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smooth-tongued

[smooth-tuhngd] / ˈsmuðˈtʌŋd /


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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

By smooth-tongued "agents," many U. S. citizens have been convinced that they are heirs to large British estates —the buccaneering gold of Sir Francis Drake, the "Blake millions," the "Townley estate" et al.

From Time Magazine Archive

He found that squads of oily, smooth-tongued salesmen had combed Cleveland with tales of a great shortage of burial ground.

From Time Magazine Archive

We ain't as mealy-mouthed and as p'lite and as smooth-tongued as the moderns.

From One Of Them by Lever, Charles James




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