Sentence examples for dignified speech from inspiring English sources

Magnusson 23 April 2014 1 05pm Very dignified speech from Moyes.

She gives tips on maintaining dignified manners, using dignified speech and wearing dignified clothes.

On this occasion, as on that, Balls made a dignified speech in defeat.

His defeated rival and elder brother, David Miliband, gave a dignified speech about foreign policy this morning that was received with standing ovations at the beginning and end.

The Guardian's editorial welcomed Kennedy's "brave and dignified" speech, opening with a famous quote from it: "The torch has been passed to a new generation of Americans".

But as soon as he picked up gold in Athens he announced his resignation in a dignified speech which made no secret of his contempt for the non-football side of the job.

He also gave a dignified victory speech.

In her dignified concession speech Mrs Clinton rightly emphasised the need to defend democratic values; she might have drawn attention to President Obama's legacy on healthcare and climate change too.

A second casualty was the Scottish Labour leader, Murphy, who in a dignified concession speech said the troubles facing the Scottish Labour party for many years could not be rectified in five short months.

Struggling to maintain his composure, Ed, the 40-year-old former energy secretary, made a short, dignified acceptance speech in which he heaped praise on his brother and the other defeated candidates, Ed Balls, Andy Burnham and Diane Abbott.

It was a dignified, thoughtful speech -- worthy of the great orator who delivered it and appropriate to our perilous times.