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perorate

Sense 1

Meaning

to deliver a long or grandiloquent oration

Examples by difficulty

Basic: Simple, everyday vocabulary — the easiest to read.

As the clock struck nine, Mr. Jenkins started to perorate about the importance of honesty. His speech was very long and full of big words. The students shifted in their seats, waiting for him to finish, but he kept speaking as if each idea mattered more than the last.

The mayor, his face red, stood to perorate. He went on and on, his voice booming, about his great plans for the town. Everyone else just wanted him to stop.

At the town hall meeting, the passionate activist continued to perorate about local infrastructure, his voice rising with each point. Listeners shifted in their seats, some nodding, others growing restless, but he pressed on, determined to make every argument heard.

At dinner, Grandpa loves to perorate about the glory days when bread cost a nickel and dinosaurs were his pets. He waves his fork like a scepter and talks for so long, even the mashed potatoes start looking bored, wondering if they’ll ever be eaten.

The politician stepped up to the microphone, ready to perorate. He loved the sound of his own voice, often going on and on about the proper way to butter toast. The crowd, mostly pigeons drawn by crumbs, just stared, waiting for him to finish so they could get back to their important business.

Normal: Standard, everyday language.

The politician began to perorate, his voice rising and falling dramatically as he spoke about the importance of unity and progress in the country. The audience listened intently to his lengthy and eloquent speech, hanging on his every word.

As the meeting drew to a close, the chairman rose to perorate. His voice boomed through the hall as he delivered a stirring speech, filled with flowery language and impassioned pleas. The audience sat rapt, their faces filled with admiration. He spoke for over an hour, his words flowing effortlessly like a mighty river.

As the dark figure took the stage, a hush fell over the audience. His eyes gleamed with malice as he began to perorate, his words dripping with venom and hatred. The crowd shifted uncomfortably in their seats, feeling the weight of his sinister presence. His voice rose in pitch, filling the room with a sense of impending doom. Each word he spoke seemed to echo in the minds of those listening, leaving a chilling sensation in its wake. By the time he finished his grandiloquent speech, the audience was left trembling in fear, knowing that his evil plans were now set in motion.

As the speaker reached the end of his speech, his voice grew louder and more impassioned. He began to perorate, gesturing dramatically and emphasizing his points with fervor. The audience was captivated by his eloquence and powerful delivery.

After hours of passionate speechifying, the politician finally reached the perorate of his address, leaving the audience both captivated and exhausted by his lengthy and elaborate oratory.

Advanced: Richer vocabulary that stretches an upper-level reader.

During the meeting, Mr. Caldwell decided to perorate about teamwork, turning a simple announcement into a long, grandiloquent oration. His colleagues sat politely, though some exchanged glances, knowing this habit of his often meant waiting through impressive words before any real decisions were made.

After months of preparation, the candidate stood before the assembled crowd, ready to perorate. His voice boomed, filled with righteous indignation, as he detailed every grievance and promised swift retribution. He aimed to ignite their spirits, to leave them breathless with his powerful speech.

The senator rose, his face flushed with conviction, and began to perorate about the injustices facing rural communities. His voice swelled with passion, filling the chamber as colleagues leaned forward, captivated by his impassioned speech that seemed to stretch endlessly toward a powerful conclusion.

During family dinners, Uncle Jerry is known to perorate about the benefits of broccoli, launching into a grandiloquent oration complete with wild hand gestures and dramatic pauses, while the rest of us stare longingly at the dessert, praying his speech will end before the ice cream melts.

The aspiring orator, Bartholomew, was so eager to impress that he’d perorate for nearly an hour on the nuanced philosophical implications of toast crumbs. His audience, a bewildered flock of pigeons, only seemed interested in the actual crumbs that eventually fell from his butter-stained jacket.

Challenging: Rare, high-register vocabulary for serious word lovers.

As the meeting wore on, Dr. Simmons began to perorate about the virtues of discipline, transforming a simple update into a grandiloquent oration. The staff exchanged beleaguered glances, recognizing that his penchant for lengthy speeches often eclipsed any practical advice.

He stood before the hushed assembly, the weight of generations settling upon him as he prepared to perorate. The accumulated grievances, the unfulfilled promises, the desperate pleas of his people – all would find voice in the lengthy, passionate speech he was about to deliver.

As the courtroom fell silent, the defense attorney began to perorate, his passionate plea growing more intense with each carefully chosen word. His colleagues watched, knowing this final argument could sway the jury and potentially save his client from a devastating conviction.

During dinner, Uncle Horace would seize his spoon like a scepter and perorate on the virtues of rutabaga, subjecting us to a grandiloquent oration so protracted that even the gravy congealed in despair, our collective sanity hanging by the thinnest filament of patience.

The hapless contestant, anticipating a reprieve, found himself thrust onto the platform to perorate. He then proceeded to perorate for a prodigious, albeit agonizing, thirty minutes on the existential angst of sentient toasters. The audience, initially rapt, devolved into a tableau of bewildered mastication.

Difficulty

Advanced — Less frequent words that stretch an upper-level vocabulary.

Sense 2

Meaning

To deliver an elaborate and often lengthy discourse, typically in a public setting, with a strong emphasis on rhetorical flourish.

Examples by difficulty

Basic: Simple, everyday vocabulary — the easiest to read.

The candidate stood, ready to perorate. He wanted to convince everyone that he was the best choice. His voice boomed, filling the hall with words meant to inspire, to sway, to make them feel a powerful urge to vote for him.

The inventor stood before the assembled venture capitalists, ready to perorate. He launched into his impassioned speech about the world's first self-folding origami umbrella, his voice rising and falling, gestures grand, hoping to convince them his genius was worth their money.

The old timer, his voice raspy from years of shouting over the market din, would perorate on the merits of his hand-knitted alpaca socks. He'd gesture wildly, his face a roadmap of wrinkles, captivating the small crowd who gathered to hear his passionate, drawn-out tales of yarn and warmth.

The king, after a truly enormous lunch, decided to perorate for hours about his pet goldfish. He puffed out his chest and wobbled, launching into a long, flowery speech, full of fancy words and wild hand gestures, about the fish's heroic leaps and the sadness of his scales.

Barnaby the badger loved to perorate. He'd stand on a toadstool, adjust his tiny monocle, and perorate for hours about the proper way to sniff for worms. His speeches were a blur of dramatic gestures, booming pronouncements on soil aeration, and the sheer joy of a plump beetle.

Normal: Standard, everyday language.

The candidate stood, cleared his throat, and prepared to perorate. He needed to capture the crowd's attention, weaving in passionate appeals and strong arguments to sway them. His voice boomed, each word carefully chosen, building towards a powerful conclusion that would surely win them over.

The shaman, his voice echoing in the cavern, began to perorate. He spoke for hours, his every gesture dramatic, painting a vivid picture of the coming fungal bloom. We shivered, not from cold, but from the sheer force of his conviction as he emphasized each word about the sacred spores.

The elder statesman, his voice raspy but firm, began to perorate. He painted a vivid picture of the village's shared struggles, each word a hammer blow against apathy, building to a passionate plea for unity in the face of the encroaching bog.

The politician cleared his throat, ready to perorate about the thrilling topic of municipal zoning laws. He adjusted his tie, inhaled deeply, and launched into an elaborate, ten-minute soliloquy filled with dramatic pauses and booming pronouncements, leaving the audience wondering if they'd accidentally stumbled into a very passionate sock puppet convention.

Reginald, determined to impress the prize-winning poodle owners, began to perorate about the existential dread of a perfectly groomed Shih Tzu. He gestured wildly, his voice booming about the subtle nuances of ear hair length, a truly elaborate discourse on the societal pressures faced by miniature schnauzers.

Advanced: Richer vocabulary that stretches an upper-level reader.

After delivering his initial points, the orator began to perorate, his voice rising and falling with dramatic pronouncements. He spoke for what felt like hours, weaving together powerful anecdotes and impassioned appeals, aiming to sway every single person in the packed hall with his grand, final speech.

The disgraced inventor, facing a skeptical council, knew he had to perorate. He launched into a passionate, hour-long defense of his controversial atmospheric processor, his voice booming with desperate conviction, painting vivid pictures of a future saved, hoping their awe would drown out his past failures.

The weary prospector, hands calloused and face etched with drought, stood before the saloon's sparse gathering. He began to perorate about the supposed vein of silver, his voice cracking with a desperate hope, painting visions of fortunes won and hardship erased, each word a desperate gamble.

Barnaby the badger, known for his bombastic pronouncements, would perorate for hours at the village pub, each grandiloquent sentence punctuated by a dramatic flourish of his tail. He'd rhapsodize about the superior quality of grubs and the dire consequences of subpar digging techniques, leaving his audience simultaneously mesmerized and desperately needing a pint.

The disgruntled gnome, Bartholomew, took the podium at the annual Mushroom Fair to perorate about the egregious price hikes on premium dew drops. His lengthy discourse, peppered with dramatic sighs and the occasional outburst of operatic lament, truly emphasized the rhetorical flourish required to express his outrage over the exorbitant cost of his favorite morning beverage.

Challenging: Rare, high-register vocabulary for serious word lovers.

After the tumultuous debate, the elder statesman took the dais. He prepared to perorate, his voice resonating with grave pronouncements, aiming to mollify the agitated assembly with his carefully crafted, impassioned conclusion.

Despite the oppressive humidity and the drone of cicadas, the elder stood, cleared his throat, and began to perorate. His resonant voice, unyielding despite his years, spun intricate narratives of celestial alignments and forgotten constellations, each syllable a deliberate, amplified testament to their ancestral obligations to the sky gods.

The grizzled prospector, having finally unearthed a vein of tellurium, ascended the makeshift stage. He was ready to perorate on the arduous years spent in desolate canyons, his voice resonating with the hard-won triumph of discovery, each word a calculated cadence to awe the gathered townsfolk.

The esteemed orator, whose prodigious lungs seemed capable of exhuming ancient deities, began to perorate. He unfurled an elaborate and lengthy discourse, punctuated by theatrical sighs and eyebrow arching, all delivered with a strong emphasis on rhetorical flourish, convincing everyone present that even his laundry woes were a matter of global import.

Lord Reginald, convinced of his own erudition, would invariably perorate at length on the migratory patterns of the lesser-spotted dung beetle, punctuating his arcane pronouncements with dramatic gestures that sent his monocle spinning wildly. His discourse, a veritable cornucopia of bombast and beetle-based trivia, left his audience utterly bewildered, yet strangely captivated by his sheer, unadulterated, and entirely misplaced zeal.

Difficulty

Challenging — Rare, high-register words for serious word lovers.

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