1.  A man talking sense to himself is no madder than a man talking nonsense not to himself.

2.  Afterwards, George asked me to come down and see if I could talk some sense into you.

3.  At least it gave him time to try and talk some sense into her.

4.  He had already tried to talk sense into Jotan, and had got nowhere.

5.  I just want our politicians to talk sense for a change.

6.  It took some time to calm him down and talk some sense into him.

7.  It was a whirlwind romance, all right, and nobody could talk any sense into Freda.

8.  She fervently hoped that Father McCormack would be able to talk some sense into her son.

9.  She hoped Father McCormack would be able to talk some sense into her son.