Sentence examples for speech of acceptance from inspiring English sources

In his speech of acceptance of the German Booksellers' Peace Prize, Mr Walser denounced the "moral battering-ram of Auschwitz" and pleaded for normality in German-Jewish relations.

In his speech of acceptance to the Rey Juan Carlos prize in economics Agustín affirmed that the conference was "one of the most emotional moments of my life" and this alone is sufficient for rewarding our effort and honor in organizing the conference and editing this special issue.

I, for one, look forward to any kind of acceptance speech or statement Beatty gives.

Cradling the trophy in his arms by the end of the play, he gives the kind of acceptance speech that reveals a mind stuck in a monstrous delusion.

"If you said it with that kind of sincerity and literalness and very slow sense of humor where the joke arrives a week later," Mr. Rylance explained, "then maybe it would work as some kind of acceptance speech".

Seasoned Oscar-watchers like to boast that they have weathered every tempest, winced at every flub and snub, dozed through every shade of acceptance speech; nothing can surprise them anymore.

TM 2015 was a year of acceptance speech firsts: there was Ed Sheeran, who chose to dedicate one of his two awards not to God, his mum or his fans, but a lady named Deirdre.

It's the Newtonian Law of Acceptance Speeches.

Thierry Henry has got these type of acceptance speeches down to a fine art.

It's a bit like the Newtonian Law of Acceptance Speeches.

(If that name sounds familiar, Rylance has a habit of quoting Jenkins's verse in lieu of acceptance speeches).