How to Use talk shop in a Sentence

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• The water cooler used to be the spot in the office to talk shop.
  — New York Times, 13 Apr. 2021
• Save time in the evening to talk shop over a campfire in the tavern’s backyard beer garden.
  — oregonlive, 3 Oct. 2020
• Some days, there’s little to do but share beers and talk shop with the boat workers under a canopy tent in San Carlos Maritime Park.
  — Thomas Simonetti, Washington Post, 23 Dec. 2022
• The office has become a regular pit stop for one of Reddish’s top wrestlers, Chris Nice, who often pokes his head in to talk shop.
  — Sam Cohn, Baltimore Sun, 14 Apr. 2023
• Walking a few blocks around the office at lunchtime with two colleagues to talk shop provided some inspiration for trading.
  — Kate Kelly, New York Times, 23 Sep. 2020
• Aside from a white lab coat and the deference of his staff, Ombrello might be mistaken for a grad student, all tousled hair and comfy clothes and eagerness to talk shop.
  — Beverly Gage, The New Yorker, 23 Jan. 2023
• The Society will also produce a podcast and video interviews in which some of the world’s most experienced showrunners will talk shop.
  — Jamie Lang, Variety, 7 Feb. 2022
• Businesswomen talk shop The event featured women from different walks of life.
  — Chandra Fleming, Detroit Free Press, 20 Apr. 2023
• Businesswomen talk shop The event featured women from different walks of life.
  — Chandra Fleming, Detroit Free Press, 20 Apr. 2023
• The restaurant is located inside a warehouse-sized garage, where car enthusiasts can work on their cars or talk shop with other gearheads.
  — Sarah Blaskovich, Dallas News, 22 June 2021
• In person, though—or at least over Zoom—Collette-as-herself is a completely different person, warm and approachable and eager to talk shop.
  — ELLE, 11 Mar. 2022
• Inside, guests from elite operations like Dyal Capital and Bridgewater Associates talk shop over cocktails and hors d'oeuvres while a man in a suit bangs away at an electric keyboard.
  — Chase Peterson-Withorn, Forbes, 5 May 2022
• Knope, typically an enthusiastic government employee seemed less inclined to talk shop and instead sat awestruck by the late night sketch comedy show’s day-to-day schedule.
  — Ben Flanagan | [e-mail], al, 23 Jan. 2023
• Critics see the event as an inconsequential talk shop or an unwelcome showcase into the inconsistency of U.S. foreign policy on the world stage, as Washington goes to bat for human rights in some contexts and looks the other way in others.
  — Ishaan Tharoor, Washington Post, 29 Mar. 2023
• Exhibitors were able to visit neighboring booths and commiserate over supply chain issues, discuss industry trends, and talk shop about outdoor recreation in general.
  — Steve Larese, Outside Online, 3 Aug. 2022
• The elevation of the dialogue, accompanied by a flurry of practical proposals for cooperation, has quieted arguments that the Quad is nothing more than a talk shop.
  — Sadanand Dhume, WSJ, 30 Sep. 2021

Last Updated: 24 Jul 2024