| 1 | His speeches are too flowery. | |
| 2 | It calls for actual deeds and not flowery language. | |
| 3 | Far from living up to the bracing rhetoric of his inaugural, he has not been tough enough. | |
| 4 | Socrates was withering when it came to a polished rhetorical performance. | |
| 5 | It is one of the masterpieces of ancient Egyptian literature, containing grandiose language and abounding in metaphors. |