How to Use talk over in a Sentence

talk over

verb
  • The two then talked over each other.
    — Noah Alcala Bach, San Antonio Express-News, 24 Apr. 2026
  • And that's why there's been so much talk over the last week about bats.
    — Linda Holmes, NPR, 5 Apr. 2025
  • The sides have already had talks over the past two months.
    — Pierre Lebrun, New York Times, 16 June 2026
  • There has been a lot of talk over the last 12 months, even two years.
    — Scott M. Reid, Orange County Register, 6 Aug. 2024
  • People feel safe when they’re not being rushed or talked over.
    — Lynn Smith, Forbes.com, 24 June 2025
  • To keep that rhythm, the prompter has to talk over the other actor’s lines.
    — Los Angeles Times, 18 Feb. 2026
  • But talks over those reforms failed in the Senate.
    — Stefan Becket, CBS News, 30 Apr. 2026
  • Trish talks a lot, and talks over Cannon.
    — E. Tammy Kim, New Yorker, 17 Dec. 2025
  • For now, David and his mother talk over the phone at least daily.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Apr. 2021
  • Qatar said this threatens to undermine talks over a new deal.
    — Elizabeth Robinson, NBC News, 25 Jan. 2024
  • Good ideas no longer die because the loudest person talked over them.
    — Lutz Finger, Forbes.com, 25 May 2026
  • Ensure that nobody talks over anyone else too much.
    — Literary Hub, 4 Mar. 2026
  • For months, Smith did not see her husband at all and only talked over the phone.
    — Mike Sullivan, CBS News, 10 Feb. 2026
  • Sitting knee-to-knee, the leaders shook their hands and talked over each other.
    — Michael Collins, USA Today, 29 Apr. 2025
  • Balde has two more seasons left on his deal and there have been no talks over an extension.
    — James McNicholas, New York Times, 2 June 2026
  • 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
  • Liu’s Ken jumps at the chance to talk over the entire movie in a bid to impress her.
    — Time, 21 July 2023
  • Progress before now has been limited in a series of on-off talks over months.
    — Nidal Al-Mughrabi, USA TODAY, 30 Nov. 2024
  • Since the November swap, talks over a hostage release had stalled.
    — Julian E. Barnes, New York Times, 29 Jan. 2024
  • 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
  • After six rounds of talks over more than two months, the two sides have yet to come to any sort of agreement over tariffs.
    — Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 26 June 2025
  • The company has been in talks over payment and is confident a deal will be agreed soon.
    — Jake Kanter, Deadline, 5 Feb. 2025
  • Does Meghan talk over Harry in Zoom meetings?
    — Theresa Braine, New York Daily News, 18 Mar. 2026
  • 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
  • Outsiders who come in to see people with dementia sometimes talk over them.
    — Brad Schmitt, Nashville Tennessean, 2 Nov. 2025
  • 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
  • The group continued to talk over each other about health care premiums.
    — Lauren Peller, ABC News, 8 Oct. 2025
  • Vance tried to say something more, but Stephanopoulos talked over him and went to a commercial break.
    — Ted Johnson, Deadline, 14 Oct. 2025
  • 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

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