Sample Sentences forglib (auto-selected)
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In my current state, even his glib computer-generated voice was somehow comforting.† (source)
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But my glib answer didn't do justice to the impact the time in his office had had on me.† (source)
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But he was also disgusted with himself for being so shallow and glib.† (source)
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He had a wide, easy grin, a glib manner, and his eyes twinkled when he laughed.† (source)
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I'd had to say it so much that it was starting to come out sounding glib and a bit phony.† (source)
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I am only a shadow now, far back behind the glib shiny surface of this photograph.† (source)
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He's glib, even as he murders his wife and child.† (source)
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"Never more," Catelyn lied glibly.† (source)
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Christmas with my uncle was an engagement I could not break, so I traveled across country and joined the local train midway, expecting to find Sebastian already established; there he was, however, in the next carriage to mine, and when I asked him what he was doing, Mr. Samgrass replied with such glibness and at such length, telling me of mislaid luggage and of Cook's being shut over the holidays, that I was at once aware of some other explanation which was being withheld.† (source)standard suffix: The suffix "-ness" converts an adjective to a noun that means the quality of. This is the same pattern you see in words like darkness, kindness, and coolness.
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Because Esther was usually overbearing and Klara a little offhand and glib.† (source)
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Jean Louise was about to make the worst mistake of her life, and she glibly quoted those people at her, she mocked her.† (source)
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They got two hawsers on board promptly (en toute hale) and took the Patna in tow—stern foremost at that—which, under the circumstances, was not so foolish, since the rudder was too much out of the water to be of any great use for steering, and this manoeuvre eased the strain on the bulkhead, whose state, he expounded with stolid glibness, demanded the greatest care (exigeait les plus grands menagements).† (source)
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Grant knew that Ian Malcolm had his share of detractors, and he could understand why some found his style too abrasive, and his applications of chaos theory too glib.† (source)
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"'God is a spirit, infinite, eternal and unchangeable, in His being, wisdom, power, holiness, justice, goodness, and truth,'" responded Anne promptly and glibly.† (source)
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He had pointed out to his sovereign, with glibness taking the place of tact, that the Thief had never so far as he knew been in the command of anyone.† (source)
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In my moment of greatest shame, here, in this courtroom with that ...person up there, telling the world....What strikes me especially is how shallow he is, how glib and obsequious ...completely ...without substance!† (source)
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