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UK
/dɪklˈæmətəɹˌi/
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ADJECTIVE
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ostentatiously lofty in style
a man given to large talk
tumid political prose
How To Use declamatory In A Sentence
- The music's expression ranges from declamatory to lyrical.
- And on the few occasions when Fauré calls for it, she has huge, declamatory power at the very summit of her voice.
- The students compiled declamatory speeches on issues of global and social concern.
- indeed, in its orotund grandiosity, its declamatory incoherence, its choliambic grandeur, and its unedited seediness, it threatens to leave me fixed here in speechlessness, gaping. Making Light: Rowling's being sued for plagiarism again
- Then, too, the ideal voice for this heroic part needs the sort of declamatory clarion brilliance that the Italians call 'squillo'.
- In theatre terms, the plays are didactic and are prone to long impassioned declamatory speeches.
- The space is totally unsympathetic and encourages declamatory performances.
- You do not have to be a political expert or a brilliant analyst of the Israeli situation in order to understand that our parliament represents us: "populistic, declamatory, irresponsible and saturated with racism" (Haaretz). Avraham Burg: American Jews, You Are Next
- Beginning in 1976 with the album Blue Moves, his rock influences became less pronounced, and a more churchlike English pop style emerged in ballads like “Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest Word” (1976), which typified the staid declamatory aura of his mature ballads. Five People Born on March 25 | myFiveBest
- The opening line is humorous, touching,and declamatory at one and the same time, its pentameter rhythm sedate and arresting.