| His Speech Day declamations, which took place on 5 July 1804, 6 June 1805, and 4 July 1805, played an important role in his self-fashioning. |
| Others unpacked their hearts with words in tyrannicide declamations and imitations of Greek tragedy. |
| In contrast to the declamations of the bureaucrats and politicians, the mood among the workers at the rally was more somber. |
| Getting a PhD is always a good thing, and Cambridge certainly pulls out all the stops when it comes to bizarre commemorative rituals, including value added Latin declamations. |
| Out go the twitching nostrils, flailing arms and sniffy declamations about a cheeky scintilla of vanilla and oodles of gunsmoke. |
| Aurelius, the sophist, composed his best declamations in his cups. |
