How to Use talk up in a Sentence

talk up

verb
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  • And on Wednesday, Mr. Moon tried to talk up the prospects of long-term peace.
    — Andrew Jeong, WSJ, 12 Dec. 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
  • Henry noted Ward has been talking up the border on her own.
    — Ronald J. Hansen, azcentral, 14 June 2018
  • 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
  • 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
  • The president was here last week to talk up his infrastructure plans.
    — Lisa Donovan, chicagotribune.com, 12 July 2021
  • Huang talked up the rise of AI and his company’s role in what some have called the modern gold rush on the Wednesday post-earnings conference call.
    — Will Daniel, Fortune, 22 Feb. 2024
  • But pooch proponents turned out in force at the meeting, talking up the park’s importance as an amenity in the city for more than two decades.
    — John Aguilar, The Denver Post, 9 July 2024
  • Clay rallied, though, and used some one-on-one time with Becca to make clay figures while talking up his small-town nature.
    — Nick Schwartz, For The Win, 29 May 2018
  • Tucker Carlson, for years, has talked up the Zyn nicotine pouch to whoever would listen.
    — Chris Morris, Fortune, 19 Sep. 2024

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