Sentence examples for long-winded speeches from inspiring English sources

Still, long-winded speeches by fellow legislators irk him.

Second, Groh made many long-winded speeches to players this year.

But you don't want to keep them for hours with big, long-winded speeches.

At his first cabinet meeting, O'Donnell became nervous at Brown's lax chairing and long-winded speeches from the ministers.

The Democrats bemoaned the late budget in long-winded speeches, while the Republican majority quietly passed the monthlong spending extension.

And there were fewer of the long-winded speeches like those at last week's hearings with Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Benghazi.

Nor is a long-winded speech required.

"The new democratic experience is a challenge that many people who want corruption do not like," Mr. Morsi said in a long-winded speech that exceeded 40 minutes.

Lumumba seemingly left his old club on good terms; even delivering a long-winded speech at the club's best and fairest about how much Collingwood meant to him.

After a few terms in office, he was considered a star of the Democratic Party and an obvious Presidential candidate — until he delivered a famously long-winded speech at the 1988 Democratic National Convention which was met with derision by the clearly bored delegates and which one Arkansas newspaper called "an unmitigated disaster".

Strangely, GenCorp's chief executive walked into the tension-jazzed meeting and lulled everyone into a stupor with a long-winded speech about the company's 90-year history.