talk back
Example Sentences
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"He was just so domineering and you just couldn't talk back to him," she added.
From BBC ● Feb. 7, 2026
“Yuletide Factory” is pitched toward those younger children, who happily talk back to the players.
From New York Times ● Nov. 27, 2024
The excited audience, eager to talk back to the characters, disrupted the performers’ timing.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 8, 2024
All the talk back then was whether the Preds would unload star goalie Juuse Saros at the trade deadline.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 16, 2024
But I think one thing was obvious from the beginning: Plants can't talk back.
From "Counting by 7s" by Holly Goldberg Sloan
