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as in glib
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for smooth-tongued
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That being said, its professional technical aspects just add to the impression that this is a glib and insincere effort, trying to graft a fun moviegoing experience onto a depressing story about hateful people reveling in each other’s pain.—
Katie Rife,
IndieWire,
16 Mar. 2026 -
Actually, tearjerkers, as a genre, are noble, albeit with a lousy reputation and a glib name for what is essentially an empathy machine that’s eager to streamline complicated emotions.—
Christopher Borrelli,
Chicago Tribune,
12 Mar. 2026
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The tech entrepreneur, who founded a fitness app and a financial management platform catering to young and wealthy customers, also characterizes Khanna’s stock trading as hypocritical since the congressman campaigns on easing inequality.—
Bloomberg,
Mercury News,
3 Mar. 2026
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The permanent observer of the 22-nation Arab League, Maged Abdelaziz, suggested Israel was being hypocritical in justifying its military attack by saying it was intended to prevent Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons.—
Edith M. Lederer,
Fortune,
28 Feb. 2026
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Unlike the voluble Freedman, CAA was silent Thursday when Deadline reached out for comment on the looming mass action.—
Dominic Patten,
Deadline,
5 Mar. 2026
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Great Again movement is looking to sack the musical performance, given their side's voluble objections to Bad Bunny.—
Phillip M. Bailey,
USA Today,
6 Feb. 2026
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Using artificial intelligence to compose a social media post in the wake of a tragedy, or using it to write a fan letter to an Olympic athlete, comes off as insincere.—
Gayle Rogers,
The Conversation,
17 Mar. 2026
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That being said, its professional technical aspects just add to the impression that this is a glib and insincere effort, trying to graft a fun moviegoing experience onto a depressing story about hateful people reveling in each other’s pain.—
Katie Rife,
IndieWire,
16 Mar. 2026
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And your leadership needs to create conditions where everyone—not just the well-resourced or well-spoken—can thrive.—
Aparna Rae,
Forbes.com,
24 Apr. 2025
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He's described in Fire & Blood as clever, well-spoken, and corpulent.—
Nick Romano,
EW.com,
31 Mar. 2025
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Though Harper has often been quick to be silver-tongued in her evisceration of Yasmin, there is, indeed, love lost between them.—
Natalie Oganesyan,
Deadline,
1 Mar. 2026
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Smith’s flow is no longer conversational, liquidy and silver-tongued; his lyrics are no longer convivial or directed straight to the heart and head.—
A.D. Amorosi,
Variety,
28 Mar. 2025
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And Alexander Hamilton gets slightly better press than the other two, but he is shown as someone who is brilliant, but self-seeking, arrogant, snobbish, contemptuous of others, and profoundly two-faced.—
David Frum,
The Atlantic,
25 Mar. 2026
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January, named for that two-faced Roman god, brings us into a midterm election year.—
Chris Stirewalt,
The Hill,
2 Jan. 2026
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But the film’s first-time director, Meredith Alloway (who co-wrote the script with Lily Houghton), has a vision that’s less facile and more contemporary than that.—
Owen Gleiberman,
Variety,
17 Mar. 2026
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Still, The Secret Agent avoids facile nihilism.—
Michael Snyder,
The Atlantic,
13 Mar. 2026
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“Smooth-tongued.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/smooth-tongued. Accessed 29 Mar. 2026.
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