chitchat

Example Sentences

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Spend enough time around cybersecurity types, and questions like the one above might feel like lighthearted chitchat.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026

And since coverage in parks is rare—a tree sometimes—all the skaters usually huddle in the same shady place, making chitchat inevitable.

From The Wall Street Journal • Aug. 21, 2025

I knocked and walked into the room, starting with the usual idle chitchat.

From Slate • Aug. 19, 2025

After amicable chitchat, he asked why he never saw me around.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 7, 2025

Do we take any notice of this parental chitchat?

From "The Diary of a Young Girl" by Anne Frank