direct speech
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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Broadcaster Eamonn Holmes said: "He made direct speech entertaining. With that he was ahead of his time. I'm just sorry he hasn't had more time."
From BBC • Aug. 4, 2025
This remained true even when participants were told to direct their attention toward a silent film and ignore the story, suggesting that top-down attention isn't required to mentally separate direct speech and its echo.
From Science Daily • Feb. 15, 2024
Belafonte never makes a direct speech about injustice.
From New York Times • Apr. 25, 2023
Smith, poet laureate of the United States and a Pulitzer Prize winner, shows tremendous range in these rich, humane poems as she shifts from lyricism to direct speech, from meditative passages to wry humor.
From Washington Post • Apr. 26, 2018
Marjorie's direct speech and frank, honest eyes had pleased the older woman.
From Marjorie Dean, High School Freshman by Lester, Pauline
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