pleasantries

Example Sentences

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Twenty years ago, founders proudly eschewed fashion and decorum, too busy writing code and devising a new world order to bother with pleasantries, like basic manners and French cuffs.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 18, 2026

He could order in French and exchange pleasantries with an elderly French waiter who seemed to live there.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026

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

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 24, 2025

They share coffee and pleasantries and then open proceedings; the finale of a months-long selection process.

From BBC • Oct. 9, 2025

You exchanged pleasantries and the key, which he used to let him-self out and then placed back in the bucket for you to pull up with the rope.

From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover