silver tongue
Example Sentences
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With a rubber hand and a silver tongue, he turns his sales into crowded spectacles.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 17, 2025
“The silver hair, the silver tongue, the moderate tone project seriousness; but his pattern is to be cynical and unserious,” said Frank Sharry, the executive director of the pro-immigration group America’s Voice.
From New York Times • Jun. 6, 2022
But his silver tongue still played its part, popping up at the close in the Big Brother room.
From The Guardian • Jul. 26, 2020
THE PRESIDENT: But I thought I had a silver tongue.
From The New Yorker • Jul. 18, 2019
It was a bother to be stopped on the road in a Free State when the lost property turned out to have a silver tongue.
From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead
