Sentence examples for he talked himself from inspiring English sources

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Knowing almost nothing, he talked himself up as an expert and pretty soon he was.

At 18, buoyed by an intense fascination with perception and optics, he talked himself into a job with a billboard company and became something of an advertising wunderkind.

His bravado flagged a bit, though, as he talked himself through the implications of war with the other Republic of China.

On more than one occasion in the Gobi Desert, he talked himself out of a dicey situation with a mix of charm and bluster.

There's the time he talked himself out of a transfer to Roy Keane's Sunderland by leaving him an answerphone message saying simply: "Hi, it's Robbie - whazzzuuupppp!. "I probably should have been a little bit more sensible," he accepts.

On Monday he talked himself into a tangle when reporters pressed him about his comment at a recent debate that he had served with gay soldiers in the military, as he defended the "don't ask, don't tell" policy.

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He talks himself into inescapable corners.

A minicab driver living on a Tower Hamlets council estate, he talks himself into optimism.

He talks himself innocent: on two dozen occasions he gets past the toughest guard and occupies the heart.

In fact, whenever an executive rides in his limousine, he talks himself up and hands out his résumé.

He talks himself into allowing the ship to sail.

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