garrulity

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Finnegan was fascinated by Renneker — not only because of his wave knowledge and technical skill, but also because his brashness and garrulity cut against surfing’s “social contract,” which rewards understatement and cool.

From Washington Post • Aug. 5, 2015

His silence is an eloquent and poignant counterpoint to Ms. McKinney’s garrulity; the drama of “Tabloid” resides in the asymmetry between them.

From New York Times • Jul. 23, 2011

As a draftsman, Smith was fecund, prolific to the point of garrulity, and very uneven.

From Time Magazine Archive

I assumed that Reagan would control the garrulity.

From Time Magazine Archive

Third, the correspondence can be read as an extended conversation between two gods on Mount Olympus because both men were determined to project that impression: “But wither is senile garrulity leading me?”

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis