chitchat

Example Sentences

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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

Why spend energy on casual chitchat when Viv was always ready to dive deep?

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 2, 2025

The school system’s chief financial officer, for example, doesn’t want to chitchat and won’t share data until he knows what you’ll do with it.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 1, 2025

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