What is "talk into"

Usage examples of "talk into".

Now that she had his therapeutic ear to talk into, she talked - and talked - about living in Alaska, potato farming, breeding dogs, working for a vet.

Though Bergold steered them in and out of shops, hotel lobbies and more museums, they could not shake off the reporters, who continued to write in their notebooks or talk into oversized microphones every time one of the Visitors or their companions did anything at all.

He had even tried to talk into his wristpad when such an accelerated burst of thinking began, when he felt that sense of several different strands braiding together to make something new.

He was shouting commands to the computer while trying to talk into the intercom at the same time.

From the comer of my eye I saw Slade talk into the speaking tube connecting with Morley’.

Wendover offered his guests tea before they departed, but he turned the talk into general channels and avoided any further reference to business topics.

He came like a pleasant change in the light, arresting little Louisa with fatherly nonsense as she was being led out of the room by Miss Morgan, greeting everybody with some special word, and seeming to condense more talk into ten minutes than had been held all through the evening.

She covered her face in shame and continued to talk into her fingers, so that her voice was muffled.

He could take the telephone off its stand, but he couldn't talk into it to call a physician.