Sentence examples for power of oratory from inspiring English sources

He was harnessing what's quite possibly his greatest power of all: his power of oratory.

With his mother a devout churchgoer, he quickly learnt the power of oratory and faith.

As multimedia director for Barack Obama's nascent presidential campaign, Sroka witnessed firsthand the future first lady's power of oratory in Orangeburg, South Carolina.

In Illinois, the whole Democratic ticket lost, which is one reason why Darrow ended up, two years later, arguing on behalf of woodworkers who had gone on strike in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, a trial I recount in this week's magazine, in another kind of story about the power of oratory.

Taste the irony: in the final Today in Parliament (Friday 27th, BBC Radio 4, 23.30 GMT) of this parliament, William Hague reflects on the persuasive power of oratory, and how it can visibly swing opinion in the House of Commons.

He's more unelectable than Neil Kinnock was; and Kinnock had considerable powers of oratory, and didn't lack political courage".

He began his career as a schoolmaster, but his interest in public causes and his powers of oratory soon combined to bring him national fame.

Craig Logan, 37, who unwittingly became a close friend of the undercover officer, said he had "no great powers of oratory" but made friends quickly.

The Iraq war was not Obama's doing — we all know that — but in trying to define yesterday's moment, a clear sense of historic occasion eluded his powers of oratory.

"He was not a dynamic leader, had no great powers of oratory, but he knew absolutely everything that was going on in school," says Michael Allen, who taught him history and cricket.

It's the way that it was when he stunned the world with his powers of oratory back in 2004; the way he beat Hillary Clinton; and the way he was was before his DNC speech, when a notably lined and greyer man took the stage.