Sentence examples for tricky diction from inspiring English sources

To cinema's pantheon of tricky diction, we can now add, "I have a sieve full of sifted thistles and a sieve full of unsifted thistles, because I am a thistle sifter".

(I know: some great poets spelled terribly; Yeats for one. But if the poet can't get their spelling right in a competition entry, it's tricky to hold out much hope for syntax, diction, imagery).

While syntax — the mechanics of diction — can be made to toe the line and conform to a particular "style," seeing is trickier to control.

Good diction".

Staccato diction.

Tricky, tricky.

Her diction was often indistinct.

Diction was generally excellent.

Santorum's diction – corely convicted?

Truth is stranger than diction.

The diction is not clear".