How to Use speaking in a Sentence

speaking

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• The two took more speaking time than any of the other candidates, and Harris’ name quickly became the top search term Thursday evening on Google.
  — David Lauter, latimes.com, 28 June 2019
• That includes speaking time, the length of pauses between speakers, the frequency of questions and the amount of overlapping talk.
  — New York Times, 14 Apr. 2020
• In last night’s Democratic debate, of the six presidential candidates onstage, the two women had the most speaking time.
  — Jameelah Nasheed, Teen Vogue, 20 Feb. 2020
• Podcast is coming, a book is coming, more speaking engagements.
  — Eric Johnson, Recode, 23 Aug. 2018
• After their first speaking engagement, more speaking requests came in.
  — Ryan Bergeron, CNN, 20 Apr. 2018
• This would grant it the capacity to form part of the official opposition to the ruling party, to gain additional speaking time in parliament and to hold more sway in powerful government commissions.
  — Isaac Stanley-Becker, Washington Post, 7 May 2017
• The concept involves celebrities, disguising themselves in elaborate costumes and masking their speaking voices, performing songs on stage.
  — Nick Romano, EW.com, 5 Sep. 2019
• No more journalists, no more speaking events, no more publishing opportunities.
  — Khalid Albaih, Quartz, 19 June 2019
• During Friday's Democratic debate, many critics noted the relatively short speaking time given to Warren in comparison with her white male competitors.
  — Kathleen Walsh, TheWeek, 12 Feb. 2020
• Female candidates, on average, got more speaking time during Wednesday’s first 2020 Democratic presidential debate than male candidates—but the top speaker was a man, according to post-debate analyses.
  — Jamie Ducharme, Time, 27 June 2019

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