as in to coax
to get (someone) to do something by gentle urging, special attention, or flattery
she can sweet-talk her besotted boyfriend into just about anything
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as in butter
excessive praise
enough of this sweet talk—just give me your honest opinion of my performance
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Recent Examples of sweet-talk
Lia Beck,
Entertainment Weekly,
30 Dec. 2025
Forget the old myths about dressing up or sweet-talking your way to the front.
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Alesandra Dubin,
Southern Living,
28 Dec. 2025
Meghan Overdeep,
Southern Living,
28 Feb. 2024
When things aren’t working on a practical level, though, no amount of sweet talk can cover that up.
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Tarot.com,
Baltimore Sun,
5 Feb. 2024
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Verb
Hanks takes a detour from his traditional nice guy roles to sleaze it up as the hard-drinking, sweet-talking Wilson, and that alone is worth a watch.
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Lia Beck,
Entertainment Weekly,
30 Dec. 2025
Forget the old myths about dressing up or sweet-talking your way to the front.
—
Alesandra Dubin,
Southern Living,
28 Dec. 2025
Noun
Just in case that gave Reba a leg up, don't let her sweet talk you.
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Meghan Overdeep,
Southern Living,
28 Feb. 2024
When things aren’t working on a practical level, though, no amount of sweet talk can cover that up.
—
Tarot.com,
Baltimore Sun,
5 Feb. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sweet-talk
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Pro-Russian groups are bombarding popular AI systems with propaganda to coax chatbots into regurgitating Kremlin talking points, according to senior European officials, raising concerns ahead of America’s midterm elections about how to respond to the growing attempt to silently manipulate voters.
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That footage showed that after officers coaxed three people out of the home, Evans emerged barefoot and shirtless, wearing basketball shorts.
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Practical self-care items such as thick lotions, face masks and soft soaps that don’t irritate skin. Pragmatic.
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People should wash any skin that comes into contact with the slurry with water and soft soap, before using a hand cream to avoid dryness and cracking.
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Starmer won praise from many for his international role, especially in bolstering European support for Ukraine.
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Germany's head coach, Julian Nagelsmann, gave Ecuador its deserved praise for the win today, saying his own team failed to find its rhythm in the second half.
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The real danger is not the flattery itself.
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Imitation is the greatest form of flattery, and that's exactly why beautiful paint colors are subject to overuse.
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Adam evoked the image of stretching taffy.
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As the two galaxies converged, each would pull the other apart like taffy, creating long tendrils of stars, gas and dust called tidal tails.
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Developed with some difficulty due to the material, which both financiers and some actors found too risqué, Sunday Bloody Sunday was eventually released to considerable acclaim, earning four nominations at the 1972 Academy Awards.
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For all the early acclaim, Hazemann, 26, and Monnin, 25, project a level of discipline that belies their age.
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“Sweet-talk.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sweet-talk. Accessed 29 Jun. 2026.
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