causerie

Example Sentences

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Whatever was the nature of His Majesty's causerie he arrived at Santander seemingly more spruce and sprightly than ever.

From Time Magazine Archive

He speaks without notes; for, indeed, such a causerie spins itself, like a sailor's yarn, though out of finer materials.

From From the Oak to the Olive A Plain record of a Pleasant Journey by Howe, Julia Ward

Ses mouvements étaient vifs et devenaient d'une pétulance extraordinaire dans la conversation; il fuyait les discussions et les vains combats de paroles, mais c'était pour mieux jouir du charme d'une causerie intime.

From Essays of Schopenhauer by Schopenhauer, Arthur

Take, for instance, the delightful sketch in the causerie of Oliver Wendell Holmes; the character of the young man called John.

From What I Saw in America by Chesterton, G. K. (Gilbert Keith)

Similarly, when he turned for a too brief space to literary criticism, he proved himself the master of all living men in the art of the literary causerie.

From The Book of This and That by Lynd, Robert