fast-talking

present participle of fast-talk

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for fast-talking
Verb
  • Getting anything done is hard and takes persuading, cajoling, or even sucking up, depending on who is at the receiving end.
    Shivaram Rajgopal, Forbes.com, 6 Sep. 2025
  • After years of cajoling workers, employers are taking a harder line.
    Jessica Guynn, USA Today, 28 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • But even without a rewards program, credit cards have a way of coaxing people to use them.
    Michael Waters, The Atlantic, 9 Sep. 2025
  • After nearly a full minute of coaxing, the standoff ends.
    Melissa Fleur Afshar, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • And there’s also the suggestion that Michaela believes Simone is betraying the feminist cause by settling at such a young age for the role of plus-one to a wealthy man who treats his relationships like a transaction.
    Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 10 Sep. 2025
  • Already hacked off by the renovation fiasco, the company’s longtime patrons pounced, accusing the corporation of betraying its history and values.
    Graham Hillard, The Washington Examiner, 5 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • But convincing risk-averse regulators to approve data-sharing, even anonymized, will be a major hurdle.
    Roomy Khan, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
  • And Cohere, too, is hoping to win over more than friends — by convincing enterprises, investors, and skeptics alike that ROI, not AGI, is the smarter bet.
    Sharon Goldman, Fortune, 9 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • In late August, nine Republican House lawmakers sent a letter urging the DOJ to halt a cannabis rescheduling proposal.
    Dario Sabaghi, Forbes.com, 13 Sep. 2025
  • Nevertheless, meteorologists are urging people to remain alert, as sea temperatures remain high and storms can still form well into October and even November.
    Anna Skinner, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • What does work is tricking her into pressing a button that knocks her out.
    Keith Phipps, Vulture, 4 Sep. 2025
  • While the Phantom Hacker attack is designed specifically to drain your bank accounts, there are plenty of variants relying on tricking you into installing dangerous software that either gives an attacker a view of your device or hijacks it completely.
    Zak Doffman, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • In its opening scene, from George Harrison’s 1971 Concert for Bangladesh, Preston starts singing the warmly exhorting gospel song that gives the film its name.
    David Browne, Rolling Stone, 22 Nov. 2024
  • San Diego Clippers coach Paul Hewitt sometimes resembles a third-base coach, waving his arms forward rapidly, exhorting his players to race the ball up the floor after a rebound or forced turnover.
    Ivan Carter, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Nov. 2024
Verb
  • The honeymoon phase can be deceiving.
    Essence, Essence, 12 Sep. 2025
  • Share your horror at learning that this person is deceiving family members and basically stealing from them.
    Harriette Cole, Mercury News, 12 Sep. 2025
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“Fast-talking.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fast-talking. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.

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