Talked
[tɔːkt] or [tɔkt]
Definition
(imp. & p. p.) of Talk
Typed by Aileen
Examples
- Constantly she talked to me about what I should do to be thy wife. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- The men lit another cigarette and talked casually. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Captain Lydgate's stupidity was delicately scented, carried itself with style, talked with a good accent, and was closely related to Sir Godwin. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- Meantime the whole hall was in a stir; most people rose and remained standing, for a change; some walked about, all talked and laughed. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- As she pressed me to stay to dinner, I remained, and I believe we talked about nothing but him all day. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- They talked of hope and comfort. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- He talked of Geneva, which I should soon visit--of Elizabeth, and Ernest; but these words only drew deep groans from me. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- You are materially changed since we talked on this subject before. Jane Austen. Emma.
- I have talked much. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- They talked and prattled at random, he always as if he were well, just the same as when he was going about. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- We know nothing of the language of Pal?olithic man; we do not even know whether Pal?olithic man talked freely. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- They talked about the broadcast of Quiepo de Llano. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- Perhaps the skeleton in the cupboard comes out to be talked to, on such domestic occasions? Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- In the mean time, ma'am, I am of opinion, if you ask me my opinion, that the less she is talked about, the better. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- They talked about war and glory, and Boney and Lord Wellington, and the last Gazette. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- I asked him why he talked so; and he said he would talk so no more, and cheered me again with the kindest encouragement. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Luxembourg was included in the German Confederation, though its ruler was also King of the Netherlands, and though many of its peoples talked French. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Dining once with the Colesand having a ball talked of, which never took place. Jane Austen. Emma.
- As Sarkoja talked with Zad he cast occasional glances in my direction, while she seemed to be urging him very strongly to some action. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
- She could only tell me that it was 'just the news,'--meaning, I suppose, that they all talked as usual about each other. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- To her parents she never talked about this matter, shrinking from baring her heart to them. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- I daresay she'll recover it, Becky said with a smile--and they drove on and talked about something else. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- That night Rebecca sang more sweetly and talked more pleasantly than she had ever been heard to do in Park Lane. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- For there is nobody--he told me so himself when he talked to me this very day--there is nobody he likes so well as you, or trusts so much. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- She talked principally of Sir Percival, and asked a great many questions about where he had been travelling, and what sort of lady his new wife was. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- Mrs. Casaubon is not to be talked of as if she were a model, said Will. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- And often, when he went away, she talked to the little German sculptor. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- We had lain in hay and talked and shot sparrows with an air-rifle when they perched in the triangle cut high up in the wall of the barn. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- But after it was over, she went quietly round to one or two old favourites, and talked to them a little. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- She talked on, planning village kindnesses, unheeding the silence of her husband and the monosyllabic answers of Margaret. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
Typed by Aileen