Sentence examples for speeches long from inspiring English sources

Qaddafi, likewise, waited until it was too late, continuing to posture and give orotund speeches long after his people had rejected him.

But I'm struck by the upsurge in the contemporary appetite not just for making, but also for listening to, speeches long and short.

Think of a party political conference and what springs to mind is minutely-crafted speeches, long standing ovations and relentless networking by the party faithful.

The "prayer for America" speech, as Mr. Kucinich called it, was, like many of his speeches, long on passion and short on policy specifics.

In more formal interviews, the rambling answer he gave to my questions about what the United States had to do next in Iraq was, like some of Hillary's speeches, long on complexity and alternatives, short on direction, and unlikely to satisfy voters demanding a renunciation of the war and a rapid withdrawal of American forces.

It wasn't just Miliband's conference forgetfulness in Manchester that made yesterday's speech long overdue.

Newt Gingrich the professor returned to the airwaves on Tuesday, delivering a rambling lecture — and concession speech — long before polls closed in Arizona and Michigan.

Age: 74 Political affiliation: Republican Occupation: Retired Most important issue: Economy Preferred candidate: Newt Gingrich — ERIC THAYER Newt Gingrich the professor returned to the airwaves on Tuesday, delivering a rambling lecture — and concession speech — long before polls closed in Arizona and Michigan.

The Washington Examiner's Byron York calls her 33-minute speech "long, rambling and at times barely coherent".

And on Thursday, Christie's sold his 1864 "Election Victory Speech," long held by a library in upstate New York, for $3.44 million, a record for an American historical manuscript".

Prior to the speech, Long was already appearing quite gay.