fast-talking
Example Sentences
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Drama is his reason for being: This fast-talking, acne-scarred lizard is forever slipping out of tight corners, usually setting himself up for even worse trouble.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 24, 2025
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
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
Her legacy stands in the pantheon of the Manic Pixie Dream Girl trope, a fast-talking screwball woman who protests, “Too many guys see me as a concept.”
From New York Times • Mar. 19, 2024
A fast-talking guy on TV was pouring chocolate syrup on the floor and mopping it up with a Miracle Mop.
From "Wish" by Barbara O'Connor
