smooth-tongued
Americanadjective
adjective
Etymology
Origin of smooth-tongued
First recorded in 1585–95
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 found that squads of oily, smooth-tongued salesmen had combed Cleveland with tales of a great shortage of burial ground.
From Time Magazine Archive
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
On the other hand, he counted on Cathbarr's open face removing the evident suspicion that the smooth-tongued Turlough had raised in Gorumna Isle.
From Nuala O'Malley by Bedford-Jones, H.
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