How to Use talky in a Sentence

talky

adjective
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  • She was in a talky mood.
  • This great anime series has a bit too much blood for the younger set and the tendency to get talky at points.
    — Patrick Orndorff, WIRED, 2 Feb. 2009
  • On the other, the Satires and Epistles, loose, talky poems written, like the Ars, in dactylic hexameter.
    — Gregory Hays, The New York Review of Books, 27 May 2020
  • The best scenes, which are the talkiest and the least given over to plot, instead showcase Ms. Hutchinson’s dry, roguish, gutsy voice.
    — Alexis Soloski, New York Times, 7 June 2017
  • But a two-hour stage musical also contains a lot of talky-talk scenes and songs about boooring stuff like love and revenge and living your best life.
    — Donna Freedman, Anchorage Daily News, 23 Oct. 2019
  • All in all, this is a fascinating, if talky, play made all the more watchable by two highly talented actors.
    — Joanne Engelhardt, The Mercury News, 18 July 2019
  • The more Jacobs lards his talky screenplay with blocks of explanatory prose, the less convincing or clear his story becomes.
    — Sheri Linden, The Hollywood Reporter, 26 May 2017
  • After 45 minutes of talky intrigue and betrayal, a tiny iceberg is visible in the blackness.
    — J. Hoberman, New York Times, 20 Oct. 2017
  • The acting here smooths out the blocky, talky, implausibly ruminative aspects of Laverty’s writing.
    — Wesley Morris, New York Times, 4 Mar. 2020
  • The second act is decidedly stronger here — the talky nature of Findley’s script takes on darker hues and higher stakes, and the dynamic between Ned and Elizabeth becomes richer and more urgent.
    — Kerry Reid, chicagotribune.com, 17 June 2019
  • But this overly talky and stagey film, which takes place mostly in Colt’s hotel room and trailer — and frustratingly off-set — lacks the requisite catharsis and charisma to sufficiently engage.
    — Gary Goldstein, latimes.com, 21 June 2018
  • The movie’s not a success by any means: Too talky and exposition-heavy, and plot twists that seemed quixotically charming in the book seem fairly bizarre onscreen, including a feel-good family reunion that takes place in Antarctica.
    — Ty Burr, BostonGlobe.com, 15 Aug. 2019
  • Pert piano and squiggly synth elements recall the cloying tropical pop that Ed Sheeran played with on his recent albums; her sing-talky delivery resembles him, too.
    — Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 23 Aug. 2019
  • His movies are talky, intimate to the point of claustrophobia, and populated by characters that can be charitably described as prickly.
    — Manohla Dargis, New York Times, 8 Feb. 2018
  • The confessional spirit of Eric Rohmer, the late French auteur revered for his wise, talky relationship studies, hovers insistently over the proceedings.
    — Justin Chang, latimes.com, 15 Feb. 2018
  • Simon’s script is talky, particularly in the repetitive final scene, but Williams’ production is packed with situational and visual humor to keep the laughs flowing.
    — Pam Kragen, sandiegouniontribune.com, 10 Sep. 2017
  • Such books, it is assumed, will be talky and analytical, essentially essays thinly disguised as fiction.
    — Sam Sacks, WSJ, 1 June 2018
  • Those two genres are fused together with an arresting artfulness, woozy and dreamy interludes mixing with the talky technical stuff to create a film that is broadly enlightening and piercingly intimate.
    — Joey Nolfi, PEOPLE.com, 21 May 2017
  • Most disappointing, Kubrick has positioned his uniformed perspectives in talky situations.
    — Thr Staff, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 June 2017

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