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Recent Examples of loquacity
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.
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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
Homeless and short on cash, the rakish Saber uses his talent for loquacity to insinuate himself into the life (and house) of estranged wife Lexi (Bree Elrod) and mother-in-law Lil (Brenda Deiss), while resuming his old job as a low-rent pot dealer for neighborhood kingpin Leondria (Judy Hill).
—Erik Morse, Vogue, 10 Dec. 2021
His age, at times, has been painfully apparent on the campaign trail: his loquacity is less bounded, his stories meander without necessarily reaching their conclusion.
—The Economist, 4 July 2020
These layabouts wreak enough havoc, what with their aimless loquacity and their tendencies to monopolize wall outlets.
—Justin Peters, Slate Magazine, 20 Dec. 2017
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
Homeless and short on cash, the rakish Saber uses his talent for loquacity to insinuate himself into the life (and house) of estranged wife Lexi (Bree Elrod) and mother-in-law Lil (Brenda Deiss), while resuming his old job as a low-rent pot dealer for neighborhood kingpin Leondria (Judy Hill).
—Erik Morse, Vogue, 10 Dec. 2021
His age, at times, has been painfully apparent on the campaign trail: his loquacity is less bounded, his stories meander without necessarily reaching their conclusion.
—The Economist, 4 July 2020
These layabouts wreak enough havoc, what with their aimless loquacity and their tendencies to monopolize wall outlets.
—Justin Peters, Slate Magazine, 20 Dec. 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for loquacity
Noun
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However, Fallon noted that there have been times when his loquaciousness has backfired, too.—
Emlyn Travis,
Entertainment Weekly,
18 Sep. 2025
Noun
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His emotional eloquence pushed music toward the future.—
Daniel Felsenthal,
Pitchfork,
4 Apr. 2026
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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
Noun
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If Arsenal needed a bit more attacking fluency, cohesion, threat, these were the kind of players capable of providing it.—
Amy Lawrence,
New York Times,
26 Apr. 2026
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Although research suggests that elementary teachers should focus on helping students learn the sounds of speech, phonics, reading fluency, vocabulary and reading comprehension strategies, there is little evidence on how well these skills are packaged into the textbooks used in classrooms.—
Shawn Datchuk,
The Conversation,
23 Apr. 2026
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“Loquacity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/loquacity. Accessed 29 Apr. 2026.
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