speechifying

verb

Definition of speechifyingnext
present participle of speechify
as in speaking

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  1. speaking
  2. talking
  3. preaching
  4. proclaiming
Verb
  • His script had been passed on all around town since 2016, with Baum saying it at one point involved 50 speaking parts, dozens of locations, and sprawled to 200 pages.
    Brian Welk, IndieWire, 4 Oct. 2024
  • Huppert was speaking onstage at the New York Film Festival with fest Artistic Director Dennis Lim, about A Traveler’s Needs.
    Dade Hayes, Deadline, 4 Oct. 2024
Definition of speaking
Verb
  • But talking with local filmmakers and industry heads reveals a more sobering picture this year.
    Gregg Goldstein, Variety, 4 Oct. 2024
  • That's the tricky part about talking to a machine.
    Cheryl Ragland, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
Definition of talking
Verb
  • For the last year, Mark Cook has been preaching a kind of low-tech, election-doubting gospel in political battlegrounds across the country.
    Major Garrett, CBS News, 1 Oct. 2024
  • Numerous studies have shown hand counts to be less accurate, more costly and more time-consuming, but that hasn't stopped Cook from preaching it.
    Major Garrett, CBS News, 1 Oct. 2024
Definition of preaching
Verb
  • In early 2023, Bogotá sought to de-escalate violence by proclaiming cease-fires with six of the largest armed groups, who were surprised by the announcement and had promised nothing in return.
    Elizabeth Dickinson, Foreign Affairs, 1 Oct. 2024
  • In February, Maduro issued a decree proclaiming an economic emergency and announced the first increase in the price of gasoline in 17 years.
    Michael Shifter, Foreign Affairs, 10 Mar. 2016
Definition of proclaiming
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