Rhetoric

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"Rhetoric" in a Sentence (13 examples)

The end of which there were two little sketches of rhetoric and logic, the latter finishing with a specimen of a dispute in the Socratic method.

But it's the rhetoric of failure.

Their pseudo-scientific rhetoric serves as justification for America's imperialist foreign policy.

This argument is pure rhetoric.

This argument is nothing more than rhetoric.

The rhetoric of hate is often most effective when couched in the idiom of love.

Every liberal movement for the equality of marginalized people internalizes the rhetoric that the people in power have used against them.

Such rhetoric serves to announce his ideological affiliations.

The purpose of this rhetoric is to appeal to his voters' ideological beliefs.

The purpose of this rhetoric is to express not his beliefs, but rather those of his voters.

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Transport Minister Marples, meanwhile, used arrogant rhetoric and showed his personal contempt for railways when confirming in Parliament that a third of the network was to be closed even before the survey results were known.

“As soon as I am inaugurated, I will direct the Justice Department to vigorously pursue the death penalty to protect American families and children from violent rapists, murderers, and monsters. We will be a Nation of Law and Order again!” Trump wrote on Truth Social, echoing his long-standing advocacy for use of the death penalty, which was part of his tough-on-crime rhetoric during the 2024 campaign.

It’s only so much rhetoric.

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