small talk
Example Sentences
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When Vladimir Putin was captured by a hot mic telling Xi Jinping that humans could achieve immortality by replacing their organs, some dismissed the exchange as eccentric small talk between aging autocrats.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 29, 2026
How magical it all had been: the way we smiled at each other, the coquettish small talk, and the tender sound of our voices.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 27, 2026
The small talk of a taxi ride is the beating heart of British chit-chat - a soundtrack to thousands of journeys across London and beyond.
From BBC • Feb. 21, 2026
Food does what small talk so often can’t: it lowers the stakes, signals goodwill, and creates a tiny bridge where there was previously just a hallway.
From Salon • Jan. 27, 2026
Daylight, and the banality of family small talk, would dispel whatever impact she had made as a ghostly illuminated apparition.
From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan
