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
The researchers observed that cortical activity tracks energy changes related to direct speech, despite the strong interference of the echo.
From Science Daily ● Feb. 15, 2024
Belafonte never makes a direct speech about injustice.
From New York Times ● Apr. 25, 2023
“It was the toughest, coldest, and most direct speech I had ever heard John Kennedy give publicly,” O’Donnell said.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 30, 2015
So clearly was this understood that direct speech between them, on its rare occasions, was always ascribed by distant hearers to an outbreak of hostilities.
From Somehow Good by William Frend De Morgan
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