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
Though it is very seldom that people who meet friends, either by chance or appointment cause any annoyance by remaining to carry on conversation.
From Library Work with Children by Hazeltine, Alice Isabel
Breathing dust-laden air, continued effort to carry on conversation on the cars or amid street noises, are fruitful causes of vocal disorder.
From The Voice Its Production, Care and Preservation by Miller, Frank E.
Nat went near her so he could carry on conversation without delaying the dinner preparations.
From Dorothy Dale at Glenwood School by Penrose, Margaret
“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
