Examples of talk up in a Sentence
the director and actors are making the obligatory rounds of the late-night shows to talk up their new movie
feel free to talk up if you have any objections
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Documents distributed by Qatari foreign agents working for Venable, for instance, talk up what Qatar views as the positive effects of investments made by its sovereign wealth fund while downplaying the Gulf nation’s links to terrorist organizations.
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Robert Schmad, The Washington Examiner, 25 May 2025
And by talking up the return of factory jobs to America, Mr. Trump directly addresses what four decades of free-trade policies and globalization made worse: the hollowing out of America’s middle class.
—Laurent Belsie, Christian Science Monitor, 16 Apr. 2025
McPherson rose to prominence during the golden age of P.R., when Ivy Lee was talking up the Rockefellers and the Democratic Party and Edward Bernays was selling everything from Dixie cups to the First World War.
—Casey Cep, New Yorker, 14 Apr. 2025
The studio has been talked up by departing CEO Alex Mahon in recent years, who has placed digital front and center of Channel 4’s strategy.
—Max Goldbart, Deadline, 12 May 2025
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Robert Schmad, The Washington Examiner, 25 May 2025
And by talking up the return of factory jobs to America, Mr. Trump directly addresses what four decades of free-trade policies and globalization made worse: the hollowing out of America’s middle class.
—Laurent Belsie, Christian Science Monitor, 16 Apr. 2025
McPherson rose to prominence during the golden age of P.R., when Ivy Lee was talking up the Rockefellers and the Democratic Party and Edward Bernays was selling everything from Dixie cups to the First World War.
—Casey Cep, New Yorker, 14 Apr. 2025
The studio has been talked up by departing CEO Alex Mahon in recent years, who has placed digital front and center of Channel 4’s strategy.
—Max Goldbart, Deadline, 12 May 2025
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“Talk up.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/talk%20up. Accessed 29 May. 2025.
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