Use of diction in Sentences. 29 Examples

The examples include diction at the start of sentence, diction at the end of sentence and diction in the middle of sentence

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diction at the end of sentence


  1. She had perfect diction.
  2. Actors need training in diction.
  3. There was a lot of concentration on the voice and good diction.
  4. It is very helpful for a language teacher to have good diction.
  5. Above all, Plomer merely touches on the Elizabethan cadence and diction.
  6. If one can speak of a vocal Achilles heel, then Miss Roocroft's is still her cloudy diction.
  7. Poets confer honour neither on themselves nor on their work by using a sophisticated diction.
  8. Coleridge praises Cowper and Bowles for effecting a reconciliation between heart and head, and combining natural thoughts with natural diction.

diction in the middle of sentence


  1. His diction wasn't very good.
  2. Her carriage and diction were always faultless.
  3. Clarity of diction is vital for a public speaker.
  4. Bad diction marred the effectiveness of his speech.
  5. Bad diction marred the effectiveness of her speech.
  6. His diction is noted for its freshness and vividness.
  7. His diction is generally poor and his words often inaudible.
  8. In matters of diction, the author has a taste for folksy slang.
  9. Wordsworth rejected poetic diction in favour of ordinary language.
  10. Johnson's notion of poetic diction distinguishes it clearly from prose.
  11. As to the style, there remain some differences in diction and paragraphing.
  12. A Song To St Helena was sung with clarity of diction and musical conviction.
  13. His diction, even if some of the vowel sounds are a shade tight, is also exemplary.
  14. They were sentimental as could be, and the rhymes were strained, and the diction archaic.
  15. In so far as he contended for a reformation of poetic diction, he undertook a useful task.
  16. It produces incongruity of style where the thoughts and diction differ from the poet's own.
  17. Dowson's poetry is mannered, literary, mellifluous, and in a diction operating on a narrow register.
  18. Understanding is not conveyed solely through clear diction but has a lot to do with the language used.
  19. The performance, like the recording, is excellent with clear diction from the London Philharmonic Choir.
  20. Perhaps even more destructively, the Philharmonic Hall acoustic does not make for the clarity of diction experienced in the average theatre.
  21. The diction is simple as compared with that of the Elizabethan or the Neoclassic periods, and echoes the words and cadences of common speech.
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