Examples of talk back in a Sentence
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He was uncaught by any orthodoxy, would talk back to any authority, and often voiced the unwelcome but true intrusive thought.
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Ian Frazier,
New Yorker,
29 June 2026
Washington and Tehran are working to get technical talks back on track after a postponement that saw US Vice President JD Vance scrap his trip to Switzerland for negotiations.
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Caitlin Danaher,
CNN Money,
20 June 2026
Curiously, though, Siri didn’t talk back in the demos.
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Michael Kan,
PC Magazine,
10 June 2026
Before that Markey/Kennedy 2020 vote, the talk back then was what kind of diplomatic job would President Joe Biden find for the underestimated Markey after Kennedy defeated him.
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Peter Lucas,
Boston Herald,
4 June 2026
Oral history is perhaps the only field where the sources talk back to the historian, confronting, disputing, disrupting, and sometimes resisting the historian’s understanding of the past (Frisch 1990; Shopes 2012).
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Liz Tracey,
JSTOR Daily,
3 June 2026
The two were talking back and forth on the end lines and came to the net.
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Ryan Gaydos,
FOXNews.com,
31 May 2026
Those nations — Belgium and multiple Scandinavian countries are said to be among them — were eventually talked back from the ledge.
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Steven Zeitchik,
HollywoodReporter,
13 May 2026
The other is a conversational commerce journey where the consumer is able to interact with the agent and talk back and forth.
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Sharon Edelson,
Forbes.com,
12 May 2026
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Ian Frazier,
New Yorker,
29 June 2026
Washington and Tehran are working to get technical talks back on track after a postponement that saw US Vice President JD Vance scrap his trip to Switzerland for negotiations.
—
Caitlin Danaher,
CNN Money,
20 June 2026
Curiously, though, Siri didn’t talk back in the demos.
—
Michael Kan,
PC Magazine,
10 June 2026
Before that Markey/Kennedy 2020 vote, the talk back then was what kind of diplomatic job would President Joe Biden find for the underestimated Markey after Kennedy defeated him.
—
Peter Lucas,
Boston Herald,
4 June 2026
Oral history is perhaps the only field where the sources talk back to the historian, confronting, disputing, disrupting, and sometimes resisting the historian’s understanding of the past (Frisch 1990; Shopes 2012).
—
Liz Tracey,
JSTOR Daily,
3 June 2026
The two were talking back and forth on the end lines and came to the net.
—
Ryan Gaydos,
FOXNews.com,
31 May 2026
Those nations — Belgium and multiple Scandinavian countries are said to be among them — were eventually talked back from the ledge.
—
Steven Zeitchik,
HollywoodReporter,
13 May 2026
The other is a conversational commerce journey where the consumer is able to interact with the agent and talk back and forth.
—
Sharon Edelson,
Forbes.com,
12 May 2026
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“Talk back.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/talk%20back. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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