How to Use elocution in a Sentence

elocution

noun

• He took lessons in elocution.
• Her books are events, and her elocution does not stammer.
  — Dwight Garner, New York Times, 21 Aug. 2017
• It’s as if the filmmakers went with first takes by a cast that needed more rehearsal time, not to mention elocution lessons.
  — Joe Morgenstern, WSJ, 4 Mar. 2021
• Later come elocution lessons, with a rope tied around Diana’s waist to keep her from moving her arms while speaking.
  — Elizabeth Holmes, Town & Country, 21 Oct. 2020
• Mason’s agents begged him to get speech and elocution lessons to help mitigate his thick Yiddish accent.
  — Wayne Federman, Vulture, 18 Aug. 2021
• The good-humoredness of warrior M’Baku (Winston Duke), with his calm elocution and handsome furs, can only get you so far.
  — K. Austin Collins, Rolling Stone, 8 Nov. 2022
• Following her family’s move to a somewhat more upscale area, she is sent for elocution lessons as part of the transition.
  — Clea Simon, BostonGlobe.com, 23 June 2022
• But through the wizardry of Lerner’s prose, this battle of adolescent elocution becomes an emblem for the fiery state of American culture.
  — Ron Charles, Washington Post, 7 Oct. 2019
• The hotel, spa and restaurant owner has, among other traits, nearly flawless elocution.
  — Joe Jackson, San Francisco Chronicle, 24 May 2018
• The Westeros public gave her the name the Realm's Delight — but instead of busying her days with needlework and elocution classes, Rhaenyra serves as her father's cupbearer and rides dragons.
  — Nick Romano, EW.com, 13 July 2022
• His theater-loving mother insisted on elocution lessons to rid him of his Brooklyn accent.
  — Washington Post, 11 May 2021
• In these performances, his own literary elocution stands out.
  — Virginia Heffernan, WIRED, 1 June 2018
• In general in Korea, great acting is often associated with the voice and elocution.
  — Patrick Brzeski, The Hollywood Reporter, 8 Sep. 2019
• When talking about Wilson, Ciara's elocution is dotted with ellipses and hyperbole.
  — Fiona Duncan, Harper's BAZAAR, 7 Mar. 2017
• In preparation, the contestants go through a training period that involves such eclectic studies as performance art, rap music, and elocution.
  — Peter Keough, BostonGlobe.com, 5 July 2018
• The children take turns reciting from a family Bible for practice in reading and elocution, not to mention spiritual edification.
  — Michael Marissen, New York Times, 30 Mar. 2018
• If Ipswich was his ascension as a preeminent mind of the game, England was undoubtedly his coronation... the elocution lessons were presumably included?
  — SI.com, 23 Mar. 2018
• Now, at 43, Youssef, a former heart surgeon, is taking acting classes, arranging meetings with agents and producers, working on his elocution, writing scripts and seeking reinvention in a new city that is at once fantastical and cruel.
  — Jeffrey Fleishman, latimes.com, 29 June 2017
• Swallowing her consternation, Anna persists with giving the boy twice-weekly elocution lessons at her apartment, without ever addressing their past encounter.
  — Guy Lodge, Variety, 13 Feb. 2022
• An audition for a major Hollywood director turned sour when management made her attend elocution lessons beforehand.
  — Jasmine Andersson, refinery29.com, 21 Aug. 2021
• In that sense the Obamas were from central casting — so impeccable in education, elocution and etiquette that even the president’s harshest political critics spoke of them as a family with genuine admiration.
  — Eugene Robinson, The Denver Post, 16 Jan. 2017
• Balancing blaze with warmth, tenor Barrett Radziun favored dramatic elocution over conventional smoothness.
  — Dallas News, 23 Dec. 2022

Last Updated: 14 Nov 2024