all-talk
Example Sentences
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After all talk, the face-off passed without incident with Paul striking a bizarre pose, pushing his stomach out, placing his hands on his back, raising his eyebrows and even bringing his hand to Joshua's chest.
From BBC • Dec. 17, 2025
“Blue Moon” is essentially a one-act play, which is to say it’s all talk, and likely to bore those who are primarily interested in spectacle, or even high drama.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 16, 2025
Vance is annoying, but he can speak in complete sentences, largely avoiding all talk of electrocution sharks and Hannibal Lecter.
From Salon • Aug. 12, 2024
“Electric Blue,” Pioneers Go East Collective’s contribution to the same bill, was almost all talk: recitations of poems, speeches and court testimony by Allen Ginsberg; memories of the Human Be-In and Chicago in 1967.
From New York Times • May 27, 2024
“It doesn’t bother us any. Fact is, during the summer we all talk however we want. But come fall, Sister Redempta’s kinda picky when it comes to ‘don’t need nos’ and ‘might couldas.’
From "Moon Over Manifest" by Clare Vanderpool
