He's a wonderful talker, who has the art of telling you nothing in a great harangue. From LearnThat.org. [Jean Baptiste Moliere (1622-1673)]
CNET blogger Don Reisinger began an 800-word harangue with the words "Has Brian Caulfield of Forbes totally lost it?". From Wordnik.com. [MacBytes.com] Reference
I did not tell you not to use "harangue" for whatever you like. From Wordnik.com. [Readercon 16: Day 1] Reference
This is not exactly the kind of harangue the current administion and the boys wanted to hear. From Wordnik.com. [Think Progress » Buchanan: ‘The Country I Grew Up In’ Was ‘89 or 90 Percent White. I Like That Country’] Reference
To do otherwise would be to tell someone not that they CANNOT use "harangue" for a quip, but that they MUST not. From Wordnik.com. [Readercon 16: Day 1] Reference
See, it also reads funny when you refer to a one-liner as a "harangue" by virtue of aggrieved hyperbole and exaggeration. From Wordnik.com. [Readercon 16: Day 1] Reference
Vera, don't be surprised if your imprecise slippery! use of the verb "harangue" to refer to a short one-line gibe was naturally taken as referring to Nick's bombastic ranting. From Wordnik.com. [Readercon 16: Day 1] Reference
"I don't know if 'harangue' is the word I'd use," added Mark Waid while glaring at Mosher. From Wordnik.com. [Comic Book Resources] Reference
I'm no big fan of Blondoleezza, but I don't see you snarking at any male politicians who "harangue" their wives. From Wordnik.com. [Progressive Bloggers] Reference
The Count listened to this harangue without emotion. From Wordnik.com. [The International Magazine, Volume 2, No. 3, February, 1851] Reference
All the other Viziers supported this insidious harangue. From Wordnik.com. [Eastern Tales by Many Story Tellers] Reference
For many presidents, AF1 provides a respite from the daily harangue. From Wordnik.com. [West Wing Story: The Making Of 'Air Force One'] Reference
Four men in grey suits (the chorus), harangue us through loudspeakers. From Wordnik.com. [The Persians] Reference
But in the harangue from the Rostrum he missed the mark by aiming too high. From Wordnik.com. [The Mirror of Taste, and Dramatic Censor, Vol. I, No. 5, May 1810] Reference
I cannot believe, after all the harangue, that he's now actually laughing at me. From Wordnik.com. [Inexpectatus] Reference
Fleischer has used his last three press briefings to harangue the Senate inaction. From Wordnik.com. [West Wing Story: Dissing Tom Daschle] Reference
All harangue the federal government for giving the company store away to the poor. From Wordnik.com. [Earl Ofari Hutchinson: Beck Speaks for the White Majority] Reference
I stopped him in the midst of his harangue and asked if I could have a word with him. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
He broke into a vehement harangue; and the cruelty of the Spaniards was the burden of his words. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 85, November, 1864] Reference
It has always been the middle-class idea to harangue about "great principles" -- great lies rather!. From Wordnik.com. [The Conquest of Bread] Reference
Mrs. Star understood quite well, and gave her time to recover her wits by a characteristic harangue. From Wordnik.com. [Ainslee's, Vol. 15, No. 5, June 1905] Reference
The vice president's aide had called to harangue him about MSNBC's coverage of other matters altogether. From Wordnik.com. [Cheney's Cheney] Reference
If she asks, be honest about your feelings about her boyfriend but don't harangue her about her relationship. From Wordnik.com. [Dr. Irene S. Levine: Her friends say they're "just not that into him"] Reference
Mr. Roebach sprang between his Aleuts and his visitors and began to harangue them angrily in their own harsh dialect. From Wordnik.com. [On a Torn-Away World Or, the Captives of the Great Earthquake] Reference
This brought out Rousseau in an eloquent harangue against the theatre as exerting influence to debauch public morals. From Wordnik.com. [Classic French Course in English] Reference
She also closes her recent album, "Am I Not Your Girl," with a harangue against the Roman Catholic clergy of her youth. From Wordnik.com. [Tearing Up Late-Night Tv] Reference
Wearied by this harangue, in order to conceal my rising disgust, I sat down on the grass and began to play with the goat. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
This harangue ended with the customary begging for presents, after which the Prophet and his company took their departure. From Wordnik.com. [Tecumseh A Chronicle of the Last Great Leader of His People; Vol. 17 of Chronicles of Canada] Reference
'Ah! you have no son; I am very sorry for that;' and so saying his reverence put his harangue in his pocket, and walked off. From Wordnik.com. [The International Monthly, Volume 2, No. 4, March, 1851] Reference
She got no satisfaction from the girl herself, who kept her lips tightly closed, except when she was mumbling over her harangue. From Wordnik.com. [The Governess] Reference
Mapfumo went into self-imposed exile in Oregon, and the songs on "Rise Up" continue his open harangue against Zimbabwe's leaders. From Wordnik.com. [Two Different Musical Takes on Politics in Zimbabwe] Reference
Having achieved this object, the doctor would mount on a soap-box, so as to raise himself above the crowd, and begin his harangue. From Wordnik.com. [Golden Days for Boys and Girls Volume VIII, No 25: May 21, 1887] Reference
If Brown is indicted, he would automatically become a talking point in the never-ending Perot-Limbaugh harangue against Washington. From Wordnik.com. [Dubious Commerce] Reference
As this long harangue rendered Pete thirsty, he extinguished his eloquence for a few moments in a copious draught of choice Burgundy. From Wordnik.com. [City Crimes or Life in New York and Boston] Reference
Karolyi, who on Tuesday had announced plans to retire, stalked off the floor without his usual post-competition harangue to the press. From Wordnik.com. [Flying High Now] Reference
Two leagues further on we had another rich scene; an ecclesiastic stopped the carriage, and commenced a pompous harangue addressed to M. From Wordnik.com. [The International Monthly, Volume 2, No. 4, March, 1851] Reference
Madame de Bergenheim had not been much affected by Pere Rousselet's harangue, and shook her head impatiently, saying in an imperative tone. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
You can only harangue people and tell them what bad guys and oppressors they are and that they have a debt and better make good on it for so long before they tell you to get lost. From Wordnik.com. [Nationalizing Their Pitch] Reference
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