raconteur
Example Sentences
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Ever the raconteur, Madonna balked: “I don’t know, how much longer can you go on doing what you’re doing? Don’t limit me.”
From Salon • Jan. 10, 2026
It is something he observed in his wife’s grandfather, a lifelong reader and raconteur who retained his gentle voice and erudite air long after the stories in him were lost to Alzheimer’s disease.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 17, 2025
Pierre Schoeman tells a story from his youth in South Africa, a natural-born raconteur in adulthood speaking of the adventurous spirit of his 13-year-old self.
From BBC • Jul. 4, 2025
Ever the raconteur, Copeland is taking the speaking tour to Europe this spring and fall.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 18, 2025
Gregarious by nature, Hall proved to be a skillful raconteur with a caustic Kiwi wit.
From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer
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