The only word in that passage which appears to hint at what we call ventriloquism is. From Wordnik.com. [Notes and Queries, Number 45, September 7, 1850] Reference
As a boy he developed the skill in ventriloquism that he later used to earn his tuition at Northwestern University. From Wordnik.com. [Five People Born On February 16 | myFiveBest] Reference
For some time his ventriloquism was a great annoyance to some few of the guard at Camp Douglas. From Wordnik.com. [John M. Copley. A Sketch of the Battle of Franklin, Tenn. ...] Reference
And it is a very common thing in Chinese opera to do these kind of ventriloquism, or to have cross-dressing, for instance. From Wordnik.com. [Investigating The Real Detective Charlie Chan] Reference
The front cover features Ando in his "ventriloquism" mode. From Wordnik.com. [Mania News Feed] Reference
" It ' s a kind of literary ventriloquism, " he said. From Wordnik.com. [Calling in to the] Reference
I was a shy kid, and ventriloquism broke me out a little. From Wordnik.com. [Duma Key]
The author is speaking of the faculty called ventriloquism. From Wordnik.com. [The Fortunes of Nigel] Reference
My unhealthy obsession with ventriloquism is getting away from me. From Wordnik.com. [Vent Haven Museum] Reference
TULLY: Grubman has brought analysis to the level of ventriloquism now. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Mar 2, 2003] Reference
Which but also gave the overall impression of a kind of ventriloquism. From Wordnik.com. [Robert hires a lawyer] Reference
Practice talking with your mouth closed (link to learning ventriloquism). From Wordnik.com. [Lesley Stern: How To Live On $0 A Day: Creative Dentistry] Reference
In truth it was Mickey, using ventriloquism to keep up his toddler façade. From Wordnik.com. [The Woods Out Back]
We both know I wasn't doing any ventriloquism, so that hardly seems the answer. From Wordnik.com. [The Mystery of the Whispering Mummy]
DON LEMON, CNN ANCHOR: Ali, I didn't know one of your talents was ventriloquism. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jun 20, 2008] Reference
He has been attributed with occult practices like snake charming and ventriloquism. From Wordnik.com. [- Boing Boing] Reference
From what I've seen of your writing I'd put you firmly in the ventriloquism school. From Wordnik.com. [:Acquired Taste] Reference
But in Lyly's novel there is not even an attempt at the most rudimentary ventriloquism. From Wordnik.com. [The Bibliotaph and Other People] Reference
If that be the passage referred to be Rollin, nothing is said there about ventriloquism. From Wordnik.com. [Notes and Queries, Number 45, September 7, 1850] Reference
It was ventriloquism at its best, only the roles were the reverse of what people thought. From Wordnik.com. [Jed the Dead]
I think that having an intrusive authorial voice, specific to the book, is ventriloquism. From Wordnik.com. [:Acquired Taste] Reference
Fox News does for journalism about the same thing that Edgar Bergan did for ventriloquism. From Wordnik.com. [Does Giuliani Have Alzheimer's?] Reference
It's not just about the dancing, we've gone into another thing I can't say – ventriloquism. From Wordnik.com. [One last thing... Louie Spence] Reference
Another form of your ventriloquism is actually even more clever than your mangled paraphrases. From Wordnik.com. [Whether true or not] Reference
McCain is always standing by her, maybe that is something he has been practicing, ventriloquism. From Wordnik.com. [Palin Again Recites Lie About Bridge To Nowhere] Reference
Through the use of ventriloquism he had cast rude aspersions on the ancestry of the other guard. From Wordnik.com. [A Corridor in the Asylum] Reference
She took her lessons in ventriloquism from John Cooper, with whom she would practice on a park bench. From Wordnik.com. [Shari Lewis.] Reference
In a curious sort of intermittent crooning and shrieking ventriloquism he called down curses upon Ootah. From Wordnik.com. [The Eternal Maiden] Reference
In fact, he hadn't felt it wise to do any more ventriloquism that term, which was, he thought, a great pity. From Wordnik.com. [The Mystery of Holly Lane]
So you see, it really was a kind of voice-casting or ventriloquism-you could call it scientific ventriloquism. From Wordnik.com. [The Mystery of the Whispering Mummy]
Startling, amusing, and instructive exhibition of ventriloquism by that amazing expert, Professor T.J. O'Reilley. From Wordnik.com. [A Son of the City A Story of Boy Life] Reference
In this one punchline, Meyers has revealed himself to be a know-nothing parrot, ripe for propagandistic ventriloquism. From Wordnik.com. [Live From New York...It's the Same Old Propaganda!] Reference
ventriloquism, he told himself frantically, ventriloquism and his own mind, blurred with weariness, only that, only that. From Wordnik.com. [Three Hearts and Three Lions]
He traveled with her to a yearly ventriloquist convention in Fort Mitchell, Ky., home to Vent Haven, a ventriloquism museum. From Wordnik.com. [He's No Dummy: Entertainer] Reference
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