pep talk
noun
: a usually brief, intense, and emotional talk designed to influence or encourage an audience
Examples of pep talk in a Sentence
The coach gave the team a pep talk before the game.
She needs a pep talk.
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My pep talks, which had snapped me out of any funk previously, disappeared into the black hole that was my current state of mind.
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Liza Esquibias, PEOPLE, 10 Nov. 2025
In the end, Johnson got to deliver another victorious pep talk inside an electrified locker room.
—Dan Wiederer, New York Times, 10 Nov. 2025
As part of a pep talk ahead of an important pitch in Luxembourg, Leslie — who in the Patriot universe wrote a seminal piping textbook called The Integral Principles of the Structural Dynamics of Flow — gathers his team around him.
—Claire McNear, Rolling Stone, 8 Nov. 2025
In an email to staff on Friday (full text below), Deborah Turness provided something of a pep talk for journalists after a string of bruising revelations about BBC News’ output.
—Jake Kanter, Deadline, 7 Nov. 2025
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Liza Esquibias, PEOPLE, 10 Nov. 2025
In the end, Johnson got to deliver another victorious pep talk inside an electrified locker room.
—Dan Wiederer, New York Times, 10 Nov. 2025
As part of a pep talk ahead of an important pitch in Luxembourg, Leslie — who in the Patriot universe wrote a seminal piping textbook called The Integral Principles of the Structural Dynamics of Flow — gathers his team around him.
—Claire McNear, Rolling Stone, 8 Nov. 2025
In an email to staff on Friday (full text below), Deborah Turness provided something of a pep talk for journalists after a string of bruising revelations about BBC News’ output.
—Jake Kanter, Deadline, 7 Nov. 2025
See All Example Sentences for pep talk
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“Pep talk.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pep%20talk. Accessed 13 Nov. 2025.
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