trivial talk

Example Sentences

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Beatrix met him cordially, for she had seen him standing ignored in his corner by the piano, and she liked the friendly way in which the singer had included him in the trivial talk.

From The Dominant Strain by Edwards, H. C. (Harry C.)

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.

Apart from the ordinary, trivial talk of civil people, they were separate, they did not speak of what was between them during the remaining two days of their stay.

From The Rainbow by Lawrence, D. H. (David Herbert)

After this they fell into quite trivial talk, while Humility prepared the tea things.

From The Ship of Stars by Quiller-Couch, Arthur Thomas, Sir

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