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1. I was in the bar, and a garrulous landlord was giving me all that I wanted.
2. She lingered for a few moments, and was garrulous over some detail of the household.
3. They entered the grounds of the college and were led by the garrulous porter across the quadrangle.
4. My Uncle Henry can outtalk any three people I know. He is the most garrulous person in Cayuga County.
5. She was an old garrulous woman, a pawnbroker's widow, who collected used stamps for some pious purpose.

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 Meanings and Examples of GARRULOUS
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
garrulous
 a.  talking much and repetition of unimportant or trivial details
Classic Sentence:
1  They entered the grounds of the college and were led by the garrulous porter across the quadrangle.
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man By James Joyce
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 2
2  She was an old garrulous woman, a pawnbroker's widow, who collected used stamps for some pious purpose.
Dubliners By James Joyce
Context  Highlight   In ARABY
3  She lingered for a few moments, and was garrulous over some detail of the household.
The Picture of Dorian Gray By Oscar Wilde
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 10
4  Dinah gave a very garrulous version of it, to which Tom added the particulars which he had drawn from her that morning.
Uncle Tom's Cabin By Harriet Beecher Stowe
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIX
5  I was in the bar, and a garrulous landlord was giving me all that I wanted.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In IV. THE ADVENTURE OF THE SOLITARY CYCLIST
6  Thus the net result of Madame's cross-examination was to convince the tchinovniks that she was a garrulous, silly old woman.
Dead Souls By Nikolai Gogol
Context  Highlight   In PART 1: CHAPTER IX
7  Only when he was alone with Mrs Bolton did he really feel a lord and a master, and his voice ran on with her almost as easily and garrulously as her own could run.
Lady Chatterley's Lover By D H Lawrence
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 9
8  "I have, good sir," she answered garrulously.
War and Peace 2 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 5: CHAPTER XIII
Example Sentence:
1  My Uncle Henry can outtalk any three people I know. He is the most garrulous person in Cayuga County.