smooth-tongued
Example Sentences
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Her story is told in a series of songs interspersed by a few unhinged rants and smooth-tongued chapter narrations.
From Seattle Times • Sep. 24, 2021
Sometimes he’s conducting poetry workshops; sometimes he’s dealing with cultural attachés or smooth-tongued diplomats; sometimes he’s face to face with refugees in camps.
From New York Times • Mar. 28, 2018
He is a smooth-tongued criminal lawyer, who could convince any jury of twelve men that "even if his client did steal the Brooklyn Bridge, the city didn't need the thing, anyhow."
From Time Magazine Archive
With government scholarships, bright boys would end up as smooth-tongued Oxford dons like Board of Trade President Harold Wilson.
From Time Magazine Archive
He is a smooth-tongued speaker, and, though not so old, may be compared to old Nestor,— ‘Experienced Nestor, in persuasion skilled, Words sweet as honey from his lips distilled.’
From Patrick Henry by Tyler, Moses Coit
