How to Use dialogue in a Sentence

dialogue

1 of 2 noun

• The best part of the book is the clever dialogue.
• Students were asked to read dialogues from the play.
• There's very little dialogue in the film.
• The two parties have been in constant dialogue with each other.
• The two sides involved in the labor dispute are trying to establish a dialogue.
• He is an expert at writing dialogue.
• And the dialogue, for the most part, just sits on the page.
  — Mike Hale, New York Times, 19 Mar. 2020
• Some guys knew the dialogue from the whole film and that, for me, was the sign of a great movie.
  — Kevin L. Clark, Essence, 28 Nov. 2020
• This isn’t the first time that The King’s choice of dialogue has caused a stir.
  — Dalvin Brown, USA TODAY, 27 June 2018
• It’s the one that has the least amount of dialogue in the front end, the least amount of storytelling.
  — Gary Graff, cleveland, 26 Dec. 2022
• Much of the story is told in the dialogue, where much of the nuance is lost.
  — Gieson Cacho, The Mercury News, 23 Aug. 2019
• Perhaps the best part of the film, though, is its dialogue.
  — Andrea Wurzburger, PEOPLE.com, 23 Sep. 2020
• The book and the movie serve as tools that are used to begin a dialogue about the death penalty.
  — Susan Sarandon, Marie Claire, 26 Oct. 2017
• There are long stretches of the movie that don't have a lot of dialogue.
  — Devan Coggan, EW.com, 15 July 2022
• Twelve lines of dialogue, two-and-a-half-hour run time.
  — Andy Hoglund, EW.com, 11 Apr. 2021
• The king was reassured he would be kept in the loop on the Oslo dialogue.
  — Brian Murphy, Washington Post, 13 Sep. 2023
• The goal was to create a dialogue between the groups as state Reps.
  — Marco Santana, OrlandoSentinel.com, 3 Mar. 2018
• The second was a dialogue with my soon-to-be twelve-year-old.
  — Melinda Newman, Billboard, 17 Nov. 2022
• There is a lot to unpack here, from Yang’s odd meal choice to the cringey dialogue.
  — Lydia Wang, refinery29.com, 15 Jan. 2021
• Art is supposed to spark the dialogue that affects the change.
  — Noel Murray, New York Times, 17 Dec. 2021
• But Dries and her writing team need to move past the stock dialogue.
  — Neal Justin, Star Tribune, 22 Jan. 2021
• To make the whole thing even more emotional, the video is free of dialogue.
  — Kelly O'Sullivan, Country Living, 21 Aug. 2017
• Though no dialogue was heard, Shane shook their hands and walked away, free to go and fly home.
  — Washington Post, 16 Aug. 2021
• One throwaway line of dialogue could fill the plot hole.
  — Rena Gross, Billboard, 2 May 2018
• That message – and the core romance – might be stronger if the dialogue were less stiff.
  — Mark Athitakis, USA TODAY, 13 Mar. 2022
• But my first part of that, which is recording his dialogue, is sort of done.
  — Nick Romano, EW.com, 16 June 2020
• The dialogue is sparse, there's just so much there under the surface.
  — Dan Snierson, EW.com, 16 Aug. 2022
• When the gang finally just hangs out, the dialogue is bleh.
  — Darren Franich, EW.com, 13 Jan. 2022
• What was the initial idea that sparked this dialogue with the place and its architecture?
  — Caterina De Biasio, Vogue, 12 Apr. 2024
• The narrative of displacement, migration and renewal Prince has imagined has no dialogue or lyrics beyond those heard in the more than two dozen songs from the catalogue of the Police and Sting’s subsequent 40-year solo career.
  — Chris Klimek, Washington Post, 12 Apr. 2024

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dialogue

2 of 2 verb

• But one of the leaders insists that the movement is not opposed to dialogue in principle.
  — The Economist, 26 Apr. 2018
• Who knows, had Korach and his group agreed to seriously dialogue with Moses, Moses might have calmed them down.
  — Rabbi Avi Weiss, sun-sentinel.com, 7 June 2021
• Hottle, a newcomer child star and a deaf actress, portrays Jia, a young girl in Godzilla vs. Kong who can dialogue with the king of the apes through sign language.
  — Nick Romano, EW.com, 25 Mar. 2021
• Despite their criticisms, both Tillerson and defense officials have stressed the importance of finding a path to dialogue with Moscow.
  — Karen Deyoung, Washington Post, 1 Mar. 2018
• Perspective sharing will open the gateway to further dialogue that’s based on a true understanding of your desires and your family’s desires.
  — Steven P. Dinkin, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Aug. 2019
• Korach’s cohorts also refused to dialogue with Moses (16:12).
  — Rabbi Avi Weiss, sun-sentinel.com, 7 June 2021
• Across the border in Mali, the country’s transitional government has signaled openness to dialogue with insurgents.
  — Shola Lawal, The Christian Science Monitor, 29 Apr. 2021
• The strategy of Republican and Democratic Commanders in Chief alike has been to reduce tensions through an openness to dialogue rather than threats to further confrontation.
  — John Walcott, Time, 3 June 2020
• Maybe the past and present aren’t mutually exclusive, this exhibition suggests, but can dialogue with and inform one another.
  — OregonLive.com, 29 Oct. 2017
• Knowles sisters Beyoncé and Solange have released solo albums that dialogue with each other obliquely.
  — Carl Wilson, Slate Magazine, 10 July 2017
• In a 2009 survey, the usage panel of the American Heritage Dictionary reviewed the following sentence: The department was remiss in not trying to dialogue with representatives of the community before hiring new officers.
  — Jason Kehe, Wired, 8 July 2020
• But one of the leaders insists that the movement is not opposed to dialogue in principle.
  — The Economist, 26 Apr. 2018
• Who knows, had Korach and his group agreed to seriously dialogue with Moses, Moses might have calmed them down.
  — Rabbi Avi Weiss, sun-sentinel.com, 7 June 2021
• Hottle, a newcomer child star and a deaf actress, portrays Jia, a young girl in Godzilla vs. Kong who can dialogue with the king of the apes through sign language.
  — Nick Romano, EW.com, 25 Mar. 2021
• Despite their criticisms, both Tillerson and defense officials have stressed the importance of finding a path to dialogue with Moscow.
  — Karen Deyoung, Washington Post, 1 Mar. 2018
• Perspective sharing will open the gateway to further dialogue that’s based on a true understanding of your desires and your family’s desires.
  — Steven P. Dinkin, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Aug. 2019
• Korach’s cohorts also refused to dialogue with Moses (16:12).
  — Rabbi Avi Weiss, sun-sentinel.com, 7 June 2021
• Across the border in Mali, the country’s transitional government has signaled openness to dialogue with insurgents.
  — Shola Lawal, The Christian Science Monitor, 29 Apr. 2021
• The strategy of Republican and Democratic Commanders in Chief alike has been to reduce tensions through an openness to dialogue rather than threats to further confrontation.
  — John Walcott, Time, 3 June 2020
• Maybe the past and present aren’t mutually exclusive, this exhibition suggests, but can dialogue with and inform one another.
  — OregonLive.com, 29 Oct. 2017
• Knowles sisters Beyoncé and Solange have released solo albums that dialogue with each other obliquely.
  — Carl Wilson, Slate Magazine, 10 July 2017
• In a 2009 survey, the usage panel of the American Heritage Dictionary reviewed the following sentence: The department was remiss in not trying to dialogue with representatives of the community before hiring new officers.
  — Jason Kehe, Wired, 8 July 2020

Last Updated: 5 Sep 2024