not on speaking terms
Example Sentences
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Cloobeck, according to a detective’s testimony Monday, is not on speaking terms with Lavie.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 11, 2026
Relations will most likely return to what they were between Argentina's current Peronist President Alberto Fernandez and Brazil's Bolsonaro, who were not on speaking terms, he said.
From Reuters ● Nov. 20, 2023
The two nonprofits are not on speaking terms, said Silverio.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 9, 2023
By this point, Hadley was not on speaking terms with the Kemp brothers, and for a number of years a reunion seemed like an impossibility.
From BBC ● Jul. 3, 2017
An innocent teenager in the middle of God’s green hell with no telephone, and not on speaking terms with her parents?
From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
