carry on conversation
Example Sentences
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Framed by gyrating backup dancers, Eighties pop star Taylor Dayne belted out her hit “Tell It to My Heart” as Olivia Palermo and husband Johannes Huebl attempted to carry on conversation amid the thunderous music.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 7, 2017
Nat went near her so he could carry on conversation without delaying the dinner preparations.
From Dorothy Dale at Glenwood School by Penrose, Margaret
"It was a long drive," says Fabian, presently, with all the air of a man who is determined to rouse himself—however against his will—and carry on conversation of some sort.
From Portia or By Passions Rocked by Duchess
While you are at work on the outside of prisons, you can carry on conversation with those about you and thus pass the time in a pleasant manner.
From The Twin Hells; a thrilling narrative of life in the Kansas and Missouri penitentiaries by Reynolds, John N.
“What an ideal day it has been!” resumed Nidia, when the ground became even enough to carry on conversation with any degree of facility.
From John Ames, Native Commissioner A Romance of the Matabele Rising by Mitford, Bertram
