smooth-talk

[ smooth-tawk ]

verb (used with object)

1. to persuade by flattery, cajolery, coaxing, or the like:

   We smooth-talked the company into a huge donation.

Example Sentences

He gained acclaim at age 28 in the movie version of “Hair,” earning a Golden Globe nomination for Best New Star, and went on to “Prince of the City,” “Smooth Talk” opposite Laura Dern and “Things to Do in Denver When You’re Dead.”

From Seattle Times

“Palm Trees and Power Lines” recalls some classic coming-of-age films, including Joyce Chopra’s under-remembered “Smooth Talk,” as well as “Thirteen” and “Fish Tank,” limning the inner life of a drifting adolescent with equal parts alarm and empathy.

From Washington Post

Ambitious, torpid, wildly overlong and frustratingly underdeveloped, “Palm Trees” follows Lea as she falls for Tom, who turns out to be as awful — and as much a near-parody of villainy — as his clichéd smooth talk.

From New York Times

That's as much a collective failure as it is a personal one; there are surely many reasons why the fact-checking of his résumé became national news only after he was elected, but none of them point to Santos being unusually skilled at smooth talk.

From Salon

Chopra is best-known for her critically acclaimed 1985 film, “Smooth Talk,” and her work often centers on mothers and daughters, ambitious women, and girls coming of age.

From Washington Post