Sentence examples for speech convention from inspiring English sources

Politicians waiting for an interview stare blankly at the camera; officials stand on a podium fidgeting before a speech; convention delegates slouch in their chairs.

That month, the Defend Free Speech Convention was held in Johannesburg, bringing together African, Indian and communist activists to call an anti-apartheid general strike.

There's a bucket-speech convention that, by way of a yardstick, you tell the audience how much tickets cost at the paid-for venues.

Joe Bor does that, but with a twist: paid tickets are usually £30, he lies, "but if you can manage just half of that …" I dare say the bucket-speech convention is no bad thing for comedy: it's democratic, and it introduces a habit of humility and of authentic interaction between artist and audience.

He did that again Tuesday, on the whole acceptance-speech convention to thank a crew.

During the governor's victory speech at Convention Hall, an audience member screamed out, "Chris Christie for president!" setting off cheers.

And the aggressiveness of those particular words at her convention speech suited her temperament.

Then Buchanan calls Obama's 2004 convention speech an "affirmative action" speech.

Today's affairs mix speeches upon speeches on the convention floor with a week of lavish parties around town.

That was Geisel's style even when giving speeches to conventions of librarians or book sellers.

The Convention speech, he knew, could not resemble the anti-Bush speeches that he had been delivering around the country.