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marked by a ready flow of speech

A soldier addressed her in Spanish too swiftly uttered, too voluble for her to translate.
Zane Grey -- The Light of Western Stars

Still, while we were advancing, I spoke with extreme volubility, for my imagination was too full not to explode in words.
Jules Verne -- A Journey to the Center of the Earth
"There is no better," the voluble Vengeance protested in her shrill notes, "in France."
Charles Dickens -- A Tale of Two Cities
Words of entreaty and prayer these, poured forth volubly and with earnestness and the mighty sanction of beauty.
Lew Wallace -- Ben Hur
Dick had his Bible out and was praying volubly.
Robert Louis Stevenson -- Treasure Island
"Oh, what a clumsy thing I am," said she with feverish volubility; "I don't know my way.
Alexandre Dumas -- The Count of Monte Cristo
She spoke more forcibly and volubly than he had ever heard her, and she held his arm in her two hands.
Henry James -- Washington Square
Mrs. Highcamp hung with languid but unaffected interest upon the warm and impetuous volubility of her left-hand neighbor, Victor Lebrun.
Kate Chopin -- The Awakening
She burst volubly into tears.
Thomas Wolfe -- Look Homeward, Angel
At this moment there was a flurry in the crowd and Uncle Morris Teitlebaum, the pawnbroker, appeared, gesticulating volubly, clinging to a policeman.
Thomas Wolfe -- The Child by Tiger
"No, no, no, no!" she answered, with a volubility and vehemence that was imitated from the French of the Canadas; "no good to tell Saltwater.
James Fenimore Cooper -- The Pathfinder
But Wolf Larsen seemed voluble, prone to speech as I had never seen him before.
Jack London -- Sea Wolf
Or if that is not yet quite true, if the male is still the voluble sex, it is certainly true that women no longer write novels solely.
Virginia Woolf -- A Room of One's Own
It brought the farmer, voluble, stuttering with gratitude.
Rudyard Kipling -- Kim
"She's got a way with her, has Susan," she went on quite volubly.
Frances Hodgson Burnett -- The Secret Garden
Volubly, troublously, the late clock sounded, coming in on the wake of Big Ben, with its lap full of trifles.
Virginia Woolf -- Mrs. Dalloway
Then, in sudden consternation as Milo caught his elbow, he whirled and offered voluble thanks.
Grace MacGowan Cooke -- The Power and the Glory
So situated, she was powerless to check Jo, who seemed possessed by a spirit of mischief, and talked away as volubly as the lady.
Louisa May Alcott -- Little Women
"For minutes only," rejoined the more voluble messenger.
Robert Ludlum -- The Bourne Ultimatum
He was wild, voluble, unreasoning—obsessed by the anticipated fulfilment of his dream.
Zane Grey -- The Border Legion

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