loose-tongued

Example Sentences

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There is no way that he was unaware of his sister’s bitterness and tendency to become loose-tongued with other people’s personal information.

From Slate • Jan. 7, 2019

He is usually loose-tongued, a trait that has brought him trouble in the past.

From Washington Times • Sep. 25, 2017

Tensions on the Korean peninsular have soared in recent months as two of the world’s most loose-tongued leaders, Donald Trump and Kim Jong-un, traded headline-grabbing verbal barbs.

From The Guardian • Sep. 13, 2017

Blowfly was a loose-tongued character, but even though his subject matter was provocative, his early music was as disciplined as Miami’s mainstream soul; it was often played by the same musicians.

From New York Times • Jan. 22, 2016

In vain Carlo’s friends besought him to forgive the loose-tongued Simon—his patron, the Bishop, exhausted his eloquence in the endeavor to reconcile the two.

From Famous Privateersmen and Adventurers of the Sea Their rovings, cruises, escapades, and fierce battling upon the ocean for patriotism and for treasure by Johnston, Charles Haven Ladd