chitchat

Example Sentences

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Spend enough time around cybersecurity types, and questions like the one above might feel like lighthearted chitchat.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026

And because that’s not something that everyone’s used to, you kind of pretend as if you’re having a little chitchat while being observed by everyone.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 4, 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

She even started asking me what I liked for sandwiches and drinks, and at noon, she’d sit down with me to chitchat for a few minutes while I ate.

From "Red Kayak" by Priscilla Cummings