How to Use talk over in a Sentence

talk over

verb
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  • There has been a lot of talk over the last 12 months, even two years.
    — Scott M. Reid, Orange County Register, 6 Aug. 2024
  • The United States also played a large role in the talks over the course of the past six weeks.
    — Susannah George, Washington Post, 22 Nov. 2023
  • Liu’s Ken jumps at the chance to talk over the entire movie in a bid to impress her.
    — Time, 21 July 2023
  • For now, David and his mother talk over the phone at least daily.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Apr. 2021
  • And then forcing Vivek Ramaswamy to try to talk over him.
    — By aaron Zitner, WSJ, 28 Sep. 2023
  • Ask to talk over the phone for no more than 20 minutes, said Spira.
    — Olivia Munson, USA TODAY, 23 Oct. 2022
  • The pair talked over turkey, and her friend told Kravitz to check out Gou’s music.
    — Katie Bain, Billboard, 25 Apr. 2024
  • The noise is hard to talk over at full wail, but the sounds are comfortable at cruising speeds.
    — Frank Markus, Car and Driver, 1 Aug. 2023
  • Members of the group now talk over Zoom once a month, Mr. Peterson said.
    — Mark Maurer, WSJ, 31 Aug. 2022
  • In 2022 it was announced that Sherri Shepherd would talk over the show as host.
    — Caitlin O'Kane, CBS News, 22 Feb. 2024
  • Even Rhaenyra, who is the Queen, has to contend with her male council talking over and around her.
    — Olivia-Anne Cleary, TIME, 29 July 2024
  • Since the November swap, talks over a hostage release had stalled.
    — Julian E. Barnes, New York Times, 29 Jan. 2024
  • The two sides figure to revisit talks over the coming weeks.
    — Bryan Toporek, Forbes, 17 July 2023
  • Burns toured the Middle East over the past several days trying to push talks over the finish line.
    — Leo Sands, Washington Post, 10 Mar. 2024
  • Qatar said this threatens to undermine talks over a new deal.
    — Elizabeth Robinson, NBC News, 25 Jan. 2024
  • When the future congressman returned to Brazil, Silvério said,the two would talk over beers about the old times.
    — Marina Dias, Washington Post, 31 Aug. 2023
  • Markets talk over government again, which is the point.
    — John Tamny, Forbes, 13 Aug. 2023
  • The two talked over FaceTime, where Rob went over what was on Dream's list of ideas for her celebration.
    — Angela Andaloro, Peoplemag, 14 July 2023
  • Invite your friends over to have a listening party or text out some links and talk over Zoom.
    — Linh Ta, Better Homes & Gardens, 30 Apr. 2021
  • A lot has happened in the years since and, never prone to small talk, Willa and Bill quickly progress to large talk over the course of the night that they’re stranded alone in the airport.
    — Katie Walsh, Los Angeles Times, 3 Nov. 2023
  • In the meeting, the two sides appear to have resolved some of the pending issues on AI, which has become the central focus of the talks over the last 10 days.
    — Gene Maddaus, Variety, 7 Nov. 2023
  • On today's 5 Things podcast, the U.S. and Iran hold informal talks over a new agreement.
    — USA TODAY, 29 June 2023
  • Almost all people have some sort of neurosis to talk over.
    — Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 1 May 2024
  • The event begins shakily, with Ava and Crystal talking over each other to grab ahold of the spotlight.
    — Ile-Ife Okantah, Vulture, 20 Mar. 2024
  • By the early 1900s, hundreds of stations in the United States were trying to talk over one another.
    — Ariel Bleicher, IEEE Spectrum, 20 Mar. 2013
  • Glanville is a cerebral guy who doesn’t talk over viewers’ heads, doesn’t yuck it up with non-jokes and, equally important, doesn’t yell.
    — Marc Bona, cleveland, 7 Oct. 2022
  • Many of us would rather talk over someone than risk an excruciating bout of dead air.
    — Sara Novak, Discover Magazine, 24 July 2021
  • In one, Vance just wouldn’t stop talking over an instruction to stop (time elapsed), and in the other, both candidates refused to give way.
    — Eli Amdur, Forbes, 2 Oct. 2024
  • Boardrooms across soccer will likely be having urgent talks over the implications on their business of this EU court ruling.
    — Steve Price, Forbes, 6 Oct. 2024
  • The directive followed hours of talks over key technical wording spelling out the criteria for replacing any parts.
    — Reuters, CNN, 5 Sep. 2024

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