pleasantries

Example Sentences

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He could order in French and exchange pleasantries with an elderly French waiter who seemed to live there.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026

Groups of passersby stopped outside the city’s La Carlota air base—one of the sites targeted in Saturday’s military incursion —to take photos, exchanging pleasantries as they snapped photos of the bombed site.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 5, 2026

The leaders chatted for 10 minutes, exchanging pleasantries and praising each other’s strength.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 24, 2025

Members of Congress filed in for a joint session, exchanged pleasantries, and settled into their roles.

From Slate • Jan. 6, 2025

The healer entered the tent murmuring pleasantries, but one sniff of the foul air and a glance at Yezzan zo Qaggaz put an end to that.

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin