orate
verb (used with or without object)
to deliver an oration; speak pompously; declaim.
orated
Example Sentences
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It featured a version of the Gettysburg address as orated by the president at the time, Dwight D. Eisenhower.
From New York Times ● Jan. 24, 2023
That the speeches in “Undelivered” were never orated does take some of the helium out of their balloons, but in Nussbaum’s able hands, this cruise through what-might-have-been offers a hell of a fun ride.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 3, 2022
While working as a lawyer, he found himself unable to deliver orated arguments as eloquently as he could write them.
From Salon ● Apr. 30, 2022
"Anyone looking at this jury could tell it was not a jury of Mr. Smollett’s peers in Chicago," she orated in defense of the actor and singer.
From Fox News ● Mar. 10, 2022
“There he is,” Aarfy orated funereally, pointing down dramatically at a hay wagon and two horses standing before the bam of a gray stone farmhouse.
From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller
