make small

At a youth boxing gym up the street, Malloy tries to make small talk with the kids.

Hull was frustrated that it took a long time and a lot of money to make small plastic prototype parts.

I remember trying to remain calm and make small talk while I watched other families interact to see if I was doing anything wrong.

This would give him a scant hour, but a dozen or fifteen minutes of life could make small difference.

Literal translations from the Finnish would make small appeal to the general reader.

He has lost one of his feet, but that seems to make small difference, for he has found his heart.

I make small doubt those are Mr. Carvel's sentiments, and still he seems popular enough with the ladies.

"Evidently we are each fated to make small discoveries regarding the habits of the other, to-day," she rejoined.