silver tongue
Example Sentences
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With a rubber hand and a silver tongue, he turns his sales into crowded spectacles.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 17, 2025
Penelope lacks the silver tongue and easy charm of other young debutantes.
From Salon • May 17, 2024
“The silver hair, the silver tongue, the moderate tone project seriousness; but his pattern is to be cynical and unserious,” said Frank Sharry, the executive director of the pro-immigration group America’s Voice.
From New York Times • Jun. 6, 2022
All the same, his silver tongue is firmly in his vain cheek.
From The Guardian • Apr. 5, 2020
She thought of his hair as silver, to go along with his silver tongue, which he used trying to talk her into buying diesel Cadillacs with red-leather interiors.
From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston
