sweet talk
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Really, what writer, no matter how detached from their past, could resist that kind of sweet talk?
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026
We jump from screaming to sweet talk, and from current subplot to the far past to a few days ago.
From Salon ● Jan. 14, 2023
Realtor Liz Jones said some agents continue to encourage the practice, putting buyers in a tough position if they’d rather leave out the sweet talk.
From Seattle Times ● May 12, 2022
“We need the White House, and we need the ones on the front line not to be affected by sweet talk, particularly from the Europeans,” Mr. Goncalves said.
From New York Times ● Oct. 1, 2021
Still, it wasn’t all sweet talk with her.
From "The Help" by Kathryn Stockett
Trane knew how to walk the listener to the edge of extended possibility, to peer down into the existential void, and then sweet-talk the listener to a sanctuary of the hour.
From New York Times ● Feb. 7, 2024
I sweet-talk the program aide into making me copies for my next group.
From Slate ● Dec. 14, 2023
His adolescence at times could be a point of contention with club owners, who were reluctant to allow underage musicians in their venue; Hawkins had to sweet-talk the proprietors.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 9, 2023
Since we grew up in the same town, I had an in with Toni Morrison and was able to sweet-talk her into a piece about Jean Toomer.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 22, 2022
They would maybe stop at Ortelli’s Bakery and see if they could sweet-talk Mrs. Ortelli into giving them a free creamy cannoli or crunchy biscotti.
From "I Survived the Great Molasses Flood, 1919" by Lauren Tarshis
We witness McFadin as he smilingly interrogates—and intimidates—witnesses and plaintiffs, beguiles juries and sweet-talks judges, knocking down charges against Kenrex as if bowling strike after strike.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 7, 2026
Betty-Ann Fry, who has lived at Foss since 2020, lets Meryl put her feet on her lap and sweet-talks the dog with names like “baby girl” and “my princess.”
From Seattle Times ● May 4, 2024
Again and again, “Freddie sweet-talks him into an ill-advised scheme and the mismatched duo tries to outrun the consequences. Here’s another fine mess you’ve gotten me into.”
From Washington Post ● Sep. 13, 2021
In one scene, a cop pulls over Jones and Murray, who sweet-talks him out of issuing a ticket.
From The Guardian ● Oct. 2, 2020
Pa says when someone sweet-talks you like this, you got to be real careful with the next words that come out of their mouth.
From "Elijah of Buxton" by Christopher Paul Curtis
Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum has sweet-talked her U.S. counterpart and accommodated his priorities from drugs to trade.
From Barron's ● Nov. 25, 2025
The president’s son-in-law Jared Kushner helped move the deal to conclusion while Mr. Trump cajoled, twisted arms and, when necessary, sweet-talked friends and foes alike.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2025
She sweet-talked her way to the front of the airport security line when she was late for a flight.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 31, 2023
She said she had been walking along Drake Street in the town centre when a Honda Civic pulled up and the man inside sweet-talked her into swapping numbers.
From BBC ● Aug. 19, 2023
Shackleton sweet-talked wealthy patrons, took public donations, and raised money as an advance based on future sales of film and photo rights.
From "Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World" by Jennifer Armstrong
The seasoned ones know all the shortcuts to get around the course and are particularly adept at sweet-talking patrons to move over just a smidge.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 11, 2024
In the flurry of negotiations and sweet-talking by multiple teams that greeted him on the first frantic day of NFL free agency, Dre’Mont Jones was not expecting the Seahawks to be a factor.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 10, 2023
This form of hacking through social engineering is even older than computers themselves - just ask infamous former hacker Kevin Mitnick, who was sweet-talking his way around telephone networks back in the 70s.
From BBC ● Sep. 16, 2022
Don’t let some sweet-talking sales manager convince you otherwise.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 27, 2018
It was there the sweet-talking actor used his charms and talents to win over the man to his cause.
From "Chasing Lincoln's Killer" by James L. Swanson
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