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noun

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Recent Examples of sweet-talk
Verb
The plan works, even if Frank comically stumbles with career specifics when sweet-talking Sritala. Bryan Alexander, USA Today, 31 Mar. 2025 That night, Mel watches in delight as Jack sweet-talks Charmaine’s twins. Sara Netzley, EW.com, 19 Dec. 2024
Noun
During the ride to the police station, the driver was trying to sweet talk the officer into not arresting him and instead letting his wife pick him up. John Benson, cleveland, 12 Sep. 2023 Cuban boleros, street-corner sweet talk, Mexican songs, Frank Sinatra ballads, and Frankie Laine melodramas . . . Matthew Gavin Frank, Harper's Magazine, 4 May 2023 See All Example Sentences for sweet-talk
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sweet-talk
Verb
  • Key moment With the bases loaded and one out in the fourth inning, Gausman coaxed Gustavo Campero into a 1-3 double play.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 6 July 2025
  • Learn more about how an infinite complexity of brews is coaxed out of those three simple ingredients by touring a brewery.
    Jessica Kozuka, Travel + Leisure, 6 July 2025
Noun
  • Add the butter, half and half, garlic powder, ½ teaspoon salt and ¼ teaspoon black pepper.
    Robin Miller, AZCentral.com, 10 July 2025
  • The rum has aromas of nougat, almond butter, and brown sugar.
    Joseph V Micallef, Forbes.com, 10 July 2025
Noun
  • 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.
    Lauren Penington, The Denver Post, 2 Sep. 2024
  • Most of the questions aimed at the ironic American director of Raging Bull, Taxi Driver and Goodfellas were less softballs than soft soap, with reporters as interested in Scorsese’s favorite food — his mother’s lasagna recipe — as the movies in his peerless filmography.
    Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 20 Feb. 2024
Noun
  • Bryan, who selected the $100,000 winning envelope, chose to split the prize with Amaya — a decision that earned some praise but also a few critics.
    Amber Corrine, VIBE.com, 14 July 2025
  • Which means that instead of attacking the CEO, Huang should be garnering abundant praise for recognizing truths about the global economy plainly lost on his critics.
    John Tamny, Forbes.com, 14 July 2025
Noun
  • What a torrent of encouragement and loving advice and undeserved flattery over the years!
    John Updike, New Yorker, 11 July 2025
  • We are primed to value privileged or secret wisdom, vulnerable to flattery and suggestion, and enthusiastic about major leaps forward in scientific potential.
    Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 25 May 2025
Noun
  • Shop for taffy at Zeno’s Boardwalk Sweet Shop, rent a jet-ski from Fly-N-High Waverunners, or book a deep-sea fishing excursion at Hubbard’s Marina.
    Lydia Mansel, Southern Living, 27 June 2025
  • Someone is then shot with a harpoon, only to have their guts pulled like taffy from the wound.
    David Fear, Rolling Stone, 20 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • In addition to critical acclaim, E•MO•TION debuted at No. 16 on the Billboard 200 album chart.
    Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 17 July 2025
  • The most recent game in the series, Mortal Kombat 1, was released in 2023 to critical acclaim.
    Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 17 July 2025

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“Sweet-talk.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sweet-talk. Accessed 25 Jul. 2025.

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