pleasantries
Example Sentences
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Groups of passersby stopped outside the city’s La Carlota air base—one of the sites targeted in Saturday’s military incursion —to take photos, exchanging pleasantries as they snapped photos of the bombed site.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 5, 2026
I was never a fan of pleasantries because they seemed like a waste of time.
From Los Angeles Times • May 21, 2025
As years go by, more and more of our verbal interaction has taken the form of extended pleasantries.
From Los Angeles Times • May 21, 2025
In series two, we see how Lumon's disorientating, unforgiving corporate culture and its deceptive pleasantries affects those with power too.
From BBC • Jan. 17, 2025
They are silent, but not somber—they smile at the Amity they pass, inclining their heads, a few of them stopping to exchange pleasantries.
From "Insurgent" by Veronica Roth
