loquaciousness

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Recent Examples of loquaciousness However, Fallon noted that there have been times when his loquaciousness has backfired, too. Emlyn Travis, Entertainment Weekly, 18 Sep. 2025
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Noun
  • The central bank’s pathological loquacity—policy statements, detailed meeting minutes, press conferences, speeches, interviews and those infernal dot plots—has become more confusing than enlightening.
    Joseph C. Sternberg, WSJ, 15 Dec. 2022
  • Such loquacity doesn’t come cheap, not just in terms of paying your writers and cast but also in capturing actors’ performances.
    Alexander Chatziioannou, Washington Post, 7 Nov. 2022
Noun
  • His emotional eloquence pushed music toward the future.
    Daniel Felsenthal, Pitchfork, 4 Apr. 2026
  • The oversized teddy bear of a man with the languid baritone, who speaks with the eloquence of a poet, the encouragement of a coach, and the comfort of a minister, came up in the legendary Night Hawk in the 1970s.
    Matthew Odam, Austin American Statesman, 19 Mar. 2026

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“Loquaciousness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/loquaciousness. Accessed 27 Apr. 2026.

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