talkativeness

Example Sentences

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Pfeifer and her fellow researcher had set out to study gender differences in talkativeness when they discovered that people were speaking less overall.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 25, 2026

Like any burgeoning homosexual child, I came equipped with the gay starter pack that included talkativeness and flamboyance.

From Salon • Feb. 26, 2025

The end of an episode was marked by a headache, euphoria, unusual talkativeness and a few nights of insomnia, during which Erin and her relieved mother caught up on what she had missed.

From Washington Post • Nov. 19, 2022

The hallmarks of hypomania include inflated self-esteem, increased talkativeness, decreased need for sleep, racing thoughts, distractibility and absence of restraint to engage in activities that could invite personal harm.

From New York Times • Oct. 11, 2020

She strove to enliven the dinner by talking of Hiltonbury, and of Juliana’s marriage, thus awakening Owen into life and talkativeness so much in his light ordinary humour, as to startle them both. 

From Hopes and Fears or, scenes from the life of a spinster by Yonge, Charlotte Mary