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  • verb Simple past tense and past participle of talk.

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Examples

  • Then -- well, then all the tongues leaped into action, and for the remainder of that evening, like Thackeray's folk "At the Springs," they talked, and they talked, _and they talked_.

    The Mystery of a Turkish Bath Rita

  • Verbs also vary to indicate completed or incompleted action; as, _I have talked, I shall have talked_, etc.

    Practical Grammar and Composition Thomas Wood

  • His title talked about London and Connecticut, which I trust he could find on a map.

    Andrew McCarthy Needs a Map 2006

  • His title talked about London and Connecticut, which I trust he could find on a map.

    Defining Monetary Policy at the National Review 2006

  • The innovation status gives a school more freedom than a term talked about a lot last year: autonomy.

    KUSA-TV - 2009

  • The innovation status gives a school more freedom than a term talked about a lot last year: autonomy.

    KUSA-TV - 2009

  • The innovation status gives a school more freedom than a term talked about a lot last year: autonomy.

    KUSA-TV - 2009

  • Plus, a five-week lag time between the times that he talked is an eternity when gathering intelligence.

    Matthew Yglesias » GOP Members of Congress Have Never Watched Television, Movies 2010

  • Sometimes one side is absolutely wrong, like when Sarah Palin talked about "death panels," or when Rand Paul talked about private business owners being exempt from the Civil Rights Act. That would have been worth Stewart or Colbert pointing out.

    Taylor Marsh: What Jon Stewart Missed Taylor Marsh 2010

  • Sometimes one side is absolutely wrong, like when Sarah Palin talked about "death panels," or when Rand Paul talked about private business owners being exempt from the Civil Rights Act. That would have been worth Stewart or Colbert pointing out.

    Taylor Marsh: What Jon Stewart Missed Taylor Marsh 2010

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