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Discover LudwigThe phrase "addressing someone" can be used in written English, particularly in a formal or academic context.
It refers to the act of speaking or writing to someone directly, often in a specific tone or manner. Example: "In her speech, the president was addressing the nation with a sense of urgency and determination."
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Addressing someone in the correct way can be crucial for making a good first impression.
Kabir favors the rhetorical method of apostrophe, addressing someone absent: "Friend, / You had one life, / And you blew it".
In 1611, "thee" and "thou" were not more exalted ways of addressing someone but quite the opposite.
The boldest performances wove music and talk into statements that felt as though he were addressing someone standing at his elbow.
She is a few steps above me on the stairs, and it feels as if I'm addressing someone in the next car of a moving ferris wheel.
St.Croix flipped open his cell phone like Captain Kirk and, addressing someone or something, explained that we were leaving and to "arm" the house.
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"To address someone".
To address someone as professor was deemed vulgar.
The voice addressed someone as "son," and railed against economic inequalities between whites and blacks.
One running gag is that Moyles will break off mid-sentence to address someone off-camera.
People sometimes think that someone who can't hear has trouble processing information, so they address someone else instead.
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