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Example sentences for "talk"

Lexicographically close words:
talis; talisman; talismanic; talismans; taliter; talkative; talkativeness; talke; talked; talkee
  1. Upstairs Sir Leopold Jesson was waiting for a quiet talk with Rohscheimer.

  2. Continue to talk for some minutes after I am gone.

  3. The ladies will talk dresses and bonnets, say what women say to each other.

  4. After the first excitement has passed and their voices are steady once more, they talk more seriously.

  5. Indeed, you will do better to talk with him alone.

  6. But what's all this about this being a great day, and this 'sitting' you all talk about?

  7. They talk but little, their mouths are dry.

  8. And with it all your master's beginning to be short of money; he has given notes to old Schwalbach, and don't talk to me of a Nabob who gives notes.

  9. Something of the animal nature stirred in them both, stronger than their antipathy, and those two men, who had been trying for ten years to ruin and dishonor each other, began to talk together heart to heart.

  10. Somehow it was very hard for him to talk sentiment to Emilia; he instinctively saw she disliked it, and indeed he liked her for not approving the stiff phrases which were all he could command.

  11. It was very amusing to hear her and Hope talk at cross-purposes.

  12. People talk about the trouble of getting a daughter ready to be married; but it is like being married once a month to live with her.

  13. It was harder yet for her to talk with Hope, but she did it, and that in a very serious mood.

  14. When Emilia came home, she dismissed the whole matter lightly as a settled thing, evaded all talk with Aunt Jane, and coolly said to Kate that she had no objection to Mr. Lambert, and might as well marry him as anybody else.

  15. They are usually less ungraceful and talk better grammar.

  16. We talk about the immorality of older countries.

  17. This vow oppressed Frau Schimmel and she breathed more freely when he began to talk about things within the range of her comprehension, about the details of the housekeeping, and the laboratory on the second floor with the big furnace.

  18. While this talk went on, Clarence was cantering down the lower end of the Ute Pass on his way to St. Helen's.

  19. Little Rose can talk quite fluently now, and almost read; that is, she knows six letters of her picture alphabet.

  20. Clover liked Clarence; but there were moments when she felt that she would rather enjoy the chance to talk more with Mr. Templestowe, and there was a look in his eyes now and then which seemed to say that he might enjoy it too.

  21. I shall run in a minute to-morrow to talk over the last arrangements for Thursday.

  22. John and Elsie scolded and cried, and then in time began to talk of their future visits to High Valley till they grew to anticipate them, and be rather in a hurry for them to begin.

  23. Geoff told her of his people at home, and a little about the sister who had lately died; only a little,--he could not yet trust himself to talk long about her.

  24. I should think you did," shaking hands cordially; "she used to talk about you all the time, so that I felt intimately acquainted with all the family.

  25. That is the way that Katy is going to talk about Ned, I suppose.

  26. Then she moved away, and began to talk to Geoff, whose grave courtesy at once warmed into cheer and sun.

  27. I must introduce you by-and-by, but first we want a good talk all by ourselves.

  28. No, don't try to talk for a little while.

  29. Find my niece, bring her back to me, and then we can talk over the matter.

  30. I want to talk with you; and if I can't have it now, I must know when I can.

  31. Though by gar, I like to make stop here, an' talk to dat squaw-girl.

  32. It is not very easy to talk of one's own doings, but I will do my best to avoid boastfulness.

  33. Helen Yardely had listened to the talk of the two men without speaking, but now she broke in.

  34. As they started the girl began to hum: "Some talk of Alexander And some of Hercules.

  35. For several evenings there had been much talk in this society of a certain painter, (an entire stranger in the town,) who had lately arrived, and during the fair was to hold an exhibition of his works.

  36. In every one is something new, and there is always something to talk over that never happened before.

  37. She would talk to him about keeping such late hours--if she were not going back to God's country next week.

  38. As for grasshoppers, I believe there was some crazy talk ages ago, but in my day I do well to corner enough scrawny, scared specimens to land a fish in midsummer.

  39. She did not talk in such flowing periods and with such overbearing wisdom that insincere friends in sheer weariness were called upon to suggest that she should and could write.

  40. Pray do not talk like that," said the girl quietly.

  41. Mrs. Harrington was a woman who had a theory of life--not a theory to talk about, but to act upon.

  42. Your Society journalists may talk of the English nobility, though the aristocracy that fills the 'Society Notes' is almost invariably the aristocracy of yesterday.

  43. In a little island there is not very much to talk about, and the gossips of Majorca had soon laid hold of Fitz.

  44. She did not write in order that she might talk of having written.

  45. It was the common talk on board the Britannia.

  46. Railway directors, and other persons whose pockets benefit by the advance of civilisation, talk a vast deal of rubbish about bringing together the peoples of the world.

  47. The maligned Bay of Biscay lay behind, and already a large number of the passengers had plucked up spirit to leave the cabin stairs, crawling on deck to lie supine in long chairs and talk hopefully of calmer days to come.

  48. The year had run into fifteen months, and there was talk of the time when he should go to sea no longer.

  49. They sat down to talk this thing over, forgetful of the captain's pipe, which burnt a hole in the lining of his coat.

  50. The first of these is an inspiring talk with the superintendent upon the duties of his office and how to perform them.

  51. Let each student gain all the information that he can upon the subject of the lesson; let each contribute his knowledge; let all talk freely, and all will be the gainers.

  52. We talk of sunshine and moonshine, but not of cloud-shine, which is yet one of the illuminations of our skies.

  53. It does take place exceptionally; but I am doubtful whether those who talk of it have ever really been attentive enough to perceive it.

  54. It is in the long exchange of stove-side talk between Nora and the other woman of "The Doll's House.

  55. The donkey race is candidly the model of the talk in every tragedy that has a chance of popular success.

  56. If we talk of bestowing freedom on Christians or withholding it from them, we are obviously talking not of real Christians but of people who only call themselves Christians.

  57. Churchmen may talk of something else, but this is what they teach by every means in their power.

  58. We talk of the hypocrisy of the Pharisees.

  59. People talk about the liberty of the Christian Church, about giving or not giving freedom to Christians.

  60. Men look at the subject from different points of view, but all alike talk of war as though it were something absolutely independent of the will of those who take part in it.

  61. I will talk to him seriously on the subject.

  62. When you talk over this business with Agnes, be sure and avoid all undue excitement.

  63. The young Baroness pointed jestingly to a great panelled mirror opposite them: "Look there, Uncle Arno, and dare to talk again of being old!

  64. Let us talk no more of this now," said Raven, gently parrying her question.

  65. Naturally this was, among the big teams, much more talk than practice, for it was a rare exception when such an opportunity offered.

  66. He whispered to Tommy, "Tell him not to talk about my ticket.

  67. Further talk was interrupted at that moment by a knock at the back door.

  68. He knew the man had other things to talk of, and he wanted him to talk.

  69. And he, keen man of business that he was, encouraged her to talk until she had told him all, even down to the previous night's work on the banks of the White River.

  70. That's all right, then, because I want to talk to you.

  71. And if I let him talk of Rosebud, it was, as I once told you, because he is headstrong.

  72. Now that Seth was about again he felt that it would be good to talk with him.

  73. Do you know even Wana likes pretty things, and that's just what I'd like to talk to you about.

  74. She did not understand its meaning, except that her talk seemed no longer to please him; so she ceased.

  75. Say, you talk to Ma an' fix the letter an' I'll mail it.

  76. At this point the subject of her aunt's talk broke in.

  77. Although in his talk on the previous evening Dr.

  78. Leete was speaking, that in all his talk I had heard much of the nation and nothing of the state governments.

  79. Never, surely, was there between freshly united lovers a stranger talk than ours that afternoon.

  80. Do none of you know what sights the sun and stars look down on in this city, that you can think and talk of anything else?

  81. It was at just this point, if you remember, that our talk ended last evening; and I say again, as I did then, that here I should suppose a national industrial system like yours would find its main difficulty.

  82. We will talk about that when you are stronger.

  83. It will be better to avoid agitating talk until you are a little more yourself.

  84. They did that very effectually while they lasted, for their talk so disgusted people as to deprive the best considered projects for social reform of a hearing.

  85. After this I remember that our talk branched into the subject of popular sports and recreations at the present time as compared with those of the nineteenth century.

  86. The business of waiting on tables was in no more need of defense than most of the other ways of getting a living in that day, but to talk of dignity attaching to labor of any sort under the system then prevailing was absurd.

  87. No historical authority nowadays doubts that they were paid by the great monopolies to wave the red flag and talk about burning, sacking, and blowing people up, in order, by alarming the timid, to head off any real reforms.

  88. The phone lit as LaVerne said, “The Boss wants to talk to you, Larry.

  89. Larry said, “Hans, I want to talk to Frol Eivazov.

  90. Larry said, “What gets me is that you talk as though half the country was all caught up in debating this Movement.

  91. I don’t want to talk with him, just want to know where he’ll be an hour from now.

  92. I’ve been given carte blanche on this matter and I want to talk to Frol.

  93. To talk of immortal life, and yet to admit the decay and destruction of the organization, is much the same as to talk of a square circle.

  94. Talk to them of liberty and you will readily wake the remark, "Oh yes, we believe in liberty, but not in license.

  95. Yet this is how God was described, and people talk about loving such a being.

  96. He said that any man who said to him that plug hats and suspenders had done more for mankind than the Bible and religion he would not talk to.

  97. For instance we can form no idea of how it was possible for the serpent to talk to Eve, and reason with her like a philosopher.

  98. One could as well speak of a son being older than his father as to talk of the creation of the sun, after the earth had been created.

  99. Yet you talk about matter as though you were acquainted with its origin; as though you had compelled, with clenched hands, the very rocks to give up the secret of existence.

  100. But there was something about the manner and talk of the man that excited his suspicion, and as soon as the fellow was gone he sought a hiding-place from which he could watch his return.

  101. So he made his way back to the East and had a talk with Patrick Henry, who was then governor of Virginia.

  102. From that time on there was no talk or thought of peace.

  103. In the mean time the officers who had first entered the house had filled their pipes from the box of Killikinick on the mantel--after being assured that smoking was not offensive--and we had another hour of free talk on matters generally.

  104. When we talk of the Indians of the United States we are very apt to get wrong ideas about them.

  105. Better talk over their heads, young man, than under their feet.

  106. But did you understand me to say that we were never to talk over and discuss parochial affairs?

  107. Why, these fellows talk up to us as if we were their equals.

  108. The little milliner used come at the beginning, and bring her little novelettes and journals, and talk about the fashions, which only made the sufferer unhappy.

  109. I called down to see Alice and talk over things.

  110. That means preparation; and if we prepare, we talk over the people's heads, and we are 'sounding brasses and tinkling cymbals.

  111. Talk to a farmer about his crops, to a huntsman about his horses, to a fisherman about his nets, you have him in the palm of your hands.

  112. There was a good deal of talk abroad, and I was supposed to be sinking into a condition of senile incompetence.

  113. But now, look here; this matter is important; let us talk it over quietly.

  114. Both of them were extremely demonstrative; in fact the entire party was decidedly affectionate, and the affair was the talk of the town for months afterwards.

  115. Finally I had accumulated a little fund and decided to brace myself for a talk with the college professor in charge.

  116. Brig, stop at the ranch when you go by--I want to talk with you.

  117. Then she took a long ride with Brigham, a ride that left him all lit up with enthusiasm and made him want to talk about love.

  118. Talk about crazy--w'y, they's been a feller walked through this Loony Park and never knowed straight up afterwards.

  119. But all he'd talk about was Coney Island.

  120. I don't know, there's something about the way you talk that fairly maddens me!

  121. And if he had followed her to the end of the world to win her heart, why did he not talk of love to her, now that they were there together?

  122. The talk for the moment was centered upon "ring-tail" in horses, a subject upon which Brigham Clark claimed to be an authority, although Bowles had never even heard of it before.

  123. So get me your coat to put under it and prop it up, and we'll talk about something pleasant.

  124. From the cook down, the outfit was a solid phalanx against her--they would talk and smile but they never showed their hand.

  125. The boss's wife kept the little snifter fer company-like, and she'd pet and coddle and talk foolish to 'im until the boss would nigh have a fit.

  126. It does not take much of a man to sit on the front porch and talk near-love with a girl; but to follow a Western round-up is a task to try the hardiest.

  127. I think she must be mad, for she said she was going to talk to the Governor and she asked me where he lived.

  128. Aunt,--let me talk to you: Do you know that I am often very glad that I was born blind?

  129. Ach, Adrian,--how can you talk like that?

  130. Besides Elsie will be very lonely on the road if there is not another girl to talk to and look after her.

  131. The Governor would, doubtless, want to see and talk to herself before taking any steps.

  132. He does not talk religion at all; in fact he tries rather to avoid the subject, but he continually endeavours to enlist my help towards getting favours granted for the other prisoners.

  133. And is it your belief that a man can at the same time chase a boar and talk fine words to a woman?

  134. The Young Lord of Ivarsdale Brand is kindled from brand Till it is burnt out; Fire is kindled from fire; A man gets knowledge By talk with a man, But becomes wilful by self-conceit.

  135. Resuming his seat, Edmund continued to talk quietly with the Earl, a half-smile playing about his complacent chin.

  136. Small wonder your lover bears himself as gravely as a stone man on a tomb if you talk such--" "Dearwyn, the same thought has overtaken us both!

  137. After a while the pounding became an exertion to them, and one began to talk about the mead that was waiting below.

  138. It was a minister of the Tashe Lama who invited Sarat Chandra Das to Shigatze, learnt the Roman characters from him, and sat for hours listening to his talk about languages and scientific developments.

  139. After this, of course, there was no talk of anything except the restitution of the loot.

  140. Rochester says of him,-- But, now we talk of Maestricht, where is he Famed for that brutal piece of bravery?

  141. Betwixt young Pallas and his aged sire, The Trojan passed, the city to survey, And pleasing talk beguiled the tedious way.

  142. They join their hands; a secret seat they chuse; The Arcadian first their former talk renews: "Undaunted prince!


  143. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "talk" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
    Other words:
    accent; address; air; allocution; analyze; argue; assignment; babble; betray; blab; blurt; buzz; cant; canvass; chat; chatter; chew; chin; clatter; colloquy; comment; communicate; composition; confab; confer; conference; consider; controvert; conversation; converse; cry; debate; declaim; deliberate; dialect; dialogue; diatribe; dirt; discourse; discuss; discussion; duologue; elocution; eulogy; examine; exercise; exhortation; exposition; expression; filibuster; formulation; gab; gossip; grammar; grapevine; handle; harangue; hearsay; homework; homily; idiom; inaugural; inform; instruction; interchange; interview; invective; investigate; jargon; language; leak; lecture; lesson; lingo; locution; moral; morality; mouth; mumble; murmur; news; oration; palaver; parlance; parole; patter; peach; peroration; philippic; phrase; phraseology; phrasing; pitch; platform; prattle; preach; prose; rap; rapping; rat; reading; reason; recital; recitation; report; review; rhetoric; rumble; rumor; salutatory; say; scuttlebutt; sermon; sift; sing; speak; speaking; speech; spill; spout; squeal; stool; story; study; stump; tale; talk; talking; task; tattle; teaching; tell; tirade; tongue; treat; usage; use; valedictory; ventilate; verbiage; vernacular; visit; voice; whisper; whispering; word; wording; yarn


    Some related collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    talk about; talk about something else; talk business; talk like; talk much; talk nonsense; talk over; talk with; talked about; talked much; talking about; talking nonsense