sweet-talking
- present participle of sweet-talk.
Example Sentences
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In the flurry of negotiations and sweet-talking by multiple teams that greeted him on the first frantic day of NFL free agency, Dre’Mont Jones was not expecting the Seahawks to be a factor.
From Seattle Times • Apr. 10, 2023
Yet confronting even a sweet-talking reaper can foster a kind of self-mastery.
From New York Times • Jan. 10, 2018
Zamarripa, 32, was known for cadging free tickets off buddies to WWE wrestling events or Cowboys, Mavericks or Rangers games and sweet-talking celebrity athletes into posing for selfies.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 12, 2016
What could have earned a sweet-talking 80-year-old such a sinister reputation?
From BBC • Mar. 18, 2016
He says the sweet-talking is like a rattling-snake’s rattles, it’s like you’re getting a warning that you’re ’bout to get bit.
From "Elijah of Buxton" by Christopher Paul Curtis
