He might've been a dentist discussing the state of a patient's teeth.

"But we don't hang out at a bar discussing the state of the art."

This evening, people were out on the streets discussing the political state of affairs and waiting for the troops to come.

They discussed the state of the economy, markets and investor confidence, these people said.

In a telephone interview, he discussed the current state of knowledge.

They held a similar summit last fall in Chicago to discuss the state of basketball.

We can have a drink and discuss the state of the nation.

In the next chapter I will discuss the current state of theory and experiment on this issue.

He hadn't even discussed the state of the plantation with her!

The meeting had been called to discuss the current poor state of the British film industry.