Finally, under the Roman Empire the term was applied to professors of rhetoric, to orators, and to prose writers generally, all of whom are sometimes regarded as constituting what is now called the Second Sophistic movement (see below The Second Sophistic movement).
It is not interesting to listen to an orator who has seized the rostrum".
The New Yorker, April 11 , 1936P. 9 A gentleman walked across Columbus Circle and stopped to listen to an orator, who was delivering a speech of vaguely radical nature, which soon turned into a discussion of the situation in Germany.
By Clifton Fadiman and Russell Maloney The New Yorker, April 11 , 1936P. 9 A gentleman walked across Columbus Circle and stopped to listen to an orator, who was delivering a speech of vaguely radical nature, which soon turned into a discussion of the situation in Germany.
Her kaleidoscopic characterizations range from a TV anchorwoman to a funeral orator to a punk to a homeless man.
Mr. Bloomberg didn't have to be an orator to become a billionaire.
The misuse of rhetoric is exemplified by the speech attributed to the orator Lysias, a somewhat contrived plea to favor a non-lover rather than a lover.
While admitting that stylish tricks gave an immediate effect, he felt they were of no great help to the orator in the realities of public advocacy at law.
Lauren Flanigan, who has given so many gutsy performances at the house, vitally inhabited the title character, capturing Esther's transformation from naïve maiden to vengeful orator.
And though it's sporting to christen a lead character Daniel Webster, and have him consult with Jesus rather than debate the devil, the television show's creator, Jack Kenny, falls far short of a worthy homage to this orator.
