chitchat

Example Sentences

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After about five minutes of chitchat, we landed on a satisfying framework.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 19, 2026

Now, generational analysis seems to be everywhere; from TV comedies like Hacks and Only Murders in the Building, to office-place chitchat.

From BBC • May 17, 2026

“She can continue to chitchat with Kermit. And that was really charming for her and certainly charming for us. And how can you not have fun on a set like that?”

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 4, 2026

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

With only fifteen minutes and counting until Arletta Paisley’s new show, I didn’t have time for chitchat.

From "Hope Springs" by Jaime Berry