pleasantries
Example Sentences
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After exchanging pleasantries, the two couples departed in separate vehicles to Washington.
From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2026
After the pleasantries and the pretending are out of the way, we get down to details.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026
Together for the better part of four decades, L7 did not faff around with small talk and pleasantries: They took the stage and rocked your face off.
From Salon ● Jul. 21, 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
And from weatherworkers and wandering jugglers who went from town to town of the Northward Vale and the East Forest he had learned various tricks and pleasantries, spells of Illusion.
From "A Wizard of Earthsea" by Ursula K. Le Guin
