Words similar to diction
Example sentences for: diction
How can you use “diction” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:
Within the past five or six years, however, I have observed that elegance has come to be a matter of phase rather than diction.
Ever since the Norman invasion, people have preferred to use the longer Latinate terms over the blunt Anglo-Saxon words: the general feeling, with some small basis, is that such diction shows a touch of class.
The following list is a small sample of the deranged diction offered by the media over a two-year period.
Spooner admitted “occasional infelicities in verbal diction” but became openly irritated when his name was associated with oral transpositions.
Elsewhere, Anderson uses Mamet actors and Mamety diction, but he's the Anti-Mamet.