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And Brandon Carter, a memorable Prince Hal in the company’s “Henry IV,” Parts 1 and 2, keeps tuned up oratorically by performing a Shakespeare sonnet every day and posting his performances online.

From Washington Post • Apr. 22, 2020

Best of all is Elizabeth Marvel, who, cast as the oratorically gifted friend to Caesar, Marc Antony, lives up to her surname.

From Washington Post • Jun. 16, 2017

John C. Calhoun and who knows how many other oratorically inclined former vice presidents turned over in their graves.

From New York Times • Oct. 1, 2012

A ball of fire on the stump, old-timer Donahey has not once opened his jaws oratorically in the Senate since he was sworn in.

From Time Magazine Archive

"To unite both descriptions of talent," resumed the priest, oratorically, "is the gift of but few."

From The Martins Of Cro' Martin, Vol. I (of II) by Lever, Charles James