pleasantries
Example Sentences
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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
Whatever Tuchel said, and it was unlikely to have been pleasantries, was the catalyst for an outstanding attacking display which saw Jude Bellingham restore England's lead moments after half-time.
From BBC ● Jun. 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
Groups of passersby stopped outside the city’s La Carlota air base—one of the sites targeted in Saturday’s military incursion —to take photos, exchanging pleasantries as they snapped photos of the bombed site.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 5, 2026
I’ll just rush them out the door, make clear that there’s no time for pleasantries.
From "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen
