blue streak

Example Sentences

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To her TV, film, podcast and stand-up fans, she’s a moral center with a blue streak.

From New York Times • May 27, 2024

The toddler can talk a blue streak and likes an audience.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 1, 2023

That means swearing a blue streak, the way he does, or trying to out-do someone or impress them.

From BBC • Mar. 9, 2022

We know and love her as Old Christine; forgive us for being shocked to see her with a sexy blue streak in her hair.

From Slate • Apr. 16, 2021

Mom liked to say that Dad could talk a blue streak, spinning tales of jobs he’d never had and college degrees he’d never earned.

From "The Glass Castle" by Jeannette Walls