fancy talk

Example Sentences

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While the Royal Society set off in one direction, valorizing plainness, other communities of scholars, at other points in history, were more inclined to fancy talk.

From Slate • Dec. 12, 2017

The “I turn to,” the “dark years,” the capital T in “truth”: This is fancy talk, and Cole lapses into it more than a great writer should.

From Washington Post • Aug. 11, 2016

Recognize that dressing your personal opinions up in fancy talk of “burdens of proof” and “presumptions of innocence” helps clarify almost nothing and confuses a great deal.

From Slate • Feb. 5, 2014

Through the novel’s protagonist, Scooter, his fictional alter ego, Mr. Murray evoked an unharrowed childhood enriched by music, legends, jiving and jesting, and the fancy talk of pulpit orators and storefront storytellers.

From New York Times • Aug. 19, 2013

She had meant to ask his, or at least what he was doing in her house, but, as before, he’d gotten the better of her with his fancy talk and quick mind.

From "Lyddie" by Katherine Paterson