| Although suspicious of unknown admirers, Tennyson was a sociable man, with a fondness for declaiming his work to a respectful audience. |
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| Few actors carry with them such a clear, familiar repertoire of gestures, movements, ways of speaking, declaiming. |
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| Robert Graves, leonine, ascended grandly and delivered hilarious impromptu remarks before declaiming a poem. |
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| As soon as he speaks, all you hear is some sixth-former declaiming bad poetry. |
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| Velázquez gives the picture of the declaiming fool its rich depth with the shadows he paints behind the legs. |
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| At the outer edge still stand the techno-visionaries, declaiming prophecies that are one part heroic forecast and three parts science fiction. |
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| Do likewise here: choose and let lie the rest without declaiming against that rest simply because it does not have the power to please you. |
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| No handwringing, no declaiming the end of Western civilization due to loose-moraled hipsters and free agent nation types swapping spit and job leads on the Internet. |
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| So there we were, declaiming the lines, complete with interpretive dance, and the audience sat there completely straight-faced and took everything seriously. |
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| In 1926, when O'Casey's The Plough and the Stars, was produced, there were violent scenes, Yeats declaiming to the audience that they had disgraced themselves again. |
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| At first I couldn't make out the words, just the preternaturally LOUD sound of a boy's voice flatly declaiming some sort of Important Announcement. |
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| He was seen shouting good-humouredly and at another point declaiming poetry. |
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| Gone are old-style gatherings confined to waving placards and banners, declaiming speakers, and moderate, controlled marches in specific locations. |
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