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Examples
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"Ventriloquism, " his father said and lit his pipe.
The Mystery of the Whispering Mummy Arthur, Robert 1965
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The following references will furnish a reply at once to two Queries; to that here noticed, and to that on "Ventriloquism" (Vol. ii., p. 88.).
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Ventriloquism is an exotic example, but this tendency to perceive mind in things is something we do every day.
Michael Graziano: The Spirit Constructed In The Brain Michael Graziano 2011
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Ventriloquism is an exotic example, but this tendency to perceive mind in things is something we do every day.
Michael Graziano: The Spirit Constructed In The Brain Michael Graziano 2011
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Ventriloquism through the mouths of dummies creates the appearance of a personal distance from the content that either entertains or offends, and that allows the performer himself to seem to rise above it all.
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Today the postman brought me “Ventriloquism for Dummies”.
PELICAN DREAMING" POEMS 1959-2008 by MARK YOUNG EILEEN 2009
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I've just sold my first short story collection, Ventriloquism, to PS Publishing.
Good News, Everyone! yuki_onna 2008
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"Ventriloquism is such a simple form of comedy, but it always works," says Eric Stangel, a head writer on Mr. Letterman's show.
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Ventriloquism fell out of favor in the mid-1970s after the TV variety show faded from the airwaves, taking along a national forum for vaudevillian-type acts ranging from talking puppets to plate spinners.
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Ventriloquism is infinitely easier in first person.
:Acquired Taste Tim Stretton 2008
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