During the race, his quiet self talk helped him push through the pain.

We were just discussing his new job when, talk of the devil, he walked into the room.

At the team meeting, Jenna, a notorious talk-aholic, somehow managed to steer every conversation back to her weekend plans.

I usually listen to talk-radio on my commute because I enjoy hearing live debates.

The engineer suspected cross-talk between the adjacent wires was causing the audio distortion.

He tried to smooth-talk his way out of the mistake, but his boss wasn't convinced.

His smooth-talk won her over despite all the warnings from friends.

He tends to trash talk opponents before every game, hoping to get into their heads.

She tends to baby-talk when comforting her anxious dog.

His constant use of baby-talk at the family dinner made everyone smile.