sweet talk

Example Sentences

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It’s a central theme in my book to help clarify that no amount of sweet talk can replace the inevitable loss, the inherent loss, that is adoption.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 25, 2023

They can sweet talk you, and then you're backsliding.

From Salon • Mar. 5, 2019

‘My technique and skill combined with Kaiser’s sweet talk? Oh my God. I really want to meet this kid. He’s going to be Superman.”

From The Guardian • Jul. 27, 2018

Eve is Villanelle’s type—it’s the hair—but perhaps it’s also a certain shared brusqueness, the way that Eve can’t flirt or sweet talk anyone she’s not actually interested in, even if it would be useful.

From Slate • Apr. 10, 2018

“This here is prob’ly nothin’ more than some sweet talk fer Jenny from the schoolmaster.

From "Across Five Aprils" by Irene Hunt