talk back
Example Sentences
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“Yuletide Factory” is pitched toward those younger children, who happily talk back to the players.
From New York Times • Nov. 27, 2024
“They would talk back to me more about how they were feeling about the interview as the interview was happening.”
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 22, 2024
“My experience, after 54 years of doing this stuff, is that the cops don’t like when you talk back that way,” he said.
From Seattle Times • Mar. 3, 2024
He likes to insult people from behind a computer or in a speech, where they can't talk back.
From Salon • Jan. 26, 2024
"All we have to work with is the camera. He can write notes and hold them up. But how we talk back is trickier."
From "The Martian" by Andy Weir
