public life three decades ago remains the most daunting weapon in his personal arsenal.”

“People will excuse all kinds of lousy speechmaking, just chalking it up to inexperience.”

“Settelen made videotapes of her practicing elocution and formal speechmaking with him, presumably to improve her performance as a public figure.”

“We're doing the same thing with products, their spokespeople and the people we work with and hire.”

“We consider a correct understanding of ethos to be very important when using spokespeople in adverts.”

“In addition to this resistance within the ranks, military families have become public anti-war spokespeople and frontline activists.”

“Our spokespersons attribute European wariness to their experience with mad cow disease, foot and mouth disease, and other food scares.”

“From time to time I ring the press office with ideas and give advice to the party spokespersons.”

“This conviction frequently prompts its spokespersons to make irritating declarations that border on megalomania, the odious or the comical.”

“On Wednesday an MoD spokeswomen she was unable to comment on the outcome of the talks.”

“And it was not long before she and feisty Hefina in a tour de force performance became spokeswomen for their community.”

“A spokeswomen for the campaign said it was created by an external agency, according to the Sydney Morning Herald.”

“Meanwhile, a procession of alliance spokesmen have appeared on TV to plead for US assistance.”

“Soviet spokesmen kept up a steady stream of denials and disinformation in September.”

“Bishops obfuscate, cardinals equivocate and Church spokesmen prevaricate as the tide of media condemnation surges around them.”

“It is well known that speakers rely on prosodic and gestural features at the time of producing and understanding verbal irony.”

“Our dataset starts with 999 8-syllable utterances from 8 speakers.”

“Nowadays speakers on Twin Earth are well aware that their word 'water' does not refer to the Earthian stuff.”

“Both Sir Alex and Reid gave speeches to rapturous applause from the audience.”

“The conference was mostly composed of panel discussions and keynote speeches.”

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

“Cut the legs, cleats, planks and spokes to length with the table saw and jig, labeling each one as you finish.”

“A sudden violent gust of wind which blew it inside out and sideways, so all the spokes got bent out of shape.”

“For centuries, all the routes into Waterford city were radial, like spokes radiating from the hub of a bicycle wheel.”