idle talk
Example Sentences
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The trial’s focus will be on whether the plot was more than idle talk of wannabe weekend warriors.
From Seattle Times • Mar. 7, 2022
And it’s entirely possible that we’ll never see Barr claim such an authority—this was likely yet more idle talk to mollify his boss in the Oval Office.
From Slate • Apr. 23, 2020
No specific target was mentioned, but Mullen felt that this was not idle talk: the atmosphere in the group had darkened, and the members had begun to take their physical training more seriously.
From The New Yorker • May 20, 2019
First some distraction: idle talk of going “down to the weald” to talk to ironmasters.
From New York Times • May 3, 2015
There was no more idle talk at twilight about the huts.
From "The Good Earth" by Pearl S. Buck
