How to Use eloquent in a Sentence

eloquent

adjective
  • His success serves as an eloquent reminder of the value of hard work.
  • This is, for lack of a more eloquent term, the grind-it-out stage of the process.
    Lauren Fox and Phil Mattingly, CNN, 26 Oct. 2021
  • All of the guests have such eloquent points to make about all of these themes.
    Everett Potter, Forbes, 30 May 2021
  • Sitting across from me in the person of the very eloquent Kate Bush.
    John Russell, Peoplemag, 20 June 2024
  • Among the most eloquent of those was Frances E.W. Harper.
    USA Today, 26 Feb. 2020
  • The most eloquent of these has come from Ben Lovejoy at 9to5Mac.
    David Phelan, Forbes, 13 Nov. 2023
  • This polemic, eloquent, and bleak book is one of the first to address the Taliban’s takeover of Afghanistan in the summer of 2021.
    Foreign Affairs, 22 Feb. 2022
  • Ryan Coogler was eloquent on how movies mattered to him.
    Pamela McClintock, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 Feb. 2018
  • Take a look and enjoy some of the most eloquent images captured around the world in the past seven days.
    Fox News, 28 Apr. 2018
  • Joe Biden’s eloquent words about healing speak to my heart.
    Kathryn Jean Lopez, National Review, 9 Nov. 2020
  • Martin, as the bird, does some fine singing (and some eloquent squawking).
    Olin Chism, star-telegram.com, 24 Apr. 2017
  • One of those very eloquent teenagers was an 18-year-old girl named Janne from Germany.
    Erin Murtha, ABC News, 31 Mar. 2021
  • Gather your friends, make an eloquent cheese board, pour the wine, and enjoy!
    Rebecca Angel Baer, Southern Living, 7 June 2024
  • All were heartfelt and eloquent, and all were deserved.
    Chuck Yarborough, cleveland, 12 Jan. 2020
  • Runners who keep going for a lifetime wax eloquent about their love of the sport.
    Jonathan Beverly, Outside Online, 23 June 2020
  • Per usual, Bryant is eloquent throughout, a true scholar of the game.
    Mark Stock, Men's Health, 26 Aug. 2022
  • Garbo stares into the distance, her face a kind of mask but no less eloquent for it.
    Margaret Talbot, The New Yorker, 6 Dec. 2021
  • So much eloquent tribute has been paid in the days following Poitier’s Jan. 6 death at the age of 94.
    Michael Phillips, chicagotribune.com, 9 Jan. 2022
  • Some of the chorus members are more eloquent when not speaking.
    Los Angeles Times, 10 Sep. 2022
  • Now 48, DiCaprio is about twice as old as the real Ernest was at the time, and age has made his face more yielding and eloquent.
    Manohla Dargis, New York Times, 19 Oct. 2023
  • Eric Liu, the author and activist, is one of the most eloquent spokesmen about what makes the US so resilient.
    John Blake, CNN, 15 Aug. 2021
  • If there were a prize for the most eloquent politician in India, Shashi Tharoor would be a favorite to win.
    Tunku Varadarajan, WSJ, 3 Dec. 2021
  • This dialogue of movement is by far the show’s most eloquent.
    Naveen Kumar, Variety, 3 Apr. 2022
  • No teenager in the real world has ever been as eloquent at smack talk as Chloe Price.
    Steven Strom, Ars Technica, 5 Sep. 2017
  • This dressing gown style robe from Paul Stuart is eloquent enough to stand in for a blazer.
    Brad Lanphear, Men's Health, 6 Jan. 2023
  • Some were more eloquent than others, but the sentiments are always the same.
    Dallas News, 9 Jan. 2023
  • The book is dotted with tight, eloquent passages that unite these concerns.
    Washington Post, 18 Dec. 2020
  • An f-bomb middle name is hardly the most eloquent way to convey charisma, but that quote isn’t meant for the high rollers.
    SI.com, 19 Feb. 2018
  • His insights are grounding and comforting, his turns of phrase eloquent.
    Longreads, 13 Sep. 2024
  • No one familiar with Newark would have been surprised by Baraka’s emergence as an eloquent voice of political protest.
    Kelefa Sanneh, The New Yorker, 30 Sep. 2024

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