oratorical
oratorial

His oratorical skills were well received, and he soon built up a following.

The old oratorical gift coming through for him again as it always had in the past.

As the only woman in her 1943 law school class, she won the state oratorical contest.

His voice was even more oratorical than it had been over the wire.

It was the first time they had heard him in one of his oratorical moods.

A man's voice, carefully oratorical, spoke my name with a question mark after it.

Leaders are supposed to lead, this man said, and sometimes that means they must at least try for an oratorical high note.

The convention, in other words, will walk a fine oratorical line, several advisers said.

Opponents of the amendment have their oratorical strategy as well.

The oratorical caution is not absolute, of course, and it may have started to give way.

"Are we having some doubts about our oratorical ability, dear?"

It seemed to Philip that he could never say anything without an oratorical flourish.

That has never been far from the oratorical surface.

But in the summer of 2003, the necessary gas needed for an oratorical explosion did fill the room.

His confidence began growing once he started joining different oratorical competitions.

His oratorical and leadership skills were recognized early by the powers that be.

In style, the book is oratorical, but not so much as 3 Maccabees.

This has not been a great year for oratorical flourishes, at least from major candidates.

He spat with contempt and raised a long, oratorical arm.

As if of old habit, his voice took on an oratorical intonation.

On one level, they link him to a longstanding Democratic oratorical tradition.

He often seems to have had more at stake, and certainly more oratorical energy, than anyone in the government.

We were gathered in the auditorium for the annual oratorical contest.

Though containing some philosophical interest, the address is mainly oratorical.

In the same year he organized an oratorical association, the first in the South.