Dorothea Lange

The people who are garrulous and wear their heart on their sleeve and tell you everything, that's one kind of person, but the fellow who's hiding behind a tree and hoping you don't see him is the fellow that you'd better find out why.

American Photographer

Geoffrey Zakarian

I still have the 'New York Post' delivered because it's so garrulous and nasty and wonderful when you read it in print. Some things just don't translate online.

American Chef

Paul Klee

Nature is garrulous to the point of confusion, let the artist be truly taciturn.

Swiss Artist

Tom Stoppard

I'm very garrulous, but I don't say anything.

English Dramatist

Best used in casual settings; might be inappropriate in formal or serious discussions.

Informal Use

Suggests annoyance; the speaker's chattiness might be considered bothersome.

Negative Nuance

Implies someone who not only talks much but does so to a tiresome extent.

Excessive Talking

 and I apologize for this, but I didn't want to get off my ship. I'd really loved being on board Kendal. I'd been well treated by the crew, I'd had a garrulous and entertaining captain, and I would happily have signed up for another five weeks, something that the captain also said

Rose George: Inside the...

 A garrulous grandmother and a roaming bandit face off on a dirt road. A Bible salesman lures a one-legged philosopher into a barn.

Garrulous

Informal Use

Negative Nuance

Excessive Talking

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