How to Use talk in a Sentence
- Both sides in the dispute are now willing to talk.
- He loves to hear himself talk.
- We talked on the phone until midnight.
- She never talks at the meetings.
- I think she's talking a lot of nonsense.
- He did most of the talking during dinner.
- She had laryngitis and couldn't talk.
- They are in the conference room talking business.
- I can't talk right now. I'm running late.
- They were talking in Spanish.
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Go talk to the host about that.
—Janelle Griffith, PEOPLE, 24 Oct. 2025
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Aplin tried to talk him out of it.
—Parker Gabriel, Denver Post, 6 Mar. 2026
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So don’t talk to me about no charts!
—Demicia Inman, VIBE.com, 3 Oct. 2025
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And, even then, maybe don’t talk to me.
—Jesse Eisenberg, New Yorker, 30 Mar. 2026
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Of course, Jesse agreed to talk to her.
—Rick Davis, CNN Money, 27 Feb. 2026
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At the end of the day, men don’t talk to me like that.
—Colin Mixson, New York Daily News, 1 Mar. 2026
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There was no talking me out of it.
—Cree Lefavour, New Yorker, 7 Mar. 2026
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So talk to your neighbor first.
—Gary Singer, Sun Sentinel, 25 June 2026
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Steve and his mother talked him out of it.
—Taylor Batten, Charlotte Observer, 13 Mar. 2026
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Where the walls talk and the music blares.
—Chris Gardner, HollywoodReporter, 15 Oct. 2025
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But the two sides agreed to keep talking.
—Vivian Salama, The Atlantic, 3 June 2026
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Was that his agent talking to him on the bench?
—Joe Rexrode, New York Times, 14 Feb. 2026
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Instead, talk to a younger friend.
—Georgia Nicols, Denver Post, 26 Sep. 2025
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Talking about this ni**a want to talk to me.
—Armon Sadler, VIBE.com, 18 Sep. 2025
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His parents had a short time to talk with him.
—Laura Bauer, Kansas City Star, 6 May 2026
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Have a fun lunch or talk to friends at happy hour.
—Georgia Nicols, Denver Post, 10 Apr. 2026
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Keep trying to talk to these guys about my old days.
—Daily News, 21 Mar. 2026
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Oh, and the talking love doll head is back as well.
—Erik Pedersen, Oc Register, 19 Sep. 2025
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Do the ‘Dance Moms’ girls still talk?
—Clare Mulroy, USA Today, 30 Oct. 2025
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To date, Duffy has talked a big game about the space race.
—Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 5 Sep. 2025
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Now talk-show hosts can see it.
—Lars Brandle, Billboard, 19 Sep. 2025
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That is where the talks did break down.
—Matt Audilet, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Nov. 2025
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The talks moved along at a stop-start pace.
—Stephen Groves, Los Angeles Times, 28 Mar. 2026
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Those talks dragged on for more than a year.
—David Zahniser, Los Angeles Times, 10 Jan. 2026
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By then, the talks had stretched on for more than a year.
—Yohana Desta, Vanity Fair, 7 May 2026
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Iran is all talk and no action.
—Callum Sutherland, Time, 10 June 2026
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Trump said if the talks go well, the war could be over soon.
—Francesca Chambers, USA Today, 23 Mar. 2026
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But those talks did not happen.
—Morgan Chittum, CNBC, 19 June 2026
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There was more talk than action.
—Colton Pouncy, New York Times, 30 Apr. 2026
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Iran denied talks had been held.
—Arkansas Online, 24 Mar. 2026
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Here is an excerpt from our talk.
—Literary Hub, 25 June 2026
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Death talk comes easy for her, Dale told the group.
—Jen Christensen, CNN Money, 1 May 2026
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No deal was reached during the talks.
—CBS News, 13 Apr. 2026
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There was a lot of emotion, a lot of talk.
—John Maffei, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 May 2026
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That’s what makes radio and sports talk.
—Matt Reigle Outkick, FOXNews.com, 2 May 2026
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Those talks are due to run through March 6.
—Gene Maddaus, Variety, 9 Jan. 2026
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Choose plain words to move talks forward.
—Tarot.com, Chicago Tribune, 23 Mar. 2026
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Why is there so much haircut talk in this episode?
—William Earl, Variety, 11 Jan. 2026
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Tehran has denied progress in talks.
—Charlene Gubash, NBC news, 30 Mar. 2026
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Jones described those talks as long.
—Dallas Morning News, 23 Feb. 2026
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The best way to silence such talk is on the pitch.
—Richard Sutcliffe, New York Times, 23 Oct. 2025
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Talk with, not at, your child in a guidance talk.
—Lina Ruiz, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 7 Feb. 2026
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And that’s when our talk, maybe inevitably, turns to me.
—Marisa Meltzer, Vanity Fair, 26 June 2026
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If talks heat up, slow the tempo and breathe at home or at work.
—Tarot.com, New York Daily News, 28 May 2026
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Real talk, most of us have our best skin days in the warmer months.
—Samantha Mims, Essence, 3 Oct. 2025
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Trump had shut Israel out of the peace talks.
—Ruth Margalit, New Yorker, 19 June 2026
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Trump had pursued talks with Iran for months.
—Aamer Madhani, Fortune, 1 Mar. 2026
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But Maduro has also left the door open for talks.
—Rebecca Schneid, Time, 6 Sep. 2025
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And so, her part of the talk will be about her process in writing this book.
—Shauna Stuart | [email protected], al, 5 Apr. 2023
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In the footage, Woody talks to Jessie over a walkie talkie.
—Ryan Brennan, Miami Herald, 23 Feb. 2026
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