speechify
Americanverb (used without object)
verb
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to make a speech or speeches
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to talk pompously and boringly
Other Word Forms
- speechification noun
- speechifier noun
Etymology
Origin of speechify
Example Sentences
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While political theater, as a genre, has a tendency to speechify about sociopolitical issues from the safety of the stage, Rau at least gets up close to his subjects.
From New York Times • May 15, 2023
That’s less the case in the equally unproductive covid-era, where the co-hosts, broadcasting from their homes, are now given minute-long soapboxes to speechify on the issue du jour.
From Washington Post • Aug. 6, 2021
If Mr. Jacquemus is going to make it off the backbenches to speechify on the floor, he needs to extend his range.
From New York Times • Sep. 25, 2018
Who outside of Aaron Sorkin’s world stops in the middle of their office full of people who work for a union to speechify about the importance of unions?
From Time • Sep. 27, 2012
We soon learned that meant he was about to speechify us.
From "The Season of Styx Malone" by Kekla Magoon
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