ventriloquial
Americanadjective
Other Word Forms
- ventriloquially adverb
Etymology
Origin of ventriloquial
1830–40; ventriloqu(y) ( def. ) + -al 1
Example Sentences
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This museum houses the largest collection of ventriloquial figures and memorabilia in the world.
From The Guardian • Oct. 31, 2018
In other words, think pieces, reportage, travelogues, lectures and memoirs are in some sense strained, inauthentic, ventriloquial.
From New York Times • Apr. 27, 2015
Further research led us to Beverly Messegee, an entertainer whose act includes ventriloquial yodelling with Erich, her inanimate sidekick.
From BBC • May 21, 2013
Those "ventriloquial skills" that annoyed David Robson had me mesmerised.
From The Guardian • Jun. 11, 2010
I have heard two crows in the spring, seated on a limb close together, give utterance to many curious, guttural, gurgling, ventriloquial sounds.
From Ways of Nature by Burroughs, John
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