[ US /ˈɛɫəkwəns/ ]
[ UK /ˈɛləkwəns/ ]
NOUN
  1. powerful and effective language
    his oily smoothness concealed his guilt from the police
    fluency in spoken and written English is essential
    his eloquence attracted a large congregation
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How To Use eloquence In A Sentence

  • Unprofitable eloquence is like the cypress, which is great and tall, but bears no fruit. 
  • Cast þe cawse oñ my copy/rude/& bar {e} of eloquence, 1240 which {e} to drawe out [I] haue do my besy diligence, redily to reforme hit/by resoñ and bettur sentence. Early English Meals and Manners
  • It is a speech that cannot fail to thrill the reader for its noble and patriotic eloquence.
  • Cornelia the mother of the Gracchi, contributed much to the eloquence of her sons; and her learned stile is handed down to posterity in her letters. Letter to the Women of England, on the Injustice of Mental Subordination
  • And her power was not in her shouting or in her eloquence or in her emotion.
  • Cast þe cawse oñ my copy/rude/& bar {e} of eloquence, which {e} to d {ra} we out [I] haue do my besy diligence, redily to reforme hit/by resoñ and bettur sentence. Early English Meals and Manners
  • And what the songs lack in structural certainty or melodic eloquence they usually make up for in the remarkable depth and vibrancy of their textures.
  • Alberti was also occupied by the dialectic of the vita activa – vita contemplativa. 33 Through his own treatise on the subject, De commodis literarum atque incommodis,34 and a study of the Florentine family, Della famiglia,35 Alberti deeply influenced a younger generation of powerful and wealthy soldier-scholars, including Leonello d'Este and Federico, who negotiated their turbulent political climate as much by tactical eloquence as by militaristic valor. Architecture and Memory: The Renaissance Studioli of Federico da Montefeltro
  • Wealth of words is not eloquence
  • Sometimes emotions are more persuasive than eloquence. Christianity Today
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