How to Use speech in a Sentence

speech

noun

• She has to make a speech at the convention.
• Many words are more common in speech than in writing.
• Slang is used mostly in informal speech.
• I was so flustered that I momentarily lost the power of speech.
• And yet the lessons of Bush’s speech appear to be lost.
  — Casey Michel, The New Republic, 16 Dec. 2022
• On the first day of the trial, Hitler gave a speech that lasted over three hours.
  — Ellen Wexler, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 Nov. 2023
• Wayne’s speech was one of the more emotional highlights of the evening.
  — Ethan Millman, Rolling Stone, 3 Feb. 2023
• Broadly, the use of hate speech on the platform has begun to rise.
  — Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 2 Dec. 2022
• The speech struck a chord with other founders in the audience.
  — Bygeoff Colvin, Fortune, 8 Sep. 2024
• Witherspoon said that since the speech, the actress no longer speaks to her.
  — Lexy Perez, The Hollywood Reporter, 31 Jan. 2025
• Biden’s speech has now been shuttered, at least for the time being, I’m told.
  — Dominic Patten, Deadline, 7 Jan. 2025
• In a speech a few years later, Johnson quipped about the dizzying pace of events.
  — John Schmid, jsonline.com, 2 Nov. 2022
• Elon Musk took over Twitter to control speech, not to free it.
  — WSJ, 22 Nov. 2022
• The speech, like so much of Hal’s schmoozing, is a roaring success.
  — Lauren Puckett-Pope, ELLE, 22 Apr. 2023
• Watch a clip of the performance and Eilish’s speech below.
  — Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 17 Nov. 2023
• The awardees all gave moving speeches about their work, and their visions for the future.
  — Town & Country, 18 May 2023
• Dozens of students showed up to protest the event, largely drowning out Younger’s speech.
  — Will Carless, USA Today, 31 Dec. 2022
• Around the same time, Trump concluded a more than hour-long speech a mile and a half away, on the White House Ellipse.
  — Jonathan Edwards, Washington Post, 6 Oct. 2022
• Hoch’s speech is at Windows on the River 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 7.
  — Marc Bona, cleveland, 26 Jan. 2023
• The Boss Baby actor went on stage, read the lengthy post, and closed his speech with a question that caused the room to erupt with laughter.
  — Esme Mazzeo, Peoplemag, 12 Mar. 2024
• The unit took much of the blame for the rough outing from head coach Robert Saleh, who delivered a passionate speech to the team.
  — Gabe Hauari, USA TODAY, 17 Aug. 2023
• The affidavit added that Young’s eyes were bloodshot and watery, and his speech was slurred.
  — Daniel Kreps, Rolling Stone, 24 Jan. 2024
• A lot of the hall of farmers’ [speeches] are emotional.
  — Kaushik Sampath, Miami Herald, 10 July 2024
• Monday’s speech made clear why banks have been worried.
  — Rob Copeland, New York Times, 10 July 2023
• Tuesday’s speech is just the start of a Washington-centric week for Healey.
  — Sonel Cutler, BostonGlobe.com, 6 Feb. 2023
• Check out Beshear’s speech below (Harlow shout-out comes around 5 minute mark).
  — Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 8 Nov. 2023
• As the speech went on, some guests began to trickle out after about an hour and 15 minutes.
  — Todd Spangler, Detroit Free Press, 10 Oct. 2024
• After mentioning Arthur in his speech, the boy ran onto the court, where the NBA player scooped him up.
  — Emily Krauser, Peoplemag, 8 May 2023
• At its worst, MS can lead to impaired speech and paralysis.
  — Liz Szabo, CNN, 18 Oct. 2022
• News Peg Trump was inaugurated as the 47th president on Monday afternoon, and made the comment about Denali in his speech after taking the oath of office.
  — Molly Bohannon, Forbes, 20 Jan. 2025

Last Updated: 16 Feb 2025