Sentence examples for graceful speech from inspiring English sources

Thus it was eagerly remarked that Mayor Bill de Blasio, in a graceful speech, had made no mention of his predecessor in office.

I remember hearing David Cameron, then leader of the opposition, make an extraordinarily graceful speech once at a British Museum event.

Hillary Clinton formally suspended her campaign for the Democratic nomination in a graceful speech in which she urged all her supporters to work hard to ensure the election of Barack Obama as the next president.

Before handing over the award, Hanks gave a graceful speech in which he likened Washington, whom he co-starred with in 1993 film Philadelphia, to Hollywood greats, old and new.

As the competition for Most Graceful Speech hotted up, he added: "Boris, the next few years are going to be the best few years of your life!" It had been a long night.

"The Star-Spangled Banner" was sung by Shirley Verrett-Carter; Miss Port of Authority looked lovely; Mr. Othmar H. Ammann, the designer of the George Washington Bridge, made a graceful speech, the Governors spoke, etc.

He's also saying he may not give a graceful concession speech if he loses the election.

After Professor Szczepański's graceful acceptance speech, a vote is about to be taken on a list of eighty-seven constellations.

McCain, in a graceful concession speech, noted the pride that many Americans felt in that development following the long United States record of slavery, segregation, and discrimination.

In a graceful little speech in Downing Street he accepted failure and announced that his successor would be in place by the time of the party conference in October.

During a meandering and sometimes vituperative news conference on Tuesday, Mr. Ivanishvili shocked many by casually saying that Mr. Saakashvili should resign immediately rather than serve out his term, which ends in 2013 — a jarring demand, since the president had just offered a graceful concession speech and offered to work together.