silver-tongued

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The leader of the band is a silver-tongued fellow named Edgin Darvis played with great good cheer by Chris Pine.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 28, 2023

Billy Crudup stars as silver-tongued salesman Jack Billings.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 17, 2023

And if Lottie transforms from a odd visionary into a cult leader on "Yellowjackets," won't that be due to her deranged, silver-tongued persuasiveness?

From Salon • Jan. 23, 2022

Vidal is a plum role, and the wonderful Edwards is suitably dapper and silver-tongued, not least when on the offensive: “Do you read?” he asks Buckley.

From New York Times • Dec. 13, 2021

The city tried to paint him as a silver-tongued outsider who never rode the bus in Montgomery himself but knew just how to make everyone who did feel unhappy.

From "Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice" by Phillip Hoose