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noun

fluency

CEFR B2

powerful and effective language

In a sentence

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

  • The senator's fluency at the podium turned a dry budget briefing into the clip everyone shared that evening.

    Politics

  • Ancient teachers ranked fluency beneath honesty, warning that a persuasive speaker can carry a whole room toward a bad conclusion.

    Philosophy

  • Her closing argument had a fluency the jury remembered long after they had forgotten the exhibit numbers.

    Law

  • The sales director's fluency made a dull spreadsheet sound like a story, and the client signed before dessert.

    Business

  • Dickens wrote with a fluency that let him fill a monthly installment in days and still leave room for jokes.

    Literature

  • A founder's fluency on stage can carry a demo day, but investors check the numbers the next morning.

    Startups

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