talked up

past tense of talk up

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of talked up In a timely interview with Mel as the festival began on Wednesday, Nazzaro talked up The Green Eyes, a pic from Fanny Liatard and Jérémy Trouilh’s that addresses deportation. Stewart Clarke, Deadline, 7 Aug. 2026 On the one hand, Friedman himself, and Walter himself, and Dave Roberts and Shohei Ohtani and Mookie Betts and a cast of heroes talked up a three-peat at last year’s championship celebration. Bill Shaikin, Los Angeles Times, 28 July 2026 George Chan | Getty Images Microsoft on Monday talked up a new artificial intelligence model for spotting cybersecurity vulnerabilities. Jordan Novet, CNBC, 27 July 2026 Kennedy has publicly advocated for lifting restrictions on peptides and talked up their benefits. Will Stone, NPR, 23 July 2026 Trump has talked up his push to extend the Abraham Accords — which also formalized commercial ties between Israel and some Arab and Muslim-majority nations — as key to his plan for bringing long-term stability to the Middle East. Aamer Madhani, Fortune, 23 July 2026 Breakker connected with a flying cross body over the barricade on Breakker as Cole talked up Evans developing an edge. Alfred Konuwa, Forbes.com, 21 July 2026 Germany have not really been talked up as a tournament contender, and this game was evidence of why. Mark Carey, New York Times, 25 June 2026 The high wattage that packed the ballroom included actors (Jeremy Renner introduced his friend Afanasieff, Jane Seymour talked up the careers of Britten and Lyle) and one very famous director, Steven Spielberg, who helped close out the ceremony with an eloquent speech to introduce Swift. Melissa Ruggieri, USA Today, 12 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for talked up
Verb
  • Rookie slugger Bryce Eldridge, promoted in May, was in there, of course.
    Andrew Baggarly, New York Times, 16 Aug. 2026
  • Blakeman is well liked in Nassau, one of the most populous counties in New York, and has promoted himself as a centrist in campaign advertising.
    David Sivak, The Washington Examiner, 15 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • But in the weeks leading up to this trip, several Jewish groups spoke out against him, calling him a terrorist sympathizer.
    Josh Eells, Rolling Stone, 9 Aug. 2026
  • Sophie Cunningham spoke out against Chicago Sky star DiJonai Carrington after the Fever's 90-86 win on Saturday.
    Jackson Thompson OutKick, FOXNews.com, 9 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • The Dania Beach headquarters campus that once served as the nerve center of now-defunct Spirit Airlines has been sold to a Boston hedge fund that served as the stalking horse bidder in a bankruptcy court auction.
    David Lyons, Sun Sentinel, 13 Aug. 2026
  • Those tickets were sold at a 7-Eleven in Dedham and at Cumberland Farms stores in Attleboro and Granby.
    Mike Toole, CBS News, 13 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • According to Dogen, the confusion ended only after one of his children spoke up.
    Brittany Miller, FOXNews.com, 7 Aug. 2026
  • History is full of examples of officers who also spoke up about the ethics and strategic implications of the president’s choices.
    Missy Ryan, The Atlantic, 10 July 2026
Verb
  • Lenti Ponsetto, after 18 years leading DePaul athletics—and 42 years overall at the private Big East school—announced her retirement in June 2020, just six weeks after Conviser filed her initial suit in Cook County court.
    Daniel Libit, Sportico.com, 17 Aug. 2026
  • Trump’s White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt announced her resignation shortly after the airplane-swap incident.
    Marlow Stern, Variety, 17 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Marisa Ansaldo had collapsed and someone had shouted out to call an ambulance.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 7 Aug. 2026
  • As for other mentors in the music industry, Thomas, who won his first three Grammys earlier in 2026, also shouted out Ty Dolla $ign.
    Jason Pham, StyleCaster, 7 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Students streamed out of the Debsirin Nonthaburi School, on the capital's northwestern outskirts, as the wounded were loaded on to ambulances and teachers hugged each other and cried.
    Chalinee Thirasupa, USA Today, 7 Aug. 2026
  • Some jurors cried while others looked distraught during the testimony.
    Kristina Rex, CBS News, 6 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Before Schiraldi could respond, a second rep piped up in Richards’s defense.
    Molly Fischer, New Yorker, 11 May 2026
  • Garrett Tyrrell of Durango, sitting to her right, piped up.
    Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 12 Apr. 2026

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“Talked up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/talked%20up. Accessed 18 Aug. 2026.

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