How to Use talk of in a Sentence

talk of

phrasal verb
  • In 2021 there was talk of the possible end of Biles' Olympic career.
    Dennis Romero, NBC News, 5 Aug. 2023
  • There was talk of the Three Musketeers, and some other things.
    Dave Quinn, Peoplemag, 29 Dec. 2023
  • Colorado and coach Deion Sanders are the talk of the sport and smashing audience records.
    Jon Wilner, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Sep. 2023
  • All of which begs the question: who is Google trying to impress with all this talk of AI?
    Jon Porter, The Verge, 6 Oct. 2023
  • Friday did not seem a time to talk of records, only of comfort.
    Martin Weil, Washington Post, 18 Nov. 2023
  • Deion Sanders might be the talk of college football right now, but Coach Prime is still learning from the best.
    Meghan Overdeep, Southern Living, 22 Sep. 2023
  • The Buffaloes have turned into the talk of college football.
    Mark Heim | Mheim@al.com, al, 14 Sep. 2023
  • Well, it’s been a long road to this point, and there’s been talk of a follow-up since the early 2010s, if not earlier.
    Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Sep. 2023
  • There was no talk of the Band continuing with you, Garth, and Levon?
    Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 30 Oct. 2023
  • The night Roe was overturned, there was talk of violence in the streets of America.
    Kathryn Jean Lopez, National Review, 18 Dec. 2023
  • Readers who relish talk of food and wine mixed with their mystery will be charmed.
    Karen MacPherson, Washington Post, 23 Mar. 2024
  • There has been talk of the government planning to tweak Italy’s tax rebate.
    Nick Vivarelli, Variety, 13 Sep. 2023
  • But diplomats that have spoken to NBC News in recent weeks have talked of the need for a pause that lasts days in order to get the hostages out.
    NBC News, 7 Nov. 2023
  • And both feel out of date at a time when there is talk of greater equity in urban design.
    Carolina A. Miranda, Los Angeles Times, 26 Dec. 2023
  • Too often, these stories are followed by talk of how much has changed.
    Zaina Arafat, The New Yorker, 11 Mar. 2024
  • Deion Sanders is the talk of college football whether Colorado wins or loses.
    Ryan Gaydos, Fox News, 30 Sep. 2023
  • There had been talk of adapting the games for film and television going back to 2014, though no projects came to fruition until now.
    Joe Otterson, Variety, 17 Apr. 2024
  • There was talk of walking the track to survey the route, but then Gatting found a leather recliner and sank into it.
    Vera Carothers, The New Yorker, 30 Oct. 2023
  • There is also talk of death and a mother dying, a tween girl is at times locked away, and there are guns in a few scenes, though no one is harmed.
    Lynnette Nicholas, Parents, 15 Dec. 2023
  • Since then, there's been talk of expanding the overall sports platform.
    Al Gaspeny, Arkansas Online, 23 June 2023
  • The futuristic silver design was the talk of the show last month in Monaco, where Robb Report was among the first to step aboard.
    Julia Zaltzman, Robb Report, 27 Oct. 2023
  • With all the talk of remakes in Hollywood, is there a chance of a Glee reboot happening?
    Starr Bowenbank, Billboard, 3 Jan. 2024
  • With even Gretzky at his back, Bedard has become the talk of hockey in recent years.
    Sean Neumann, Peoplemag, 28 June 2023
  • Colorado was the talk of the offseason after hiring Sanders.
    Mark Heim | Mheim@al.com, al, 29 Aug. 2023
  • But since then, there’s been no talk of the laptop getting a commercial release.
    Jon Porter, The Verge, 15 Feb. 2024
  • There was talk of rapes and beatings when the passengers failed to comply, and sometimes those things did happen.
    Jared Lemus, The Atlantic, 9 Mar. 2024
  • But talk of accountably for war crimes has been absent from the discussions.
    Ben Hubbard, BostonGlobe.com, 21 Aug. 2023
  • But even talk of such an extreme measure shows how significant the maps’ case is.
    Megan O’Matz, ProPublica, 17 Nov. 2023
  • There’s been much talk of diversity, or lack thereof, in AI.
    Ruth Umoh, Fortune, 3 Jan. 2024
  • Callen said talk of shifting money away from the Police Department is crazy.
    David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Feb. 2024

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