Example Sentences

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Enthusiasm cannot be created at the word of command, nor can heroes be inspired by cheers artificially produced under megaphonic intimidation.

From Your United States Impressions of a first visit by Bennett, Arnold

"You better make for shore!" shouted Peter between megaphonic hands.

From Peter the Brazen A Mystery Story of Modern China by Hoskins, Gayle Porter

One curious feature of my stay was the megaphonic recapitulation of the heads of the instruction, after each session, by an elderly Indian who stood out in the midst of the tents.

From Ten Thousand Miles with a Dog Sled A Narrative of Winter Travel in Interior Alaska by Stuck, Hudson

"I'm tired!" was the message Genevieve Maud sent to a sympathetic world on the wings of this megaphonic roar.

From Many Kingdoms by Jordan, Elizabeth Garver

Confused, delirious with excitement and provincial longings, they tried to make ocular responses to the megaphonic ritual.

From The Four Million by Henry, O.