How to use "talking" in a sentence

'Keep him talking,' the pilot says to his partner.

I continue talking to Steve as the needle goes into my arm.

'Who are you talking to?' he asked.

Nobody could get any help to us, and the enemy soldiers were so near that we could hear them talking

He immediately started talking fast in a language that I couldn't understand, but he took me somewhere - past all the boats and the beach

The others were talking about something that would happen the next day

There are many ways in which it can be helped, but it can never be helped by merely talking about it.

He was talking to one of the clerks

I did not know what he was talking about.

Now I understood what he was talking about.

I saw the hand-carriage coining back towards us along the sand as she was talking

on September 8th Annie was in the kitchen of her lodging house, eating potatoes and talking with the other lodgers

on her way to Spitalfields market, she noticed a man and a woman talking outside number 29

The couple were talking quietly, and the woman had her hand on the man's chest

The writer was probably talking about the injury to Annie's throat, but only the police, the doctors and the killer knew the details of Annie's murder

'You will have them,' said Fantine, assuming that she was talking to Mme Thenardiers husband

'What are you talking about?'

The girl was always talking happily, while the man said very little

She was talking quietly to her father, and Marius could hear the soft, exciting murmur of her voice

He gazed after her until she had disappeared from sight, then rose to his feet and walked around, laughing and talking to himself

'I don't know what you're talking about,' M

Forgive me for talking like this, I don't know what I'm saying - perhaps I'm annoying you? But the truth is, I can't live without you.'

But why don't you say something? Why are you letting me do all the talking? Do you still love me? Oh, I'm so wild with happiness

One evening, when Marius was talking to Cosette and Jean Valjean about the mystery and his unsuccessful attempts to solve it, he became angry with Cosette's guardian's lack of interest in his story.

I do the talking, you make the notes

Hank Wynn stops talking and puts his cigar back in his mouth

Twenty tired faces: some talking, but most are silent and waiting like her.

She looks around the carriage: there are only eight other people there: a young couple holding hands and talking quietly on the seat opposite her; two businessmen a few seats to her right; an old lady two seats to her left; a mother and son at the far end of the carriage

And when she hears the topic that they are talking about, she suddenly feels cold.

Gran was always talking about how she'd lived by the ocean when she was a child.

Gran was always talking about the days when she and Sala's grandfather used to travel to distant lands, climb mountains, and go swimming in the ocean

"It was a special offer - if you bought one experience, you could get another for free." He suddenly started talking very fast

"Is this the Pod Life that Ding was talking about? The one where you live in a pod for two years?" Cham looked uncomfortable

I'm only talking

Then she and Cham both began talking at once.

"I'm not talking about being afraid

Sala rushed down, and they set out on one of the fastest walkways to the pod center, talking happily

"They're talking to us," laughed Sala.

"And then the dolphins were making all that noise, and we laughed about them talking to us -"

She found Gran sitting with Mom, talking and drinking tea; for once, Mom had got home from work early.

"Why are you talking about it with me, then?" said Sala

What else could I say? Sala was kicking herself for not keeping Wena talking for longer

Cham went on and on, and Sala began to wonder when he would stop talking

"Cham, what are you talking about?"

"Cham, you're talking such nonsense," she said, laughing

"What's strange about a letter? I'm talking about the one Mom found under her bed."

Terrified, Sala rushed from her room as soon as she and Cham had finished talking.

Cham's parents and sisters sat next to her, talking quietly, but she didn't join in

There was a sound outside the door and Mrs Danvers stopped talking

Is it safe to swim in the bays?' Everyone stopped talking

I listened to the others talking

'I think I did most of the talking,' I said

He began talking about Frank Crawley

'Maxim would be very unhappy to hear you talking like this, Mrs de Winter

'Who's been talking to you?'

She was talking about me of course

Our visitors were talking happily now about their costumes for the Ball

Soon everyone at Manderley was talking about the Fancy Dress Ball

Frank was there talking to a coast-guard, but I could not see Maxim.

Maxim was talking again.

Maxim was talking in quick, short sentences

People were standing up and talking loudly

Many were still in the communal dressing rooms, while other girls, already costumed, waited in the halls or at the edge of the big stage, talking about children and husbands and boyfriends and recipes, as if they were secretaries on a coffee break and not some of the most beautiful women in the world.

Standing near the left proscenium pillar, out of the main flow of the party, they nibbled at pieces of cake, talking about Magyck! And then about the law, Charlie and Helen Mainway, Las Vegas real estate - and, by some circuitous route, superhero movies.

Tina gave her address to him, and then somehow they were talking about jazz and Benny Goodman, and then about the miserable service provided by the Las Vegas phone company, just chatting away as if they were old friends

And everyone seemed to be talking at once.

We were talking about family life, about Danny."

She had just spoken to the computer as if she actually thought she was talking to Danny

They sat side by side on the sofa in front of the fireplace, watching the flames and the occasional bursts of orange sparks, listening to music, and talking, talking, talking

"What are you talking about?" Vince asked

"What are you talking about?"

And I'm not just talking about the obvious ones like Nellis Air Force Base and the Nuclear Test Site

The other customers stopped talking and turned to stare at the stuttering machine.

"What are you talking about? Did you see what I saw in there? Did you hear the jukebox? I don't see how that could have cheered you up

Now you're talking about another power besides telekinesis."

"You know I'm not talking about the morality of it."

"I'm talking about clinical standards."

With glossy photographs of Christina Evans and Elliot Stryker, George Alexander's men circulated through the hotels in downtown Reno, talking with desk clerks, bellmen, and other employees

In the room near the elevators, people were still talking and laughing, but no one stepped into the corridor.

'Andre, please! What on earth are you talking about?'

It is useless talking to me, because I cannot answer, I cannot speak

'We were just talking', said Griselda, 'about Dr Stone and Miss Cram.'

At first Redding didn't seem to know what he was talking about, and then said he didn't use one

'They were smiling and talking,' said Miss Marple

We discovered Mrs Price Ridley talking very fast to a patient policeman.

Mrs Price Ridley began talking again

Women servants hate talking to the police

'Oh, nothing! We were just talking.'

Two men and a woman were talking at the gate of one of the houses

These worries stayed on my mind and I grew very tired of the curate's constant talking

Just then, as Holmes was talking, we heard someone walking up the stairs, and then a man walked into the room without knocking.

We were sitting in my room and were smoking and talking about our bad health.

We began talking about our illnesses again

They were pulling a rope behind them, and they were talking

Of course, we began talking about other illnesses

'Yes, but that is not what I am talking about.'

As I was walking to my room, I heard them talking.

She started talking about drawing

When we use the word "feminism", we are talking about a number of political and social movements and ideas that have one goal

On 20th January 2016, after many months of thinking and talking, the court changed the law

Women have started really talking about sexual harassment, which is a big problem in their lives.

"We are talking about Zorro

They are talking about Don Diego Vega and his rich family