chitchat
Example Sentences
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The next two hours were filled with chitchat between sets: Nicole’s end-of-school-year frenzy, Rich’s musician thoughts about those sweet drum riffs and where we should all go to grab a bite after.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 7, 2025
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
Him: I told you I was bad at chitchat.
From "Turtles All the Way Down" by John Green
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