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
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.
Nat went near her so he could carry on conversation without delaying the dinner preparations.
From Dorothy Dale at Glenwood School by Penrose, Margaret
“What an ideal day it has been!” resumed Nidia, when the ground became even enough to carry on conversation with any degree of facility.
From John Ames, Native Commissioner A Romance of the Matabele Rising by Mitford, Bertram
The princesses of Videha do not carry on conversation with the princes of Ajodhya.
From Tales from the Hindu Dramatists by Zemin, J. S.
