blarney

Example Sentences

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The man known for his charm and Irish blarney — a gift for the gab — was an ardent advocate of stronger U.S.-Canadian relations.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 29, 2024

That’s Digger Phelps, Irish basketball coach with similar blarney skills to Lasorda’s.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 10, 2021

With his Gaelic good looks, charisma and Irish blarney, he set up a music club, the Scene, in London’s Soho district.

From Washington Post • Apr. 24, 2020

With his penchant for poetry and blarney, the former vice president has emerged as a sort of national eulogist in chief.

From New York Times • Apr. 16, 2019

“You are right to laugh, Captain Short. For a while there, I did believe in all that under-the-rainbow crock-of-gold blarney, but now I know better. Now I know about the hostage fund.”

From "Artemis Fowl" by Eoin Colfer