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Definition of eloquence in English: eloquencenoun ˈɛləkwənsˈɛləkwəns mass nounFluent or persuasive speaking or writing. a preacher of great power and eloquence Example sentencesExamples - It is an uncommonly fine piece of official portraiture, pleasing in its lack of eloquence.
- That fierce, murderous eloquence does make me wonder whether the rhetoric of modern Islamists is comparable.
- It is a speech that cannot fail to thrill the reader for its noble and patriotic eloquence.
- Shylock engineers a position where he can punish his enemies on their own terms and his merciless resolve to take what is his is articulated with pained eloquence.
- He was no apologist, but the glittering, near-feverish eloquence of his writing suggests fascination, almost reverence.
- And her power was not in her shouting or in her eloquence or in her emotion.
- The pale short-lived summer is central to the Swedish sensibility, and few have expressed its gentle melancholy with greater eloquence.
- Many of the important books on intelligence are reviewed with Powers' characteristic thoughtful eloquence.
- This was the unbounded power of eloquence - of words - of burning noble words.
- Howe's affection for her mother is expressed in other passages through a somber, tender eloquence.
- The sly, literate prose filtered through wavering vocals still dwells in corners of life either too big or too small to express with such uncanny eloquence.
- In France, eloquence is one of the great means of social advancement.
- In the later accounts by writers and journalists, there is a strange defining eloquence, as though they are trying to compete with the camera or the silkscreen print.
- Sometimes it takes a genius to express with eloquence what so many people have been struggling to express with their prose.
- Cancer is traditionally termed a ‘mute’ sign because it often indicates a poor ability to express oneself with verbal eloquence.
- They think human eloquence and argument can persuade unbelievers to repent and believe.
- Orators are also expected to be able to speak with power and eloquence in an extemporaneous fashion.
- Well, I thought about it further and I was persuaded by the eloquence of the questions I received yesterday.
- But he maintains that eloquence and writings are unperishable monuments.
- His charm and eloquence, combined with an easy, self-assured attitude, had a settling effect on the tense nerves of some of our colleagues.
Synonyms oratory, rhetoric, grandiloquence, magniloquence expressiveness, articulacy, articulateness, fluency, facility, persuasiveness diction, enunciation, locution command of language, power of speech informal gift of the gab, way with words, blarney
Origin Late Middle English: via Old French from Latin eloquentia, from eloqui 'speak out', from e- (variant of ex-) 'out' + loqui 'speak'. Definition of eloquence in US English: eloquencenounˈeləkwənsˈɛləkwəns Fluent or persuasive speaking or writing. a preacher of great power and eloquence Example sentencesExamples - They think human eloquence and argument can persuade unbelievers to repent and believe.
- Cancer is traditionally termed a ‘mute’ sign because it often indicates a poor ability to express oneself with verbal eloquence.
- That fierce, murderous eloquence does make me wonder whether the rhetoric of modern Islamists is comparable.
- His charm and eloquence, combined with an easy, self-assured attitude, had a settling effect on the tense nerves of some of our colleagues.
- It is a speech that cannot fail to thrill the reader for its noble and patriotic eloquence.
- Orators are also expected to be able to speak with power and eloquence in an extemporaneous fashion.
- Shylock engineers a position where he can punish his enemies on their own terms and his merciless resolve to take what is his is articulated with pained eloquence.
- This was the unbounded power of eloquence - of words - of burning noble words.
- Sometimes it takes a genius to express with eloquence what so many people have been struggling to express with their prose.
- The sly, literate prose filtered through wavering vocals still dwells in corners of life either too big or too small to express with such uncanny eloquence.
- He was no apologist, but the glittering, near-feverish eloquence of his writing suggests fascination, almost reverence.
- Howe's affection for her mother is expressed in other passages through a somber, tender eloquence.
- Well, I thought about it further and I was persuaded by the eloquence of the questions I received yesterday.
- And her power was not in her shouting or in her eloquence or in her emotion.
- In the later accounts by writers and journalists, there is a strange defining eloquence, as though they are trying to compete with the camera or the silkscreen print.
- Many of the important books on intelligence are reviewed with Powers' characteristic thoughtful eloquence.
- The pale short-lived summer is central to the Swedish sensibility, and few have expressed its gentle melancholy with greater eloquence.
- It is an uncommonly fine piece of official portraiture, pleasing in its lack of eloquence.
- In France, eloquence is one of the great means of social advancement.
- But he maintains that eloquence and writings are unperishable monuments.
Synonyms oratory, rhetoric, grandiloquence, magniloquence
Origin Late Middle English: via Old French from Latin eloquentia, from eloqui ‘speak out’, from e- (variant of ex-) ‘out’ + loqui ‘speak’. |