smooth-spoken
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Interrogation scenes are a staple of crime shows, where wily, smooth-spoken police officers in closed rooms strategically grill their subjects into telling all.
From New York Times • Oct. 24, 2019
Last week shrewd, smooth-spoken Mr. Johnston added to his stature.
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Senator Phipps, smooth-spoken, onetime vice president of the Carnegie Steel Co., hence the best-dressed man in the Senate, represents the State of Colorado.
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Most Rev. Pierre Gerlier, well-loved and smooth-spoken bishop of the French diocese which includes the famed shrine of Lourdes, who was raised last summer to be Archbishop of Lyons.
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"A smooth-spoken hypocrite!" she thought ungratefully, remembering Mrs. Peter's description of Robert's accomplice during their mutual vigil.
From The Gay Adventure A Romance by Bird, Richard