trivial talk

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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

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.

"Don Ippolito," said Mrs. Vervain, turning to the priest, who had been listening intently to all this trivial talk, "what do you think of this sketch?"

From A Foregone Conclusion by Howells, William Dean

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

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