DICTION in a Sentence

Learn DICTION from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.
Example sentences for DICTION, such as:Her conception of the character was as heavy and uncompromising as her diction; she bore hard on the idea and on the consonants.


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Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
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 Meanings and Examples of DICTION
diction
 n.  the articulation of speech regarded from the point of view of its intelligibility to the audience
 n.  the manner in which something is expressed in words
Classic Sentence:
1  Her conception of the character was as heavy and uncompromising as her diction; she bore hard on the idea and on the consonants.
My Antonia By Willa Cather
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 3. Lena Lingard: III
Example Sentence:
1  If you are a diction teacher of students targeting a performance career, please consider the future of your students and the foundation you are providing them.