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
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
Together, this band of bohemians molded the modern movie business into what Kael hails as “wisecracking, fast-talking, cynical-sentimental entertainment.”
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 8, 2024
“Ever since the company brought in those fast-talking investors, everything’s been different. It’s all maximizing-profits this and minimizing-risks that. They have no respect for science.”
From "The Fourteenth Goldfish" by Jennifer L. Holm
