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- noun A point in time during a
speech , or while one is speaking.
Etymologies
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Examples
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They're necessary to have a good relationship, Mr. Biden said, eliciting the only midspeech applause from the audience.
Biden Decries Russian Corruption During Visit Jonathan Weisman 2011
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His mouth was parted slightly, as though he had been interrupted in midspeech.
The Glass Rainbow James Lee Burke 2010
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His mouth was parted slightly, as though he had been interrupted in midspeech.
The Glass Rainbow James Lee Burke 2010
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His mouth was parted slightly, as though he had been interrupted in midspeech.
The Glass Rainbow James Lee Burke 2010
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His mouth was parted slightly, as though he had been interrupted in midspeech.
The Glass Rainbow James Lee Burke 2010
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Noticing her tears at last, her mother ceased in midspeech.
One Flight Up Susan Fales-Hill 2010
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Noticing her tears at last, her mother ceased in midspeech.
One Flight Up Susan Fales-Hill 2010
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Obama, struggling with a head cold that forced him to blow his nose in midspeech, tried to deliver a punch against both rivals in Dallas.
War on Two Fronts 2008
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Chavez himself can switch in midspeech from conciliatory statesman to fire-breathing radical.
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“His reasoning demonstrated not only the justice but the expediency of the measure,” wrote Richard Stockton, one of the New Jerseyans who arrived in midspeech.
America's First Dynasty Richard Brookhiser 2002
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