chitchat

Example Sentences

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Why spend energy on casual chitchat when Viv was always ready to dive deep?

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 2, 2025

“We’re getting exercise, but also being able to chitchat afterwards and meet more book lovers.”

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 13, 2025

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

There was the usual chitchat with the supervising worker, a woman I had not seen before, although this time it had an edgy tone.

From "Three Little Words: A Memoir" by Ashley Rhodes-Courter