What debaters debate

Usage examples of topics.

And after that they talked about Kathy and Ella and Carol in general, and although Beatrice tried to lead the talk back to his own plans he gave nothing away, so that she was forced to fall back on dull topics like the weather and the likelihood of there being a good harvest.

The semantic confusions surrounding these topics are an absolute nightmare, confusions that have bred an inordinate amount of ideological fury on both sides, and unless we attempt to clear up some of this confusion, the discussion simply cannot go forward.

For a good two weeks, for all three soon run out of topics of conversation, he plays skat with them, after which he turns to further visitations.

O Thou Creator of great sublime topics of discussion, Thyself the most sublime of all topics of discussion, loosen the tongue of the discussion-welcoming Walter Matern.

I would like in this chapter because I need to introduce several new topics before the significant contours of their valuable contribution can be fully appreciated.

This is one of the main topics of volume 2, and I mention it now as simply another instance of the tensions inherent between the various worldviews.

We both see evidence of that mind collectively emerging, and that is one of the topics of the next volume.

Or, if he carries on the dispute in the natural spirit of good company, by throwing in a variety of topics, and preserving a proper balance among the speakers, he often loses so much time in preparations and transitions, that the reader will scarcely think himself compensated, by all the graces of dialogue, for the order, brevity, and precision, which are sacrificed to them.

Or does he not perceive, that these topics are easily retorted, and that Anthropomorphite is an appellation as invidious, and implies as dangerous consequences, as the epithet of Mystic, with which he has honoured us?

But I now find you running into all the topics of the greatest libertines and infidels, and betraying that holy cause which you seemingly espoused.