talky
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It’s one of the set’s catchiest songs, marred only by a corny spoken-word bit—hopefully, she’ll leave these talky bridges behind on her next collection.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 16, 2026
Showy but intimate, talky yet supple, it’s murmuring assurances to rebut the very doubts he’s raising.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 24, 2025
The sheer, spectacular accomplishment of “Oppenheimer” — a talky three-hour drama that outperformed “Ant-Man” and “Aquaman,” combined — is a bright, shining exception.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 7, 2024
What can you say about how you filmed the courtroom scenes and kept this long, talky film, nimble?
From Salon ● Oct. 27, 2023
“I just couldn’t get away from my last clients. That was one talky woman! I bet I can tell you about every moment of the last ten years of her life!”
From "Blended" by Sharon M. Draper
Frankly, those talkier segments stall some of the narrative momentum, and “Night Raiders” never really builds in intensity, as it should.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 11, 2021
Much of the power in these scenes — and the talkier ones — arises from their riskiness.
From New York Times ● Sep. 1, 2021
Their musical point of view—belligerent but wounded—felt a little like outlaw country, a genre that had recently formed in opposition to the slick Nashville scene, but their songs were talkier, more cerebral.
From The New Yorker ● Mar. 25, 2019
It’s agreeably silly, and sometimes appealingly slapsticky, compared to the talkier likes of Blockers or Game Night.
From The Verge ● Dec. 28, 2018
This book feels longer and talkier than the first two, and the plot is more convoluted, bouncing from Moscow and Washington to Greece, New York, Khartoum, Macao and Hong Kong.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 11, 2018
The opener, with Charlotte Flair winning the title NXT Championship from Rhea Ripley, was another very physical match, albeit the talkiest to that point.
From Slate ● Apr. 7, 2020
The Stephen Sondheim number Ms. McDonald chose, the Baker’s Wife song “Moments in the Woods,” from “Into the Woods,” was one of his talkiest.
From New York Times ● May 10, 2013
Less a civil war Saving Private Ryan than a 19th-century prequel to The West Wing, Spielberg's wide-angle account of the abolition of slavery is his talkiest film, but all the better for it.
From The Guardian ● Jan. 26, 2013
The latest installment is probably the crankiest and talkiest of the lot: a huge collection of clips, quotes, yarns, letters, anecdotes, poor jokes, explanations and refutations.
From Time Magazine Archive
Even at its talkiest, the U.N. does serve a useful purpose.
From Time Magazine Archive
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