talk idly
Example Sentences
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Imagining herself in Chelsea's predicament, Monica used to talk idly, Ginsburg says, about "poor Chelsea" having to live in a college dorm with Secret Service agents nearby.
From Time Magazine Archive
Claver, klā′vėr, n. idle talk, gossip.—v.i. to talk idly.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) by Various
"Boy, boy," said the veteran, averting his face to conceal the working of his muscles, "you talk idly; my word is now plighted to my kinsman Kit, and thy scheme is impracticable."
From The Pilot by Cooper, James Fenimore
She recognized the serious aims of a great artist; she listened with deep attention and respect; she could talk idly elsewhere and at other times.
From Sunrise by Black, William
"He used to send trifling verses from court to the Scriblerus Club every day, and would come and talk idly with them almost every night, even when his all was at stake."
From A History of the Four Georges, Volume I by McCarthy, Justin
