pleasantry

Normally, a band works its way up to the goosebump moments, but why waste time with pleasantries when we’re all neighbors here, right?

They shook hands, exchanged pleasantries, and Mother followed him to a doorway with a security camera.

Someone who divulges the details of her real estate portfolio in lieu of exchanging pleasantries.

But hanging over those pleasantries during his visit to China this week are several steps the U.S. is taking to sever economic ties in areas where the Biden administration says they threaten American interests.

We jokingly exchanged pleasantries and accepted that none of us knew where we were going.