Talkative

Examples

• Lady Bertram was quite talkative. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
• We made him talkative by exhibiting an interest we never betrayed to guides. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• I got this place, sir, persisted my talkative old friend, through the clerk before me leaving it. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• The new visitor was very talkative, and the number of his anecdotes was only to be exceeded by the extent of his politeness. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• Mr. Jack Maldon tried to be very talkative, but was not at his ease, and made matters worse. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• When they all sat down it was better; to her taste a great deal better, for Frank Churchill grew talkative and gay, making her his first object. Jane Austen. Emma.
• Mr. John Knightley proved more talkative than his brother. Jane Austen. Emma.
• I mean in persontall, and with that sort of lookand not very talkative. Jane Austen. Emma.
• Why, when these fellows of our acquaintance drink and you drink with them, the more talkative they get, the more silent you get. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• What happiness is so true and unclouded, as the overflowing and talkative delight of young people. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• It was some months since he had been so talkative as he was this day. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
• I suppose he had been more talkative and lively once, but he seemed to have been completely exhausted long before I knew him. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• Of our all being so merry and talkative in the carriage going back. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• As he happened to go out now, and as Wemmick was brisk and talkative, I said to Wemmick that I hardly knew what to make of Mr. Jaggers's manner. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.

Editor: Warren