11.   Inspired by the soaring rhetoric of strike leader Eugene V. Debs, he switched sides, defending Debs against a trumped-up contempt charge.

12.   It was an afternoon of soaring rhetoric and soaring hope.

13.   The speech, written by Gore on his laptop computer, seemed lacking in soaring rhetoric or memorable quotes.

14.   They expected to hear soaring rhetoric and sound reasoning.

15.   It was a weekend of soaring rhetoric and mind-numbing numbers.

16.   Unlike previous addresses, there was no soaring rhetoric, no promises of better times ahead.

17.   Unlike previous addresses, there was no soaring rhetoric and no promises of better times ahead.