fast-talked

past tense of fast-talk

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for fast-talked
Verb
  • Martin was urged to dye their hair darker so that Alex could be taken more seriously.
    Stewart Clarke, Deadline, 12 Oct. 2025
  • Governors like Kathy Hochul of New York and Wes Moore of Maryland stopped short of declaring emergencies but still urged vigilance.
    Dakin Andone, CNN Money, 12 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Walker felt betrayed yet again.
    Luke Cyphers, Sportico.com, 17 Oct. 2025
  • The difference between those rankings (-31) makes Prescott the quarterback most betrayed by his defense and/or special teams through six weeks of this season.
    Mike Sando, New York Times, 16 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Now convinced that Lo was right all along, Richard’s assistant runs to the lodge’s hunting shed to get a rifle.
    Keith Langston, PEOPLE, 11 Oct. 2025
  • But Benioff isn’t convinced and will pay for hundreds of off-duty law enforcement officers when Salesforce’s annual Dreamforce conference starts Tuesday in downtown San Francisco, bringing 50,000 attendees to the city from over 140 countries.
    Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 11 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Advertisement Despite the effort, the hijackers realized that they had been tricked.
    Kayti Burt, Time, 17 Oct. 2025
  • Another older model that’s still available on ChatGPT and is still preferred by some users, o4-mini, was tricked even more frequently, 93% of the time.
    Jasmine Cui, NBC news, 10 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • And then the English joined in, claiming that Joseph of Arimathea brought the holy grail containing the blood and sweat of the crucified Christ to Glastonbury.
    JSTOR Daily, JSTOR Daily, 16 Oct. 2025
  • New ownership has brought investment and a collegiate approach.
    George Caulkin, New York Times, 16 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • According to Chinese sources, one of its electronic warfare (EW) systems has successfully deceived a foreign spy plane over the South China Sea.
    Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 12 Oct. 2025
  • While vacationing in Switzerland during Zurich Fashion Week, they were interviewed and completely deceived the interviewer throughout the conversation.
    Mya Abraham, VIBE.com, 9 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • And though in public, the royal family remains upbeat, people who have been following the monarchy for a while aren’t fooled.
    Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 13 Oct. 2025
  • Viewer Reactions The TikTok video reached over 874,100 views, 171,200 likes and 657 comments as of Monday, with people cracking up in the comment section, claiming they too had been fooled for a moment.
    Liz O'Connell, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The scams duped people contacted via social media and messaging applications online into transferring cryptocurrency into accounts controlled by the scheme with false promises that the crypto would be invested and produce profits, according to the office.
    Dan Mangan, CNBC, 14 Oct. 2025
  • The hometown crowd has to feel duped.
    Ian O'Connor, New York Times, 28 Sep. 2025
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“Fast-talked.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fast-talked. Accessed 19 Oct. 2025.

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