There's nothing people can't solve by sitting round a table and talking rationally.

Ever since Jennifer had learned she was pregnant, they seemed unable to talk rationally about anything.

Only a bit later have the heads cooled off and people started talking rationally.

I find it tough as hell to talk rationally about murder.

Serves me right for trying to talk to him rationally, Jim thought.

When I tried to talk rationally, they shouted me down.

"She could talk to another woman quite rationally," Dona said with satisfaction.

"It's very difficult in a way to talk rationally after that."

He sat her down in the living room and talked to her quite rationally.