How To Use stem-winder In A Sentence
- The Boston Globe reports that "[w] hen it became apparent that Clinton was not going to make the customary acknowledgment of Obama's victory in her speech, Obama began his own address before she finished, in effect grabbing the national television spotlight from her and cutting her off midstride" - and he went on to give a 45-minute stem-winder. A Second Sweep For Obama, McCain
- Big awards, thankfully, don't always go to big ensembles, but there's a long way to go before a couple of perfect minutes of lapidary precision and ineffable depth can hope to compete on equal terms with a Wagnerian stem-winder. posted by Matthew @ 10: 00 PM Not long for this world
- His was no Gettysburg Address, to be sure, but compared to some of the stem-winders of history, Mr. Clinton's speech, delivered at a rapid pace, flew by.
- Both showed up; Gray delivered opening remarks, and Fenty handled the stem-winder. DeMorning DeBonis: June 8, 2010
- How about Rush Limbaugh hanging out while John Kerry delivers his stem-winder?
- Some news, like Democrat Barack Obama's dazzling stem-winder last July, took place when the networks were airing sitcom repeats or reality shows.
- Giuliani used some of the most overt forms in order to present a classic political stem-winder.
- To say it wasn't a stem-winder is simply to say that it wasn't like Barack Obama's speech a few nights back, or Clinton's, or even Clark's or Sharpton's for that matter.
- Yet the phrase "gun control" is about as welcome at party convocations as a stem-winder from Karl Rove. Francis Wilkinson: Why Giuliani Gets Away With It
- But it was when Schweitzer talked about our breaking our "addiction to foreign oil" that his speech turned into a stem-winder. Paul Hogarth: Schweitzer Steals the Show; Hillary Calls for Unity
