Its importance and effect, particularly in recitative and declamatory singing, are analogous to the importance and effect of emphasis in spoken language.
"Style in Singing"
W. E. Haslam
After a long trial lasting nearly two months, during which the prisoners outdid each other in declamatory insults to their enemies, the majority were acquitted.
"A History of the Third French Republic"
C. H. C. Wright
Whole passages in his poems read like declamatory exercises turned into verse.
"Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius"
Samuel Dill