smooth talk
Example Sentences
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Rubio’s smooth talk has both reassured and frustrated U.S. allies unnerved by his boss.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 7, 2026
Domingo is unsurprisingly fantastic, code-switching between smooth talk and a West Indian accent when necessary; Braun takes Derrek’s humiliation on the chin.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 29, 2021
The shrewd seller, after all, succeeds by equivocation, with smooth talk and a knack for duplicity -- predatory purpose masked by easygoing amiability.
From Salon • Jan. 29, 2019
It is reassuring to know this, partly because it affirms that there is more to public meaning and shared truth than smooth talk and rhetorical style.
From Slate • Dec. 6, 2017
Sensing that Forbes is not a regular guard, Booth manages to smooth talk the unsuspecting Forbes and gives him a piece of paper with some writing on it.
From "Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever" by Bill O'Reilly
