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
“Sugar became my friend, because it didn’t hurt me. And it didn’t talk back to me, it didn’t call me names. I think sugar became a comfort to me when I was very young.”
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 25, 2025
“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
The elephants were also quicker to talk back when the recordings were of others calling their names, as opposed to when researchers played recordings of non-name elephant chatter.
From Salon • Nov. 17, 2023
It's the look on Mom's face that makes me talk back to Dad, because she isn't buying his little science speech either.
From "Things Not Seen" by Andrew Clements
