How to Use rhetoric in a Sentence

rhetoric

noun

• But the rhetoric in the crowds at protests in April and May was heated.
  — New York Times, 9 Jan. 2021
• The rhetoric by the United States here is way off base.
  — Jonathan Shorman, Kansas City Star, 29 Feb. 2024
• For the Dems, Trump's words are the mini skirt and heels of rhetoric.
  — Fox News, 17 Sep. 2024
• But with every first comes the rhetoric of hope and change.
  — Kathleen Newman-Bremang, refinery29.com, 1 Feb. 2022
• And, often, this rhetoric around tough on crime is the first tack.
  — ABC News, 19 Dec. 2021
• And in the wake of the developments, both sides have ramped up the rhetoric.
  — David Rising, Star Tribune, 15 Apr. 2021
• The turnout was light, but the rhetoric was just as passionate.
  — Luke Money, Los Angeles Times, 6 May 2020
• We’re being asked to tone down the rhetoric in our press, and that is BS.
  — John Shea, SFChronicle.com, 10 June 2020
• De Niro has been known for his fiery rhetoric against Trump.
  — Jonah Valdez, Los Angeles Times, 28 Nov. 2023
• The rhetoric from the right has continued to ratchet up.
  — David Gilbert, WIRED, 2 Feb. 2024
• There’s a lot of tough rhetoric that makes the road to a middle ground — if there is one — tough to find.
  — Michael Smolens, sandiegouniontribune.com, 1 July 2018
• The rhetoric from Russia is that it’s the one being threatened.
  — Washington Post, 6 Dec. 2021
• Kennedy is about unity and changing the rhetoric of the country.
  — Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 13 Aug. 2024
• Whether that is true or just fall camp rhetoric remains to be seen.
  — Kevin Reynolds, The Salt Lake Tribune, 2 Aug. 2023
• For years, most of the fiery rhetoric has been coming from North Korea.
  — Dasl Yoon, WSJ, 13 Jan. 2023
• Meanwhile, the gun control rhetoric has helped to push gun sales to record heights.
  — Aaron Smith, Forbes, 15 Apr. 2021
• The problem with that kind of rhetoric is that a public square is governed by the state.
  — Washington Post, 6 May 2022
• Her Majesty's words are a sharp turn from Trump's initial rhetoric.
  — Krystin Arneson, Glamour, 17 Nov. 2018
• All of that was seen in the past week of political rhetoric.
  — Hope Yen, The Denver Post, 14 Sep. 2019
• So, the ‘overwrought rhetoric about book banning has no place’ in this case.
  — Jack Greiner, The Enquirer, 21 Aug. 2022
• But her rhetoric can be just as bilious, if not more so.
  — Robin Givhan, Washington Post, 27 Sep. 2022
• The heated rhetoric is part of a larger fight over oil drilling and climate change.
  — Matthew Daly, BostonGlobe.com, 27 Jan. 2023
• The rhetoric is something like: sure, cardio’s good for your heart, blah blah blah.
  — Alli Harvey, Anchorage Daily News, 18 Feb. 2023
• But with so much at stake in this election, this kind of rhetoric was inevitable.
  — Luke McGee, CNN, 6 Nov. 2019
• Faber’s rhetoric is stronger than most CEOs will venture.
  — Cassie Werber, Quartz at Work, 9 Dec. 2019
• Some of the rhetoric coming from Labour has been concerning.
  — Svenja O'Donnell, Bloomberg.com, 26 Oct. 2017
• The dearth of action being taken to confront these threats have not lived up to the rhetoric.
  — Alex Shephard, The New Republic, 22 June 2021
• Trump’s rhetoric around science may be contributing to the split.
  — Victoria Knight, Quartz, 3 Nov. 2020
• And although its rhetoric may not align with that of the West, China should not be imagined as opposed to climate action.
  — Genevieve Guenther, WIRED, 26 Nov. 2024
• So what that rhetoric around AI is telling us is to surrender our human freedom, and to me that’s such a profound violation of what is good about being human.
  — Sigal Samuel, Vox, 21 Nov. 2024

Last Updated: 14 Dec 2024