How to Use talk back in a Sentence

talk back

verb
  • The two were talking back and forth on the end lines and came to the net.
    — Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 31 May 2026
  • Steer those talks back toward craft and practice.
    — Literary Hub, 29 Jan. 2026
  • On the first day of school, Cruz was two hours late and talked back to the chef.
    — Anna Grace Lee, Vogue, 14 Feb. 2026
  • In real time, Cody was talking back to him.
    — Jackson Roberts, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 Mar. 2026
  • Curiously, though, Siri didn’t talk back in the demos.
    — Michael Kan, PC Magazine, 8 June 2026
  • Curiously, though, Siri didn’t talk back in the demos.
    — Michael Kan, PC Magazine, 10 June 2026
  • This will disappoint users who want their AI to talk back to them, or who don't want to use earbuds.
    — Will Greenwald, PC Magazine, 9 Apr. 2026
  • But when the goal of the endeavor shifts from listening to talking back, the project rapidly devolves into chaos.
    — Joe Otterson, Variety, 20 Mar. 2026
  • The two were observed talking back-and-forth towards each other when Doncic was at the free throw line late in the third quarter.
    — Jason Beede, The Orlando Sentinel, 22 Mar. 2026
  • The story concerns a grieving father who, after losing his wife, sends a message out into the stars…and something out there starts to talk back.
    — Borys Kit, HollywoodReporter, 8 May 2026
  • He was uncaught by any orthodoxy, would talk back to any authority, and often voiced the unwelcome but true intrusive thought.
    — Ian Frazier, New Yorker, 29 June 2026
  • Getting those talks back started shouldn’t be difficult, especially given that the dream remains to stay in Dallas.
    — Nick Harris, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 3 Feb. 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
  • This parenting tip involves spanking a child or using another form of corporal punishment to discipline them for misbehaving, talking back, or being uncooperative.
    — Sherri Gordon, Parents, 3 Mar. 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • Guests can meet Anna and Elsa inside Arendelle Castle, have a conversation with a responsive baby troll named Mossy who talks back, and watch a lagoon celebration called the Snow Flower Festival — featuring an original song.
    — Thomas Adamson, Fortune, 29 Mar. 2026

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