pleasantries
Example Sentences
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After more than a decade of public feuding and false starts, Tyson Fury and Anthony Joshua exchanged pleasantries, traded jokes and even discussed going for a pint at a news conference in London.
From BBC ● Sep. 30, 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
But I could figure out they weren’t compliments or normal pleasantries.
From "The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates" by Wes Moore
