gift of the gab
Example Sentences
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Getting into residential compounds sometimes required the gift of the gab or special passes.
From Reuters • Jan. 23, 2021
His gift of the gab persuaded Muhammad Ali to appear on local radio in Birmingham and got him a place on tour with Michael Jackson.
From The Guardian • Sep. 29, 2018
They — well, we — are said to have the gift of the gab.
From Washington Post • Aug. 8, 2016
Ronnie, his flamboyant con-man father, is everywhere, seemingly a lovable rogue with the gift of the gab who lived beyond his means with a variety of lady friends, executing one elaborate scam after another.
From Economist • Oct. 29, 2015
"Why," returned George Stephenson, "I only say this, that of all the powers above and under earth, there seems to me no power so great as the gift of the gab."
From A Book About Lawyers by Jeaffreson, John Cordy
