reported speech
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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The acronym may still be used in reported speech and official documents but will usually be accompanied by an explanation i.e. specific information on a particular ethnic group not being available.
From BBC • Dec. 7, 2021
Extended paragraphs of reported speech, not to mention exhaustive descriptions of the characters' outfits, add to the impression of a book written primarily as an outline for a television series.
From The Guardian • Aug. 3, 2012
HRH, being royal, didn't do verbatim, but appears in weird reported speech, as if in a lady-in-waiting's letter.
From The Guardian • Jul. 30, 2011
Plenty of reported speech means Jack's task as storyteller is not as onerous as it might be, and for much of the time we simply watch the action unfold in dialogue.
From The Guardian • Aug. 6, 2010
The word is common enough in prose, and formed part of the spoken language, for it is found in reported speech at Petronius 45 6.
From The Last Poems of Ovid by Akrigg, Mark Bear
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