ventriloquizing

For in ventriloquizing Byron's literary "inheritance," Clare also throws into relief what Russett calls the "relation between the aristocracy of blood and the aristocracy of letters."

Introduction: Juridical Texts and Transgressive Containment 1999

Little by little the tissues of reality loosen around Jozef; he becomes subject to a different clock and to the peculiar experiments with Time presided over by a mysterious Dr. Gotard [and a ventriloquizing Auctioneer]: … … here, we are always late by a certain interval of time of which we cannot define the length.

Celebrated Animators The Quay Brothers Return with a New Feature | /Film 2010

Most obviously, "voice" is an illusion created by a first-person narrator the novelist wants us to accept as "speaking" in some tangible way, even though his/her words have been written down, either by the character him/herself or by the author ventriloquizing the character (the latter leaving open the question of how the words were recorded in the first place.)

Style in Fiction 2009

It is understandable that the author wished to explore these characters 'sense of themselves through ventriloquizing their voices, but such an unmotivated mode of narration occasionally calls attention to itself in a way DeShell probably doesn't intend:

Experimental Fiction 2010

I'm so used to effectively ventriloquizing so it would be quite a challenge.

A Poltergeist in the Family 2009

I was wondering, too, if a voice-over would have the effect of ventriloquizing McCain and thus would seem more negative, more slanted.

Election Central Morning Roundup 2009

But I think I heard 2 on the other hand, maybe bird #1 was ventriloquizing.

some fog in coastal areas 2009

But I think I heard 2 on the other hand, maybe bird #1 was ventriloquizing.

Archive 2009-06-01 2009

The televangelizing, ventriloquizing Captain Hook was not, as I implied, a Texan though he did release an LP titled “Captain Hook A-live in Texas”.

Ministry Starter Set Puppets | clusterflock 2008

It's a powerful, even moving speech for those who love movies and take it for granted that they are art, and one senses that for a moment, Mill is speaking Altman's mind; the director has momentarily taken over his character like a puppet and is ventriloquizing through him.

The Player Ed Howard 2008