blarney

Example Sentences

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The man known for his charm and Irish blarney — a gift for the gab — was an ardent advocate of stronger U.S.-Canadian relations.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 29, 2024

It’s the kind of easy way out that he seems to find halfway into the finale, when he turns on the blarney spigot one more time to talk his way into a cushy plea deal.

From New York Times • Aug. 16, 2022

That’s Digger Phelps, Irish basketball coach with similar blarney skills to Lasorda’s.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 10, 2021

My primary form of self-care was the constant generation of blarney.

From The New Yorker • Feb. 21, 2019

“You are right to laugh, Captain Short. For a while there, I did believe in all that under-the-rainbow crock-of-gold blarney, but now I know better. Now I know about the hostage fund.”

From "Artemis Fowl" by Eoin Colfer