How to Use talk into in a Sentence

talk into

phrasal verb
  • The full scene shows Reedus' character talking into a voice recorder of some sort.
    Dalton Ross, EW.com, 26 June 2023
  • The woman had her head bent to one shoulder, talking into a microphone fastened to her uniform.
    Hazlitt, 30 Aug. 2023
  • Wade, a former high school football coach, had been talked into taking over the wheelchair football team by his sons, Eddie, 38, and Andy, 34, both assistants.
    Matt Higgins Jalen Wright, New York Times, 22 Aug. 2023
  • Getting talked into signing up for a store loyalty program is easy.
    Kim Komando, Fox News, 17 Dec. 2023
  • Negotiators from both sides were talking into the evening and beginning to draft legislative text, though some details remained in flux.
    Catie Edmondson, New York Times, 25 May 2023
  • Within a week, the administrator was in Ms. Hammel’s apartment and talking into a mic for a solid hour, which Ms. Hammel made into a kind of novelty song.
    Louis Lucero Ii, New York Times, 11 Apr. 2024
  • This was after Legacy G Suite users went through a contentious transition last year, where Google's opening position involved shutting down their accounts if people didn't start paying, but eventually, it was talked into not doing that.
    Ron Amadeo, Ars Technica, 2 Feb. 2023
  • Everything from the lip-syncing to the intonations to subtle gestures and body movements of these Channel 1 anchors gives an eerily convincing presentation of a real newscaster talking into the camera.
    Kyle Orland, Ars Technica, 15 Dec. 2023
  • Weaving the subject of talks into discussions concerning long-term military and financial assistance would also underscore an important reality: no amount of aid can ensure Ukraine’s security and prosperity without an end to the war.
    Samuel Charap, Foreign Affairs, 5 Mar. 2024
  • Once upon a time, Republican presidents worried about deficit spending and were reluctant to be talked into unnecessary defense expenditures by lobbyists inflating threats.
    James Ledbetter, Foreign Affairs, 1 Mar. 2011

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