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Meanings of extempore speech in English

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Usage of extempore speech in English
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The Reverend Mr. Davis read the service and made a short extempore speech.
George Washington
2
A storm of applause followed this little extempore speech,-applauseaccompanied by an odorous rain of flowers.
Ardath: The Story of a Dead Self
3
He had no faculty for extempore speech.
Twenty Years of Congress, Vol. 1 / From Lincoln to Garfield, wit...
4
The labor agitator agreed with him, and, rising, delivered an extempore speech, declaring that we must not delay.
The Honorable Peter Stirling and What People Thought of Him
5
This, indeed, if your words fail you, answers even in public extempore speech-butbetter where other talking is going on.
The Best American Humorous Short Stories
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SOCRATES: But, my sweet Phaedrus, how ridiculous it would be of me to compete with Lysias in an extempore speech!
Phaedrus
7
He had no boastful reliance upon intuition or inspiration or the spur of the moment, though no man excelled him in extempore speech.
Twenty Years of Congress, Vol. 1 / From Lincoln to Garfield, wit...
8
He has a wonderful memory and can repeat, without missing a single word, even his extempore speeches.
The Letters of the Younger Pliny, First Series — Volume 1
9
These extempore speeches of his show the wideness of his reading, and how much practice he has had in composition.
Letters of Pliny
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