trivial talk
Example Sentences
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To the most trivial talk he gave the attraction of his own character.
From The Life of Charles Dickens, Vol. I-III, Complete by Forster, John
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
Sometimes a kind of awful astonishment would come over me as I listened to his trivial talk, and heard him make plans for a future that was never to be.
From Vendetta: a story of one forgotten by Corelli, Marie
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
He had grown to hate soiled hands and coarse clothes, and the trivial talk of people who only lived for trifles.
From Despair's Last Journey by Murray, David Christie
