adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
more
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Maybe I was more eloquent than I thought.
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He said they tend to be more eloquent and more creative because their experiences are mostly singular.
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Mr. Griffiths I could not pay a more eloquent testimony to the doctor than my hon. Friend has just paid.
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It is a world in which the grimace is often more eloquent than the phrase.
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A more eloquent statement of unrealism would be hard to devise, writes Edward Steen.
most
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One of the most eloquent critics has been a conservative writer, Charles Murray.
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Oddly, it was men who'd left the active priesthood to marry who were most eloquent about celibacy.
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Perhaps the most eloquent opponent was Patrick Henry in Virginia.
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The most eloquent witness to this fact is Maxse's old ally Bridgeman.
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Mr Keyes, a former radio talk-show host and Reagan administration diplomat, is the most eloquent of the Republican candidates.
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Your work should be your most eloquent argument.
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That was about the longest conversation I ever had with him: Fritz at his most eloquent and long-winded.
■ NOUN
testimony
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Their very insistence of trying to make sense is eloquent testimony to assumptions that are powerful though silent.
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The mountaintop offers eloquent testimony on all of this, for nothing there grows for ever.
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Mr. Griffiths I could not pay a more eloquent testimony to the doctor than my hon. Friend has just paid.
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And the stridency of those who argue otherwise bears eloquent testimony to that fact.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
wax sentimental/eloquent/lyrical etc
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Before waxing lyrical about types of communication we need firstly to appreciate the uniqueness of the hotel environment.
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In the pub, beer glass in hand, he waxed lyrical about how he would spend his earnings.
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Marie Claire devoted last October's issue to the disease, and carried photos of topless celebrities waxing lyrical about their assets.
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Only don't wax sentimental over their hospitality, just thinking of it gives me indigestion.
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Second, it was the theological uses of mathematics on which Bacon waxed eloquent.
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They waxed lyrical on the virtues of introducing business-like methods and improving resource management.
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You're waxing lyrical about the M25 and the hopelessness of building more roads.
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You didn't even wax lyrical about the incredibly romantic island we could see from the cliff-top at the cape.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Few will forget his eloquent defence of individual freedom.
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He gave an eloquent speech after dinner.
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She was an eloquent speaker, able to move and inspire audiences.
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The poem is full of eloquent phrases about the beauty of nature.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Archbishop Ralph's eloquent letter to the pope had had no effect.
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At the press conference next morning, there was eloquent body-language.
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Aunt Margaret presided over the table with placid contentment, urging them to eat with eloquent movements of the eyes and hands.
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It's often said that the world wants to silence the eloquent .
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Justice Brennan offered an extraordinarily eloquent and diplomatic response.
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Maybe I was more eloquent than I thought.