talk
verb (used without object)
to communicate or exchange ideas, information, etc., by speaking.
is talking
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present progressiveof talk (3rd person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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“Everyone is talking about Christopher Nolan’s ‘The Odyssey,’ and the story of Odysseus is a story of migration.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 7, 2026
Of the items in its online store, “the basketball seems to be what everyone is talking about,” said Bartomeo, though she’s not quite sure why, since she doesn’t think these people “personally play basketball.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026
In a post on a fundraising page, his parents said: "Four weeks later and the cheeky little boy that we love so much is talking to the nurses, playing using his feet and smiling again."
From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026
The good news is he is a member of Finra, so it’s possible he knows what he is talking about.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 14, 2026
During these discussions Aravis became a little, a very little, less unfriendly to Shasta; one usually gets on better with people when one is making plans than when one is talking about nothing in particular.
From "The Horse and His Boy" by C.S. Lewis
