How to Use trash talk in a Sentence

trash talk

noun
  • He had to listen to a lot of trash talk from the other players.
  • A whole lot of trash talk — in English now.
    — Colleen Kane, Chicago Tribune, 13 Mar. 2026
  • Jake Paul is being very emo in his pre-bout trash talk.
    — Bethy Squires, Vulture, 22 Nov. 2025
  • Brown said there’s plenty of trash talk during many games.
    — Don Norcross, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Feb. 2026
  • Lee, now 69, dialed down the trash talk after that.
    — Chris Smith, Vanity Fair, 1 June 2026
  • There’s no exact science to winning trash talk.
    — Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 13 Mar. 2026
  • Sure, there’s always the golf course for some trash talk and taking his friends’ money.
    — Jeff Gluck, New York Times, 17 Feb. 2026
  • To some people, that chant might sound like trash talk or rivalry banter.
    — Brandi Hicken, Time, 12 Dec. 2025
  • The friendly trash talk has already started at Cubs camp.
    — Meghan Montemurro, Chicago Tribune, 18 Feb. 2026
  • Professional athletes are no stranger to some trash talk on the field.
    — Stephanie Sengwe, PEOPLE, 11 June 2026
  • In the meantime, don’t expect any trash talk between the two about the hardware.
    — Roderick Boone, Charlotte Observer, 30 Jan. 2026
  • But Rocco trash talk reaching jeopardy is peak!
    — Megan Cartwright, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Sep. 2025
  • Either way, the pitcher saw Johnson's distaste for trash talk and raised it a gif.
    — Jon Paul Hoornstra, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Oct. 2025
  • And even though the two are now divisional foes, the friendly trash talk hasn’t quite started yet.
    — Nick Harris, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 3 Feb. 2026
  • This is all more consequential than a little trash talk gone wrong for the Aggies.
    — David Eckert, Austin American Statesman, 21 Dec. 2025
  • Baker Mayfield continues to trash talk, but that trash talk is being backed up by his play.
    — James Brizuela, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Oct. 2025
  • As teased by a first look clip, this twist will give way to season-long feuds, shocking betrayals, and plenty of trash talk.
    — Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 9 Jan. 2026
  • Moehrig said the groin-area shot was in response to physical play after the whistle and trash talk throughout the game.
    — Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 25 Nov. 2025
  • This one felt like a playoff game, right down to the make-up calls, dangling narratives, chest-bumping, mind games and trash talk.
    — Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 21 Dec. 2025
  • The reward for winning is the right to unleash an interminable flood of trash talk; the price of losing is to absorb it.
    — Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 23 Jan. 2026
  • With both coaches having already matched up at previous schools, the trash talk started early.
    — Miami Herald, 25 Mar. 2026
  • But somewhere between the trash talk and the playoff battles, things get complicated.
    — Jenzia Burgos, StyleCaster, 27 Nov. 2025
  • Just about every week, friends in the group exchange texts about which race to run next, or to trash talk one another, or issue a running challenge.
    — Eleanor Yang Su, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Nov. 2025
  • Wembanyama has embraced the villain role, engaging in trash talk, hard fouls and flagrant-worthy play.
    — Bobby Burack Outkick, FOXNews.com, 12 June 2026
  • The quarterback himself engaged in a bit of trash talk with an opponent during their win over the Lions.
    — Natasha Dye, PEOPLE, 26 Dec. 2025
  • The team’s most prominent celebrity fan, filmmaker Spike Lee, hurls trash talk from his courtside seat.
    — Albert Samaha, Washington Post, 3 June 2026
  • Imagine the trash talk that might be transpiring with Lappe on second base talking to Brooks, one of his best friends who plays shortstop.
    — Eric Sondheimer columnist follow, Los Angeles Times, 15 Feb. 2026
  • If the fight delivers even half the drama of the pre-fight trash talk, Sunday's fight on the South Lawn could be a thing of legend.
    — Alejandro Avila Outkick, FOXNews.com, 9 June 2026
  • Throughout the game, Durant was involved in some playful trash talk with his former teammates with both sides smiling at everything that was said.
    — Matt Young, Houston Chronicle, 6 Jan. 2026
  • Life was a much better place when Shannon Sharpe was making Derrick Thomas lose his mind over his strategic trash talk.
    — Troy Renck, Denver Post, 24 Dec. 2025

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