fast-talking
Example Sentences
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Another famous performer didn’t have to be on set at all: Martin Scorsese, who voices a fast-talking four-armed digital fellow who looks like a monkey and works in a food cart.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 21, 2026
Opposite Dustin Hoffman’s Carl Bernstein — fast-talking, improvisational, always pushing — Redford is methodical and contained, and together they embody the tension and rhythm of investigative reporting, turning the grind into suspense.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 16, 2025
No amount of fast-talking can disguise that, no attempt at a three-card trick is going to fool a single fan at this point.
From BBC • Aug. 28, 2025
On its face, the film appears to be a comedic retread of the classic thriller, finding humor in Paul’s predicament and amplifying it by portraying Annie as a fast-talking, semi-neurotic Brooklynite.
From Salon • Jul. 25, 2025
Anita Rees, when reached on the telephone, proved to be a true New Yorker: brisk, fast-talking, and unflappable.
From "Little Fires Everywhere" by Celeste Ng
