He was distinguished even in his youth for his scholarship and his oratorical gifts.

Through his oratorical gifts and reputation for extreme asceticism he attracted a large following, including two bishops named Instantius and Salvianus.

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

His energy, his oratorical gifts, and his military experience gave him great influence among the working classes.

The success of Alline's theology in part clearly arose from his charismatic personality and oratorical gift which drew people to his cause.

On account of his oratorical gifts, he wielded an influence of wide extent on the politics as a state legislature.

In Congress, his political ability and unusual oratorical gifts at once gained recognition.

But a speech on apartheid she gave to the United Nations in 1980 at age 17 made her aware for the first time of her oratorical gifts.

When all is duly noted - the oratorical gift, the withering cross-examinations, the refusal to cower before judges or prosecutors - his is a triumph of personality.

Mannheimer's success was due in great measure to his oratorical gifts.