ORATOR in a Sentence

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45 example sentences for ORATOR, such as:

1. It was as if the orator had bewitched them.
2. He was asked to deliver an oration at the meeting.
3. All this time the eyes of the thousands present looked straight at the Negro orator.
4. At the close of the speech Governor Bullock rushed across the stage and seized the orator's hand.
5. Demades, the Ancient Greek orator, is about to address an assembly in Athens on a matter of vital importance.

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 Meanings and Examples of ORATOR
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
orator
 n.  skilled public speaker; person who pronounces discourse publicly on some special occasion, as pleader or lawyer
Classic Sentence: (43 in 3 pages)
1  He kept his eyes fixed on the orator, who sat in an armchair, his head leaning on his hand and his attitude indicating exhaustion.
The Jungle By Upton Sinclair
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 29
2  The orator sat in a chair, with his shoulders sunk together and his eyes half closed; his face was ghastly pale, almost greenish in hue, and one arm lay limp at his side.
The Jungle By Upton Sinclair
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 29
3  The orator had been the head of the city's relief bureau in the stockyards, until the sight of misery and corruption had made him sick.
The Jungle By Upton Sinclair
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 31
4  However much his influence among his people had been impaired by his occasional and besetting weakness, as well as by his desertion of the tribe, his courage and his fame as an orator were undeniable.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore Cooper
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 24
5  The effect of such an harangue, delivered in the nervous language and with the emphatic manner of a Huron orator, could scarcely be mistaken.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore Cooper
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 24
6  The orator, or the politician, who can produce such a state of things, is commonly popular with his contemporaries, however he may be treated by posterity.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore Cooper
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 27
7  Such an extraordinary sign of confidence was received by the orator as a highly favorable omen; and though the animal retreated a little precipitately, he was lavish of his thanks and commendations.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore Cooper
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 27
8  The warriors in front stepped aside, opening the way to their most approved orator by the action; one who spoke all those languages that were cultivated among the northern aborigines.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore Cooper
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 28
9  Until such a one chose to make some movement, no deeds in arms, no natural gifts, nor any renown as an orator, would have justified the slightest interruption.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore Cooper
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 28
10  All this time the eyes of the thousands present looked straight at the Negro orator.
Up From Slavery: An Autobiography By Booker T. Washington
Context  Highlight   In Chapter XV.
11  It was as if the orator had bewitched them.
Up From Slavery: An Autobiography By Booker T. Washington
Context  Highlight   In Chapter XV.
12  At the close of the speech Governor Bullock rushed across the stage and seized the orator's hand.
Up From Slavery: An Autobiography By Booker T. Washington
Context  Highlight   In Chapter XV.
13  He has won a worthy reputation as one of the great leaders of his race, widely known and much respected at home and abroad as an accomplished educator, a great orator, and a true philanthropist.
Up From Slavery: An Autobiography By Booker T. Washington
Context  Highlight   In Chapter XVII.
14  "When Mary found this garden it looked quite dead," the orator proceeded.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson Burnett
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXIII
15  There was an impressive silence; Morcerf alone knew not why such profound attention was given to an orator who was not always listened to with so much complacency.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 86. The Trial.
Example Sentence:
1  Demades, the Ancient Greek orator, is about to address an assembly in Athens on a matter of vital importance.
2  He was asked to deliver an oration at the meeting.