trivial talk
Example Sentences
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How could we achieve all this ordinary trivial talk of everyday in the gloom of this romantic adventure?
From The Jervaise Comedy by Beresford, J. D. (John Davys)
People spoke in whispers, and here, as at Blois, the conversation was a medley of serious and frivolous subjects, of grave and trivial talk.
From The Works of Honor? de Balzac About Catherine de' Medici, Seraphita and Other Stories by Balzac, Honor? de
The trivial talk round the table took on the poignancy of matters already in the past.
From Treasure and Trouble Therewith A Tale of California by Bonner, Geraldine
In all her early letters there is an entire absence of that trivial talk about dress, parties, and the gossip of the day, so common at her age.
From Memoir of Mary L. Ware, Wife of Henry Ware, Jr. by Hall, Edward B.
This trivial talk in a tavern had an immense influence on him in his later action; as though there had really been in it something preordained, some guiding hint....
From Crime and Punishment by Garnett, Constance
