How to Use talk down in a Sentence

talk down

verb
  • Fun new ways men can talk down to women.
    — Literary Hub, 12 May 2026
  • Fun old ways men can talk down to women.
    — Literary Hub, 12 May 2026
  • Challenge them, don’t talk down to them.
    — Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
  • Due to the joint effort, the man was talked down from the edge.
    — Brian Manzullo, Detroit Free Press, 24 Apr. 2018
  • Kirk does not talk down to the reader, and that is a feat.
    — Judith Shulevitz, The Atlantic, 22 Dec. 2025
  • No one likes to be lectured, and no one wants to be talked down to.
    — Meghan Leahy, Washington Post, 14 Feb. 2024
  • The contractors talked down to me.
    — Literary Hub, 15 May 2026
  • But some can be talked down to just a few bucks, Terrell noted.
    — John Carlisle, Detroit Free Press, 14 Sep. 2017
  • Limbaugh’s canon was never to talk down to or insult the base.
    — Victor Davis Hanson, National Review, 25 Feb. 2021
  • So Mullen was willing to talk down his old friend’s favorite team.
    — Doug Lesmerises, cleveland, 13 Dec. 2020
  • Michelle says Martin needs to lift women up and not talk down to them.
    — Ali Barthwell, Vulture, 8 Dec. 2021
  • Colin is used to people talking down to him — that seems to be the thing.
    — Rick Porter, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 Apr. 2023
  • The show never talks down to the audience.
    — Rachel Desantis, PEOPLE, 6 Nov. 2025
  • In these settings, the men tend to talk down to me or dismiss my expertise.
    — R. Eric Thomas, Mercury News, 23 Jan. 2026
  • People want to be inspired by their president, not talked down to.
    — Paul Du Quenoy, Newsweek, 9 Jan. 2025
  • The two countries eventually signed a trade deal that was meant to lead to more trade talks down the line.
    — Kinsey Crowley, USA TODAY, 26 Nov. 2024
  • Others described feeling they were being talked down to.
    — Rebecca Noel, Charlotte Observer, 8 May 2026
  • Others described feeling they were being talked down to.
    — Rebecca Noel, Charlotte Observer, 13 May 2026
  • Worldfor never talking down to me or being too afraid to address the hard things in life.
    — Anna Earl, Parents, 11 Sep. 2025
  • Worldfor never talking down to me or being too afraid to address the hard things in life.
    — Anna Earl, Parents, 12 Mar. 2026
  • Don’t let anyone talk down to you about quitting in the middle of something, either.
    — Josh Gondelman, SELF, 27 Dec. 2022
  • And along came Animaniacs, a kids' show that didn't talk down to me.
    — Kate Cox, Ars Technica, 23 Nov. 2020
  • Can Peanut talk down a customer who’s irate because their eggs were fried instead of scrambled?
    — Patrick W. Watson, Forbes, 15 June 2021
  • Like Brown, the Wild Robot film team was adamant that their film would not talk down to the kids.
    — Mia Galuppo, The Hollywood Reporter, 6 Jan. 2025
  • There’s always a chance that Fetterman’s prospective foes get talked down from the ledge.
    — Nicholas Wu, semafor.com, 24 Mar. 2026
  • The players actively talked down their chances in a bid to project an air of humility.
    — Jonathan Clegg, WSJ, 3 July 2018
  • What a big man talking down to couple of women and a helpless employee.
    — Christopher Brito, CBS News, 17 May 2018
  • Trump for days has talked down the risk of the virus amid a market selloff and rapidly rising global cases.
    — Josh Wingrove, Bloomberg.com, 29 Feb. 2020
  • Gareth isn’t so easily talked down, however.
    — Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 8 Aug. 2025
  • One was trying to talk down Parker, who had a gun to his head and was threatening to kill himself.
    — Kyle Whitmire, al, 12 Aug. 2021

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