chit-chat

Example Sentences

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"I love finding out how they're getting on, how their day's going, and we just chit-chat about anything."

From BBC • Apr. 1, 2026

There was no news, no public chit-chat, nothing that would give rise to such a big move, but there it was.

From Salon • Mar. 26, 2026

Humming along under the surface are smaller signs of community breakdown, like when Lorraine’s father, Sam, rolls out a brand new TV set while the family eats dinner, thus curtailing chit-chat forever.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 30, 2025

But Greene and her army of two other people have backed off for now, having secured a few hours of chit-chat time with Johnson as an acceptable alternative to a botched execution.

From Slate • May 8, 2024

Matthias, realizing that this was no time for idle chit-chat, promptly shouted out in a loud, courtly manner, “O King, I come to return one of your brave young warriors!”

From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques