smooth-spoken
Americanadjective
adjective
Etymology
Origin of smooth-spoken
First recorded in 1815–25
Example Sentences
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Interrogation scenes are a staple of crime shows, where wily, smooth-spoken police officers in closed rooms strategically grill their subjects into telling all.
From New York Times • Oct. 24, 2019
Senator Phipps, smooth-spoken, onetime vice president of the Carnegie Steel Co., hence the best-dressed man in the Senate, represents the State of Colorado.
From Time Magazine Archive
Last week shrewd, smooth-spoken Mr. Johnston added to his stature.
From Time Magazine Archive
Most Rev. Pierre Gerlier, well-loved and smooth-spoken bishop of the French diocese which includes the famed shrine of Lourdes, who was raised last summer to be Archbishop of Lyons.
From Time Magazine Archive
The Abbot, smiling and crafty as always, patiently awaited the time, so sure to come, when noise and clamor should exhaust itself, and his own smooth-spoken counsel should prevail.
From Cedric, the Forester by Marshall, Bernard Gay
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