reported speech

noun

1. See indirect speech
   another term for indirect speech

Example Sentences

As for lowlights, an under-reported speech by Judge Roy Moore took the Wingnut prize.

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His longest reported speech will be found in the Parliamentary History, vol.

From Project Gutenberg

Indirect discourse means reported speech,—the thoughts of a writer or speaker put in the words of the one reporting them.

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She was quoting from his last reported speech, and her spirits rose as she felt how glad she was to have been ready.

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A fully reported speech was therein described as perhaps the greatest oratorical masterpiece ever delivered outside Hyde Park.

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Lincoln's remarks on the resolution form his first reported speech.

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