blue streak
Example Sentences
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To her TV, film, podcast and stand-up fans, she’s a moral center with a blue streak.
From New York Times
Women everywhere have many reasons to curse a blue streak.
From Los Angeles Times
“There are certainly stories out there of her - despite her reputation as quiet-spoken - cursing a blue streak at folks who said bad things about my grandfather,” he added, laughing as he imagined his grandmother threatening befuddled power players with “a string of F-bombs.”
From Washington Times
“There are certainly stories out there of her — despite her reputation as quiet-spoken — cursing a blue streak at folks who said bad things about my grandfather,” he added, laughing as he imagined his grandmother threatening befuddled power players with “a string of F-bombs.”
From Seattle Times
His preternatural command of language was evident by the time he was 5, as an adult cousin from Canada noted in a letter to his mother after visiting England: “He sure talks a blue streak and when he talks one would almost think he was a speaking dictionary.”
From New York Times
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
