How to Use talk up in a Sentence

talk up

verb

• And on Wednesday, Mr. Moon tried to talk up the prospects of long-term peace.
  — Andrew Jeong, WSJ, 12 Dec. 2018
• But the old-salt coaches can still talk up a good game.
  — Joe Davidson, sacbee, 15 Jan. 2018
• The president shouldn’t shrug off the threat in the hopes of talking up the stock market.
  — Rich Lowry, National Review, 28 Feb. 2020
• Porsche has always talked up the Cayenne as the sports car of SUVs, and the new variant lives up to the billing.
  — Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 29 Aug. 2023
• For once, Trump didn’t try to talk up the market on Friday.
  — John Cassidy, The New Yorker, 7 Mar. 2020
• Rowe, meanwhile, talked up how much the Turtles meant to him as a child.
  — Borys Kit, The Hollywood Reporter, 20 July 2023
• Pelosi talked up the 49ers chances in a statement announcing the bet.
  — Daniel Desrochers, Kansas City Star, 9 Feb. 2024
• Another threat talked up by bears is the oil price, which has risen to close to $80 a barrel.
  — The Economist, 19 May 2018
• Two friends were helping and talking up my food to a couple.
  — Kristine M. Kierzek, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 22 June 2018
• In the meantime, Newsom’s task Thursday will be first, to talk up Biden and Harris.
  — Joe Garofoli, SFChronicle.com, 20 Aug. 2020
• Read More Sprint, T-Mobile talk up lower prices from their deal.
  — Mark Davis, kansascity, 30 Apr. 2018
• Dumervil said Wingo has been talking up the Gators, trying to get his teammate to stick with him in college.
  — Adam Lichtenstein, sun-sentinel.com, 25 July 2019
• Oh, a college coach talking up his QB, what a surprise.
  — Conor Orr, SI.com, 10 Apr. 2018
• Altman and his ilk have to talk up a big game in order to get the massive sums of money in order to set up AI.
  — Elizabeth Lopatto, The Verge, 23 Mar. 2023
• Goo followed up by talking up his boo in his clue package.
  — Dana Rose Falcone, People.com, 24 Oct. 2024
• Both are already talking up their devotion to the coast.
  — Jonece Starr Dunigan, AL.com, 14 Jan. 2018
• Henry noted Ward has been talking up the border on her own.
  — Ronald J. Hansen, azcentral, 14 June 2018
• Even Trump himself has talked up his betting odds, both online and in real life.
  — Lila Shroff, The Atlantic, 31 Oct. 2024
• The goal is for people to talk up Chewy to others and to get a prime spot on shopper's walls, serving as a billboard for the company.
  — Joseph Pisani, ajc, 1 Jan. 2021
• In 2016, Trump talked up his support for coal, rolling up huge victories in even the most Democratic counties in the area.
  — Bruce Schreiner, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Oct. 2019
• The exec also talked up the more than $900 million in ad revenue the network expects to make, which would be a record for a Winter Games.
  — Marisa Guthrie, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Feb. 2018
• Bass talked up Animal Services in her State of the City address last month and thanked the volunteers who work at the shelters.
  — Dakota Smith, Los Angeles Times, 2 May 2023
• The top American commander in Afghanistan is talking up prospects for peace talks with the Taliban.
  — Robert Burns, Fox News, 14 Mar. 2018
• To be able to talk up the movie all these years later and be not only being praised but also be able to be proud about it is a very proud moment.
  — Simon Thompson, Forbes, 6 June 2022
• And the two sides will spend a lot of energy talking up the relative merits of their bids, above and beyond the purchase price.
  — Peter Kafka, Recode, 13 June 2018
• With the Honor Magic V3, Honor talked up how thin the device is compared to rivals.
  — Arjun Kharpal, CNBC, 5 Sep. 2024
• Her team unionized in 2020, and some of them have been joining meetings with the Waymo workers to show them the ropes of organizing and talk up the union.
  — Eli M. Rosenberg, NBC News, 10 Oct. 2022
• Johnson will likely talk up the state of negotiations with the European Union and the prospects of striking a deal with the bloc.
  — Rob Picheta, CNN, 8 Sep. 2019
• Agents also pay for top prospects to train for the combine and talk up their draft value with general managers.
  — New York Times, 29 Sep. 2021
• Early in his high school career, Monroe Freeling had a coach who liked to talk up the Hurricanes.
  — Adam Lichtenstein, Sun Sentinel, 10 May 2022

Last Updated: 17 Dec 2024