How to Use talk out in a Sentence

talk out

verb
  • That was a big part of why this [show] took a year to talk out.
    Julissa James, Los Angeles Times, 27 Feb. 2024
  • The irony is that the more affluent countries talk out of both sides of their mouth.
    Ken Silverstein, Forbes, 1 Aug. 2022
  • That’s nothing new, but history shows that GMs holding the No. 1 prize rarely can be talked out of it.
    Kevin Paul Dupont, BostonGlobe.com, 13 May 2023
  • Biden was talked out of seeking it, NBC News has reported.
    Monica Alba, NBC News, 9 Nov. 2023
  • The unpredictable Fury frequently says things for effect and is known to talk out of both sides of his mouth.
    Manouk Akopyan, Los Angeles Times, 9 Oct. 2021
  • Do not, under any circumstances, be talked out of a Nile cruise in Upper Egypt.
    Klara Glowczewska, Town & Country, 18 June 2023
  • Offensively, running the floor, get to the right spots, be a good screener, set good screens, just talk out there and be active.
    Eric Walden, The Salt Lake Tribune, 9 Aug. 2021
  • Tyler often got in trouble for talking out of turn and fidgeting at his desk.
    Julie Jargon, WSJ, 16 Dec. 2023
  • Therapy will provide a place to talk out your feelings, make plans and stay centered.
    Meghan Leahy, Washington Post, 6 Mar. 2024
  • He was arrested but Ms. Wiggins was talked out of pressing charges.
    Chelsia Rose Marcius, New York Times, 19 Apr. 2023
  • Instead, the players talk out their thought processes beat by beat, in real time.
    Naomi Fry, The New Yorker, 10 May 2021
  • Sarah, there’s been a lot of talk out of the White House and a lot of it is completely accurate that this is a very different case than Donald Trump.
    ABC News, 15 Jan. 2023
  • By talking out of both sides of its mouth, the department undermines the logic of transgenderism.
    The Editors, National Review, 12 Apr. 2023
  • Welles’s associate John Houseman, at Mankiewicz’s insistence, was present to talk out the story.
    Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 14 Nov. 2020
  • The result of the trio having to talk out the truth of Washington’s family lineage was something that did the opposite of what her parents feared.
    Abbey White, The Hollywood Reporter, 11 Oct. 2023
  • The accusation came to light during the reunion, while Richards and Beauvais e were attempting to talk out their issues.
    Robyn Merrett, PEOPLE.com, 3 Sep. 2020
  • Henderson would clock in at the beginning of studio sessions to talk out concepts and ideas, leaving SZA alone with her engineer to record the bulk of the album.
    Steven J. Horowitz, Variety, 2 Dec. 2023
  • Bevirt was able to talk out loud without shouting, in a recent presentation of the aircraft, as the electric air taxi took off behind him.
    Michael Verdon, Robb Report, 27 July 2021
  • Thankfully, though, in the wake of all that drama, Issa and Molly, who have been on the outs for most of the season, finally sat down to talk out their issues at their favorite Ethiopian restaurant as the episode faded to black.
    Chancellor Agard, EW.com, 16 June 2020
  • When situations go bad, coaches and players look in the mirror, rewatch the game and talk out problems in order to figure out what went wrong and what corrections are necessary.
    Mark Stewart, Journal Sentinel, 5 Oct. 2022
  • Richard reflects on his surgical abilities; Jo is charmed by her patient’s brother; Megan ensures Teddy and Owen talk out their differences; a pet python causes chaos.
    Washington Post, 24 Mar. 2022
  • Following two years of a hectic touring schedule, Hunt says that the three of them hadn’t been in sync with one another, so this time was important to reconnect, talk out their feelings and introduce a new structure to their writing.
    Lisa Kocay, Forbes, 21 Oct. 2021
  • Brie and Baena got together on Zoom for a recent conversation about their ongoing work together, which was born in part from going on hikes together to talk out story ideas.
    Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times, 12 Mar. 2022
  • The group quickly set up training sessions for volunteers; mental health services for experts working with the families of the dead, missing, and hostages; and safe places for traumatized children to just play or talk out frightening memories.
    Howard Lafranchi, The Christian Science Monitor, 19 Oct. 2023
  • Another is to salt the audience with partisans who talk out loud, make rude noises when the opposition is talking and even go so far as to intimidate anyone sitting nearby who supports the opposition.
    Dean Minnich, Baltimore Sun, 10 Feb. 2024
  • Some of Trump’s 2024 rivals have attempted to do something cute: Ron DeSantis, for instance, has taken to talking out of both sides of his mouth, simultaneously decrying the tyranny of the indictment while giddily discussing its substance.
    Alex Shephard, The New Republic, 4 Apr. 2023
  • Face-to-face meetings, however, can also provide opportunity for world leaders to talk out sensitive issues or push on points of contention that may be handled less delicately in a virtual setting.
    Simone McCarthy, CNN, 5 July 2023

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