The words of his speech floated in silver before his eyes.

The Pontiff omitted the final words of his 1987 speech: "and protect the human person from conception to natural death."

Why couldn't he admit to Cif at least that he'd not heard a word of his supposedly great speech?

Suppose that you read me the first words of Lysias' speech.

On the last words of her speech she swung.

Would she remember the words of her speech?

All he knew was that every word of his speech had fled from his memory and would never return.

Suddenly the words of his speech were meaningless, worthless.

Beneatha stood chagrined, the fine words of her speech forgotten.

Littlejohn was able to recognize a word of the alien's speech here or there.