pep talk

Example Sentences

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Each roughly 25-minute episode feels like a stealth pep talk packed with recommendations and insight, and who among us can’t use one of those?

From Salon

“I could ride along. Give moral support. Maybe a pep talk over lunch?”

From Literature

At one point, Nicholas had to give his bees a pep talk to for another on-camera appearance.

From Los Angeles Times

Except for a brief mention of a pep talk he gave Lynn Nottage, Shepard seems almost entirely divorced from the theater community.

From Los Angeles Times

Later, after a crisis at work ends with the police being called and a pep talk from her therapist in Linda’s office, she blurts out a soft, “I love you” as he walks away.

From Salon