as in talkative
fond of talking or conversation
sometimes the loquacious talk show host barely lets her guests get a word in
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Buck is a loquacious, glad-handing oaf who has a boring way with a witty story, and is marked for death.
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Fred Schruers, IndieWire, 27 Feb. 2025
Back on episode 4 of the reality competition, Bob got into a heated exchange with Dylan Efron after the younger Efron sibling tried to convince the group that the loquacious drag star was a Traitor who'd pulled the wool over their eyes, while Bob firmly defended himself against the charge.
—Jillian Sederholm, EW.com, 11 Feb. 2025
The titular security professional, as this loquacious young man thinks of himself, guards a Manhattan residential building on the graveyard shift when trouble, in the shape of two police officers, comes walking into his lobby.
—Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune, 4 Feb. 2025
The film’s honesty, whether loquacious or laconic, sears even more in the absence of a score.
—Ritesh Mehta, IndieWire, 26 Jan. 2025
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Fred Schruers, IndieWire, 27 Feb. 2025
Back on episode 4 of the reality competition, Bob got into a heated exchange with Dylan Efron after the younger Efron sibling tried to convince the group that the loquacious drag star was a Traitor who'd pulled the wool over their eyes, while Bob firmly defended himself against the charge.
—Jillian Sederholm, EW.com, 11 Feb. 2025
The titular security professional, as this loquacious young man thinks of himself, guards a Manhattan residential building on the graveyard shift when trouble, in the shape of two police officers, comes walking into his lobby.
—Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune, 4 Feb. 2025
The film’s honesty, whether loquacious or laconic, sears even more in the absence of a score.
—Ritesh Mehta, IndieWire, 26 Jan. 2025
See All Example Sentences for loquacious
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“Loquacious.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/loquacious. Accessed 21 Apr. 2025.
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