carry on conversation
Example Sentences
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Framed by gyrating backup dancers, Eighties pop star Taylor Dayne belted out her hit “Tell It to My Heart” as Olivia Palermo and husband Johannes Huebl attempted to carry on conversation amid the thunderous music.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 7, 2017
The cows and chickens only need articulation to carry on conversation.
From History of Woman Suffrage, Volume III by Stanton, Elizabeth Cady
Nat went near her so he could carry on conversation without delaying the dinner preparations.
From Dorothy Dale at Glenwood School by Penrose, Margaret
She would have to speak in good plain English, however, if she must carry on conversation with the doctor.
From East Lynne by Wood, Henry, Mrs.
"It was a long drive," says Fabian, presently, with all the air of a man who is determined to rouse himself—however against his will—and carry on conversation of some sort.
From Portia or By Passions Rocked by Duchess
