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How to use eloquence in a sentence

15 example sentences · noun

Eloquence means the quality of artistry and persuasiveness in speech or writing. Example: “He was a model of eloquence and virtue.”

Examples of eloquence by meaning

nounThe quality of artistry and persuasiveness in speech or writing.

  • speak with eloquence
  • express oneself with eloquence

More sentences with eloquence

  • He was a model of eloquence and virtue.From the entry model
  • We were swept along by her eloquence.From the entry sweep along
  • But his eloquence was the very definition of a gesture both too little and too late.2021 January 7, “Trump Is to Blame for Capitol Attack”, in The New York Times, →ISSN. From the entry sow the wind, reap the whirlwind
  • But his tone, and the uninhibited delight of his expression, were eloquence enough.1965, “Strangers on Skyros”, in Blackwood’s Magazine, volume 297, London: William Blackwood, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 312. From the entry Skyriot
  • A spot of blood is all eloquence.1993, Jerome Christensen, Lord Byron's Strength: Romantic Writing and Commercial Society, JHU Press, →ISBN, page 124. From the entry Byronize
  • They write with eloquence against the men, using the men’s own language to embarrass them and sometimes even to rout them.1977, Larry Mitchell, “It Takes All Kinds to Make the Revolutions”, in The Faggots & Their Friends Between Revolutions, New York, N.Y.…. From the entry rout
  • Her husband and her elder sons were talkers and humbugs and Rebecca did not believe either in Sloppery or street-corner eloquence.1970, New York Times Saturday Review of Books and Art. From the entry sloppery
  • The eloquence was plainly "in the man, in the subject, and in the occasion," but most emphatically was it in the MAN.1923, Daniel Webster, The Great Speeches and Orations of Daniel Webster. From the entry unimitated
  • Beside these, the late 19th-century rows of tiny wooden “shotgun” cottages along potholed or unpaved roads exhibit an architectural dignity that is only a part of their eloquence.1999, Dirk De Meyer, The Urban Condition. From the entry potholed
  • And I would have things to say to this God at the judgement, storming at him, as Job stormed with the eloquence of the abused heart.a. 1990, R. S. Thomas, At It. From the entry abuse
  • I was particularly attracted to her, not only because of her spontaneous eloquence but also because she recognised me as: ‘the gentleman who gets his words all intertwingled’.1984, Stanley Unwin, Deep Joy: Master of the Sproken Word, Whitby, North Yorkshire: Caedmon of Whitby, →ISBN, page 139. From the entry intertwingle
  • In their ethopoeias of the ideal lover, de la Torre, Ribera, and Luduefia emphasize, as we have seen, eloquence, good physical proportions, youth, elegance, discretion and honesty.1976, E. Michael Gerli, Alfonso Martínez de Toledo, →ISBN, page 115. From the entry ethopoeia
  • But Attic salt is not the sole preservative against the decay that threatens all human writings; nor can mere eloquence rekindle the ashes of a dead controversy.1941, H[ugh] F[raser] Stewart, “Pascal in Debate”, in The Secret of Pascal, Cambridge: At the University Press, →OCLC; 1st paperback…. From the entry Attic salt

Meaning of eloquence

  1. noun The quality of artistry and persuasiveness in speech or writing.
  2. noun An eloquent utterance.

Full definition of eloquence

Questions about eloquence in a sentence

How do you use eloquence in a sentence?
Eloquence is used as a noun. For example: “He was a model of eloquence and virtue.”
What is a short sentence with eloquence?
“speak with eloquence”
What does eloquence mean?
Eloquence means the quality of artistry and persuasiveness in speech or writing.

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