1 We spent a whole hour talking around the problem before looking at ways of solving it.

2 He had never heard Alex talk around dope before.

3 It was the talk around the base.

4 You see what I mean when I say it's nothing new, it's been endlessly talked around.

5 Robyn listened helplessly as they talked around and about her and remembered.

6 Why was she conspiring with him to talk around the subject rather than come to the point?

7 Let's have more work and less talk around here.

8 Why did she talk around the subject rather than come to the point?

9 Everybody took care not to talk around her about the quake or her family.

10 Despite all the talk around them, the principals in the saga remain quiet.

11 Already China is squabbling fiercely with Asian neighbors as protectionist talk around the world rises alarmingly.