How to Use stump speech in a Sentence

stump speech

noun
  • Those flights are now a staple of his stump speech, usually to cheers from the crowd.
    — Shane Goldmacher, New York Times, 7 June 2023
  • In his speech, Rogers echoed many of the key hallmarks of a Trump stump speech.
    — Clara Hendrickson, Detroit Free Press, 17 July 2024
  • Fishback started his stump speech by ad-libbing.
    — Antonia Hitchens, New Yorker, 6 Apr. 2026
  • Leo traveled the country, delivering a stump speech of sorts.
    — Andy Kroll, ProPublica, 11 Oct. 2023
  • Masters likened the changes to tweaks in a stump speech, the quick pitch to voters that politicians deliver while on the campaign trail.
    — Laura Gersony, The Arizona Republic, 28 Feb. 2024
  • As part of her stump speech, Haley often tells the story of the moments leading up to the flag's removal.
    — Nidia Cavazos, CBS News, 28 Dec. 2023
  • The crowd of about 100 people cheered and Haley gracefully moved on with her stump speech.
    — Faith E. Pinho, Los Angeles Times, 8 Feb. 2024
  • Until that moment, the crowd met Meijer’s stump speech with polite nods and gentle applause.
    — Andy Kroll, ProPublica, 22 May 2024
  • Haley’s criticism of China is a common refrain in her stump speech.
    — Greg Hyatt, NBC News, 1 Aug. 2023
  • The first of those, delivered Monday, sounded in many ways like a campaign stump speech, except longer.
    — David Zahniser, Los Angeles Times, 5 Feb. 2026
  • Trump made the low cost of gas a staple in his stump speech and gave it a central spot in his State of the Union address a few weeks ago.
    — Jonathan Lemire, The Atlantic, 12 Mar. 2026
  • That meant DeSantis was deploying his stump speech for the first time — and the second, and the third, and more.
    — Isabelle Schmeler, NBC News, 5 June 2023
  • Spielberg gave what amounts to a stump speech about the power of music, and Williams’ power in particular.
    — Chris Willman, Variety, 24 Oct. 2024
  • One by one, representatives for each presidential candidate stood up to give a stump speech.
    — Faith E. Pinho, Los Angeles Times, 16 Jan. 2024
  • Reporters looked at each other and then down at their laptops, feverishly typing to get the breaking news out about what was no longer a typical stump speech.
    — Libby Cathey, ABC News, 31 Oct. 2023
  • And as Hammond notes, crypto is not exactly stump speech material.
    — Jeff John Roberts, Fortune Crypto, 26 July 2023
  • But the Oscar-time grind of bottling the process into a narrative has a way of turning sincerity into a stump speech.
    — Michael Schulman, The New Yorker, 26 Feb. 2024
  • Jackson added a new line to his stump speech in Alpharetta a day after Kemp endorsed Jones for governor.
    — Adam Beam, AJC.com, 16 June 2026
  • In his remarks Wednesday, Biden did just that, though the line seemed awkwardly cut-and-pasted into his standard upbeat stump speech.
    — Susan B. Glasser, The New Yorker, 30 Nov. 2023
  • During her stump speech, the former governor often discusses the topic through the lens of transgender athletes.
    — Karissa Waddick, USA TODAY, 10 Jan. 2024
  • Both began as a set of claims but became something else, a litany, articles of devotion, a thematic glue to hold together a standard stump speech.
    — Holman W. Jenkins, Jr., WSJ, 24 Nov. 2023
  • The stump speech that voters — or would-be voters — get about this time of year entails platitudes about exercising rights, not sitting on the sidelines, using your voice and so on.
    — The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 1 Mar. 2026
  • And Chew’s newest strategy seems to be taking his stump speech on the road, virtually and IRL.
    — Dexter Thomas, WIRED, 1 Feb. 2024
  • The address — which clocked in at under 30 minutes and was short on details and long on rhetoric — had more of the feel of a stump speech than an outline of his legislative goals, however.
    — Jeffrey Schweers, The Orlando Sentinel, 13 Jan. 2026
  • His stump speech includes a direct appeal to young people like Szépvölgyi who are contemplating leaving Hungary.
    — Isaac Stanley-Becker, The Atlantic, 10 Apr. 2026
  • Dillon watched closely when, about 20 minutes into Williamson’s stump speech, a man approached the stage and took the candidate’s hand, quietly thanking her.
    — Faith E. Pinho, Los Angeles Times, 23 Jan. 2024
  • Then the motorcade proceeded to the private fund-raiser, in a wealthy part of town, where Emhoff gave the same stump speech, got another warm reception, and raised a million dollars.
    — Sarah Larson, The New Yorker, 30 Sep. 2024
  • There are campaign posters, a jingle blaring over loudspeakers, television cameras, lots of handshakes and selfies, and, of course, a stump speech full of pledges as well as barbs for the rival candidate.
    — ABC News, 12 Mar. 2026
  • The book is peppered with familiar stump speech lines from Harris, along with explanations about her decision to become a prosecutor and lessons from her mother.
    — Deepa Shivaram, NPR, 23 Sep. 2025
  • He was accompanied by Vivek Ramaswamy, a last-minute guest who, after finishing fourth in Iowa, had repurposed his stump speech as an endorsement.
    — Eren Orbey, The New Yorker, 23 Jan. 2024

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