smooth-tongued
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Her story is told in a series of songs interspersed by a few unhinged rants and smooth-tongued chapter narrations.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 24, 2021
Sometimes he’s conducting poetry workshops; sometimes he’s dealing with cultural attachés or smooth-tongued diplomats; sometimes he’s face to face with refugees in camps.
From New York Times ● Mar. 28, 2018
Handa engineered a meeting with the founder of the new religion, moonfaced Zenjiro Nagumo, a sleek, smooth-tongued evangelist who spiced his exhortations with crisp English phrases, Mohammedan aphorisms and quotations from the Buddhist sutras.
From Time Magazine Archive
He is a smooth-tongued criminal lawyer, who could convince any jury of twelve men that "even if his client did steal the Brooklyn Bridge, the city didn't need the thing, anyhow."
From Time Magazine Archive
Her culpable predisposition toward that pleasant and smooth-tongued rascal, Willy Forrest, annoyed him for the time being but was soon forgotten.
From Aladdin of London or, Lodestar by Sir Max Pemberton
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