sweet talk
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It’s a central theme in my book to help clarify that no amount of sweet talk can replace the inevitable loss, the inherent loss, that is adoption.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 25, 2023
We jump from screaming to sweet talk, and from current subplot to the far past to a few days ago.
From Salon ● Jan. 14, 2023
Well, I know how to sweet talk a Taurus.
From Slate ● Dec. 29, 2020
His next move was to sweet talk a superstar.
From The Guardian ● Oct. 1, 2020
“Dallas, don’t you go falling for sweet talk and trees and creeks. We’ve got to be ready to flee for the hills and catch that train, you hear?”
From "Ruby Holler" by Sharon Creech
Here, immigrants yell out their menus and sweet-talk potential customers as they stroll by.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 13, 2025
But this thing is far from over, and we’re curious about some of the sweet-talk McCarthy may have used to jam this through.
From Slate ● Apr. 29, 2023
Say what you will about the questionable career goals of Lorelei Lee, whose single ambition, in the film’s view, is to sweet-talk a millionaire into marrying her.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 23, 2022
He's been a constant presence to chivvy team-mates and sweet-talk officials.
From BBC ● Feb. 3, 2022
They would maybe stop at Ortelli’s Bakery and see if they could sweet-talk Mrs. Ortelli into giving them a free creamy cannoli or crunchy biscotti.
From "I Survived the Great Molasses Flood, 1919" by Lauren Tarshis
We witness McFadin as he smilingly interrogates—and intimidates—witnesses and plaintiffs, beguiles juries and sweet-talks judges, knocking down charges against Kenrex as if bowling strike after strike.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 7, 2026
Betty-Ann Fry, who has lived at Foss since 2020, lets Meryl put her feet on her lap and sweet-talks the dog with names like “baby girl” and “my princess.”
From Seattle Times ● May 4, 2024
And finally, finally, he sweet-talks Cindy McCain into letting him onto the bus.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 22, 2021
In one scene, a cop pulls over Jones and Murray, who sweet-talks him out of issuing a ticket.
From The Guardian ● Oct. 2, 2020
Pa says when someone sweet-talks you like this, you got to be real careful with the next words that come out of their mouth.
From "Elijah of Buxton" by Christopher Paul Curtis
Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum has sweet-talked her U.S. counterpart and accommodated his priorities from drugs to trade.
From Barron's ● Nov. 25, 2025
The president’s son-in-law Jared Kushner helped move the deal to conclusion while Mr. Trump cajoled, twisted arms and, when necessary, sweet-talked friends and foes alike.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2025
She sweet-talked her way to the front of the airport security line when she was late for a flight.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 31, 2023
She said she had been walking along Drake Street in the town centre when a Honda Civic pulled up and the man inside sweet-talked her into swapping numbers.
From BBC ● Aug. 19, 2023
Shackleton sweet-talked wealthy patrons, took public donations, and raised money as an advance based on future sales of film and photo rights.
From "Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World" by Jennifer Armstrong
The sweet-talking civilians don’t have weapons or control over the nuclear program, but the others do.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 12, 2026
In the flurry of negotiations and sweet-talking by multiple teams that greeted him on the first frantic day of NFL free agency, Dre’Mont Jones was not expecting the Seahawks to be a factor.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 10, 2023
Zamarripa, 32, was known for cadging free tickets off buddies to WWE wrestling events or Cowboys, Mavericks or Rangers games and sweet-talking celebrity athletes into posing for selfies.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 12, 2016
“He’d been sweet-talking me, then all of a sudden he said, `Isn’t the architecture really amazing here?’
From New York Times ● May 27, 2016
Then I tried sweet-talking him into going with me but he wouldn’t budge an inch.
From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls
