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The action of the verb talk. quotations examples
It was a joy to snatch some brief respite, and find himself in the rectory drawing–room. Listening here was as pleasant as talking; just to watch was pleasant.
1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter X, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company
He did not himself care for the loose little talkings, half flat and half sharp, of men when they meet together in idleness.
1864–65, Anthony Trollope, Can You Forgive Her?
present participle and gerund of talk examples