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

The school system’s chief financial officer, for example, doesn’t want to chitchat and won’t share data until he knows what you’ll do with it.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 1, 2025

I knocked and walked into the room, starting with the usual idle chitchat.

From Slate • Aug. 19, 2025

After amicable chitchat, he asked why he never saw me around.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 7, 2025

The chitchat ends quickly and a geometry worksheet pops up on Princeton’s computer screen.

From "The World Is Flat" by Thomas L. Friedman