gabby

Example Sentences

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O’Neill, the verbose old devil, gets too gabby in the last two acts, over-explaining through the dialogue, with the self-righteous Sara his particular mouthpiece.

From New York Times • Oct. 30, 2020

I think of those worn-out L-wedges and know that beneath the gabby cool is a grinding longshoreman who put in a lot of overtime.

From Golf Digest • Jun. 11, 2017

After college, he tried and failed to persuade the C.I.A. to employ him; the real-life agency, unlike its fictional counterparts, prefers not to hire young men who are gabby and insubordinate.

From The New Yorker • Apr. 3, 2017

He said he was concerned potential employers might not be eager to hire someone so gabby about a former workplace.

From Slate • Nov. 7, 2016

He was more like some gabby old codger who would sit next to you on a bus and try to show you bits of paper he kept folded in his wallet.

From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt