eloquent

In a sentence

Six example sentences with eloquent, each labelled with its topic.

• The closing argument was so eloquent that two reporters copied whole sentences into their notebooks before the jury filed out.

  Law

• The essay is eloquent without being ornate, carrying an argument across nine pages that a reader can repeat afterwards.

  Literature

• The founder was eloquent on stage, and three investors who had ignored the deck asked for a meeting afterwards.

  Startups

• The senator's eloquent plea for the bridge funding drew applause from members who had planned to vote against it.

  Politics

• The philosophy lecturer was eloquent on the problem of free will, and students who came for credit stayed for the argument.

  Philosophy

• The film's most eloquent speech lasts under a minute, and the actor delivers it without raising her voice.

  Movies

Found in these word lists

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More Academic words

• validity
• variation
• inducing
• hierarchy
• maximize
• compensated
• activating
• innate
• institution
• summarize
• psychology
• abnormally