chitchat

Example Sentences

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Spend enough time around cybersecurity types, and questions like the one above might feel like lighthearted chitchat.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026

“You’re walking down the road. You see a coffee spot, get some coffee. Then you chitchat and then keep walking and do the same thing all over and over again.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 13, 2026

And because that’s not something that everyone’s used to, you kind of pretend as if you’re having a little chitchat while being observed by everyone.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 4, 2025

I knocked and walked into the room, starting with the usual idle chitchat.

From Slate • Aug. 19, 2025

I’d never seen him before and, seeing how I wasn’t in the mood for chitchat, I toured the store, hoping Hank would presto soon.

From "Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet" by Joanne Proulx