chitchat

Example Sentences

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After about five minutes of chitchat, we landed on a satisfying framework.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 19, 2026

Now, generational analysis seems to be everywhere; from TV comedies like Hacks and Only Murders in the Building, to office-place chitchat.

From BBC • May 17, 2026

After some chitchat, the president asked him to whistle.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 3, 2026

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

From Slate • Aug. 19, 2025

After a few minutes of neighborly chitchat, we all drifted toward our stations in the processing shed.

From "The Omnivore's Dilemma" by Michael Pollan