How to Use talk at in a Sentence

talk at

phrasal verb
  • The four will take part in an artists' talk at 5 p.m. Thursday at the gallery.
    Eric E. Harrison, arkansasonline.com, 4 Sep. 2024
  • The talk at dinner was of Tim and Kelly, the missing kids.
    Lizz Schumer, People.com, 26 Nov. 2024
  • Did you guys talk at all about the fifth and final season?
    Nick Romano, EW.com, 11 July 2024
  • Get more info on that 10:30 a.m. talk at www.southbaywriters.com.
    Sal Pizarro, The Mercury News, 6 Feb. 2025
  • As the moon and Mars clash, everyone is talking at you.
    USA TODAY, 6 Aug. 2024
  • The talk at that stage was that the Republic of Ireland’s golden boy was a £90m No 9 in the making.
    James McNicholas, The Athletic, 4 Feb. 2025
  • But the prospects appeared unlikely with the talks at a standstill.
    Kaia Hubbard, CBS News, 10 Mar. 2024
  • Jameel talked at length to one who, a few weeks after Jefferson’s death, had worked on the same farm.
    Charles Ornstein, ProPublica, 26 May 2023
  • A couple of them approached me a few years ago to give the keynote talk at a meeting on my work.
    Masha Gessen, The New Yorker, 12 Nov. 2023
  • Harris is not talking at all about bringing back the draft.
    Cnn.com Wire Service, The Mercury News, 20 Sep. 2024
  • There wasn’t a lot of 49ers talk at the postgame victory podium as Green Bay basked in the glow of sending the Dallas-Ft.
    Jerry McDonald, The Mercury News, 15 Jan. 2024
  • The questions are coming fast now, and two reporters are talking at the same time, and Ballard adds his voice to the mix.
    Gregg Doyel, The Indianapolis Star, 11 Jan. 2024
  • As Padilla kept pressing her, the two began talking at the same time.
    David Lightman, Sacramento Bee, 16 Jan. 2025
  • Then show others how to do it—start with a blog, give some talks on the subject and then give more talks at bigger venues.
    Lavanya Shukla, Forbes, 3 May 2023
  • Marta Morga, 28, took a break from her padel game Thursday to talk at the Barnes center.
    Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 May 2023
  • There will be zookeeper talks at 11 a.m., 1 p.m. and 3 p.m., and a World of Birds show featuring Cape vultures at noon.
    Jaclyn Cosgrove, Los Angeles Times, 5 Sep. 2024
  • In interviews, Song talked at length about how her film was inspired by her own life.
    Madeline Leung Coleman, Vulture, 23 Apr. 2024
  • Rowan and Warsh were expected to meet with Trump for talks at Mar-a-Lago as part of the selection process.
    Hakyung Kim, CNBC, 21 Nov. 2024
  • Kim Kardashian knows how to get people talking at the Met Gala.
    Kelsie Gibson, Peoplemag, 7 May 2024
  • This bold prequel finds new things to say in a franchise where characters can’t talk at all.
    Amy Nicholson, Washington Post, 28 June 2024
  • Crustaceans could be the sneak play that gets people talking at your party.
    Chris Morris, Fortune, 6 Feb. 2024
  • Her extended interview with TIME is the first time she’s talked at length about her year.
    Sean Gregory, TIME, 10 Dec. 2024
  • The classic ensemble wasn’t the only thing that had people talking at the event.
    Erin Lassner, The Hollywood Reporter, 6 May 2024
  • Negotiators are heading to the White House to resume talks at noon.
    Lisa Mascaro, BostonGlobe.com, 24 May 2023
  • She’s talked at length to the press about having a leaky heart valve and being diagnosed with osteoarthritis.
    Julia Sullivan, SELF, 12 Sep. 2024
  • If everyone talks at once, or if speakers are shouted down, no one is heard.
    Judith Martin, oregonlive, 18 Apr. 2023
  • Ford missed most of training camp with a hamstring injury, and has talked at length about needing the last year-plus in this running back room to learn how to be a pro.
    Ashley Bastock, cleveland, 19 Sep. 2023
  • Has there been talk at all about bringing the band back for a week here and there the way Fred Armisen periodically comes back for a week these days?
    Hershal Pandya, Vulture, 11 June 2024
  • On their return, talk at the palace quickly centered on the coronations and the King explained the difference between the heavy 5lb.
    Simon Perry, People.com, 9 Dec. 2024
  • Your bosses talked at length about making adjustments with the current personnel — more of an all-fields approach.
    Matt Gelb, The Athletic, 17 Feb. 2025

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