Clarissa was extremely voluble on the subject of good manners. From LearnThat.org. [www.ldoceonline.com]
She is an extremely voluble young woman who engages in soliloquies not conversations. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
And these wheels he called voluble, in my hearing. From Wordnik.com. [The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 31: Ezechiel The Challoner Revision] Reference
With a sudden change of manner, his visitant conjured him, in voluble and impetuous terms, to comply. From Wordnik.com. [Ferdinando Eboli] Reference
Oh, she has ways of showing what she wants without getting what you'd call voluble!. From Wordnik.com. [Sheila of Big Wreck Cove A Story of Cape Cod] Reference
In their footnote the editors explain that "voluble" is being used in its original Latin sense, to mean "rolling along.". From Wordnik.com. [Cosmic and Sublime] Reference
But when the talk turned to education, he was voluble. From Wordnik.com. [West Wing Story: His Mind On Education] Reference
The voluble tongue was wagging as the pair trotted past. From Wordnik.com. [A Sheaf of Corn] Reference
So far the only candidate to take them on is the voluble Dornan. From Wordnik.com. [Friendly Fire] Reference
Among a voluble, even flamboyant people, he was famously reticent. From Wordnik.com. [An Indispensable Man] Reference
Alberdina replied not in three words but in a long voluble speech. From Wordnik.com. [The Motor Maids at Sunrise Camp] Reference
The more reticent Alfred became the more voluble the professor grew. From Wordnik.com. [Watch Yourself Go By] Reference
Ryan is funny and voluble, and not given to say-nothing coach speak. From Wordnik.com. ['Hard Knocks' Follows NFL's New York Jets] Reference
There was a voluble chattering in Spanish between the driver and San. From Wordnik.com. [Tom Swift in Captivity, or a Daring Escape By Airship] Reference
Complacent matrons, in their Sunday best, exchanged voluble comments. From Wordnik.com. [Other People's Business The Romantic Career of the Practical Miss Dale] Reference
And beside us was Enriquez -- cheerful, alert, voluble, and undaunted. From Wordnik.com. [Short Stories of Various Types] Reference
Regenhard, the voluble one, had bought along an extra coffee: milk, no sugar. From Wordnik.com. [War Over Ground Zero] Reference
Previously, such centers of Islamic learning were always voluble but not armed. From Wordnik.com. [Muzzling The Militants] Reference
Signora Fantini poured out the most voluble exclamations, prayers and protests. From Wordnik.com. [Lippincott's Magazine, December 1878] Reference
In person, he is voluble, antsy -- and almost compulsively generous and welcoming. From Wordnik.com. [Wild Ride] Reference
On the contrary, they become, having passed through a religious experience, voluble. From Wordnik.com. [The Necessity of Atheism] Reference
Haley, needing some one to whom he could express himself, explained in voluble anger. From Wordnik.com. [Judith of the Cumberlands] Reference
He was exceedingly voluble, and seemed to have, even then, a remarkably copious stock of. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 109, November, 1866] Reference
His father says the boy, James B. Wilson Jr., became inattentive, voluble and quarrelsome. From Wordnik.com. [Riding The Wave] Reference
Overflowing with voluble "animal spirits," it is a feast for anyone who loves good stories. From Wordnik.com. [Giving Regards To Broadway] Reference
Offutt's admiration of the young clerk did him credit, but his voluble expression of it was not judicious. From Wordnik.com. [The Life of Abraham Lincoln] Reference
Mignon stood on the shore and gave voluble orders as the girls cautiously took seats in the bobbing craft. From Wordnik.com. [Marjorie Dean, High School Freshman] Reference
As a matter of fact, had he but known it, the voluble Nina had been away at the seashore for several weeks. From Wordnik.com. [Rosemary] Reference
For the voluble and mischievous Bushnell, the Media Bistro is about more than just building another company. From Wordnik.com. [PLAYING IT AGAIN] Reference
Mrs. Carson was voluble in her thanks and suggested that the "young ladies" might like to go through the buildings. From Wordnik.com. [Rainbow Hill] Reference
"Those that do well in Britain," says Brousson, "tend to be big characters, voluble, quite Gallic in their attitude.". From Wordnik.com. [How boules got cool] Reference
Now, only slightly more judiciously, the anti-war president and his ever-voluble vice president are suggesting this, too. From Wordnik.com. [Michael Wolff: So It's Victory in Iraq] Reference
After a while it would venture upon an oak and carry on a very voluble conversation with its fellows who also patronised the tree. From Wordnik.com. [Little Folks (November 1884) A Magazine for the Young] Reference
Vinoly, 58, is a charming, voluble man who has built big projects all over the world (such as the 1996 Tokyo International Forum). From Wordnik.com. [Think Again] Reference
Even in this quiet refuge, she's working it for her husband, emoting as fast as she can -- reluctant one moment, voluble the next. From Wordnik.com. [Michelle Fenty's battle cry in D.C. mayoral campaign that brought her to tears] Reference
He heard the representatives of the police take their leave, with voluble expressions of gratitude for the hospitality of the house. From Wordnik.com. [Juggernaut] Reference
If a good gauge of Gore's enthusiasm for something is how voluble and technical he gets, then you can be sure that he loves biofuels. From Wordnik.com. [The Evolution Of An Eco-Prophet] Reference
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