pleasantries

Example Sentences

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The leaders chatted for 10 minutes, exchanging pleasantries and praising each other’s strength.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 24, 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

After some pleasantries, I explained that I couldn’t help with her moving boxes because I was about to conduct a highly sensitive business transaction.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 11, 2025

They greeted each other with the clinking of their gold-coloured swords and exchanged pleasantries.

From BBC • Jan. 1, 2025

I think of the parks and the restaurants, of the pleasantries I'll never use on the friends I am failing to make.

From "Me Talk Pretty One Day" by David Sedaris