as in communicative
fond of talking or conversation
a talkative outgoing tour guide showed our school group around the city
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Recent Examples of talkative
Majda said her younger daughter had always been a talkative, playful girl.
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Toqa Ezzidin,
Chicago Tribune,
29 May 2026
Teaching first grade has always involved dealing with wiggly and talkative kids.
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Stacker,
Hartford Courant,
9 May 2026
This story was not supposed to begin in Zagreb, but then a talkative five-year-old named Oliver showed up at my lunch table.
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Kevin West,
Travel + Leisure,
8 May 2026
His mom describes him as talkative.
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Pioneer Press,
Twin Cities,
1 May 2026
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Toqa Ezzidin,
Chicago Tribune,
29 May 2026
Teaching first grade has always involved dealing with wiggly and talkative kids.
—
Stacker,
Hartford Courant,
9 May 2026
This story was not supposed to begin in Zagreb, but then a talkative five-year-old named Oliver showed up at my lunch table.
—
Kevin West,
Travel + Leisure,
8 May 2026
His mom describes him as talkative.
—
Pioneer Press,
Twin Cities,
1 May 2026
See All Example Sentences for talkative
Recent Examples of Synonyms for talkative
Adjective
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Experts warn Warsh's less communicative approach risks increasing market volatility and borrowing costs, potentially forfeiting accountability gains.
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Even though the pilot doesn’t have all the information passengers might want to hear in that moment, Kennedy said, many would feel relief that the person in charge is transparent, communicative, and cognizant of their feelings and concerns.
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The deployment introduced an agent layer that could access the underlying systems, prepare inputs for the appropriate optimization approach, interpret outputs in plain language and surface recommendations through conversational and web interfaces.
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Some startups — like HereAfter AI, Storyfile, and Eternos — offer services like video avatars and conversational AI trained on a deceased person’s data.
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The experience of Jack Ma illustrates the limits imposed on entrepreneurs who become too powerful or politically outspoken.
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The fact his reputation around the league points to him being outspoken cooled his value.
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Since then, Emilie Kiser has been vocal on social media about water safety for children, urging parents to install pool fences and door alarms with working batteries, and ensuring children have swimming sessions.
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The Voice Season 29 winner Alexia Jayy will also have a special vocal performance.
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Turner’s character, Declan O’Hara, is a righteous Irish journalist, also loquacious, also hot, but disgusted by ostentatious displays of wealth.
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The six-part series documented the program’s rise under Urban Meyer, while capturing the dedication and personalities of players, including the loquacious Spikes.
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Onlookers were festive and chatty amid thunderstorms that threatened to delay the work.
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Quiet reflection shapes choices as moody Moon is in your 12th House of Solitude, sextiling chatty Mercury in your 2nd House of Resources.
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To counter this, organizations can implement a process for handing down institutional knowledge after employees leave roles, such as creating transition documents and holding knowledge-transfer sessions between outgoing and incoming team members.
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All three occurred in Charlotte since May, only about a year after the city faced questions over a secretive settlement with its outgoing police chief and the fallout from a heavily politicized murder on public transit.
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Tony Award-winning actress Kara Young co-stars as Racine, the mouthy, rough-and-tough twin.
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With a loss ending the season, urgency became the default setting, activating anger necessary to stand nose-to-nose with the mouthy Wolves.
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“Talkative.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/talkative. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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