Example sentences for: oratory

How can you use “oratory” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • He administered to the sick in a small wooden chapel that he himself erected; it is still standing near the transept of the present oratory.

  • A synchysis, or ill-placing of words, of which Tully so much complains in oratory.

  • Mandela may lack the rousing American oratory of a President Kennedy, Martin Luther King or Jesse Jackson, but his manner and his unflappable dignity show him as a disciplined, persistent leader who is willing to sacrifice short-term gratification for long-term achievement, the kind of moral leadership we need everywhere.

  • After 10 minutes of family values oratory and dozens of ovations, Clinton concluded, "If we act in these areas--minimum wage, family leave, child care, health care, the safety of our children--then we will begin to meet our generation's historic responsibility to strengthen our families."

  • You may not proceed further than this, for at the far end of the oratory are the naijin (inner chamber) and nai-naijin (innermost chamber), where the spirit of Ieyasu is enshrined.


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