talk idly
Example Sentences
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Imagining herself in Chelsea's predicament, Monica used to talk idly, Ginsburg says, about "poor Chelsea" having to live in a college dorm with Secret Service agents nearby.
From Time Magazine Archive
This they may say who wish to talk idly, and who would display their humanity at the expense of their honesty or their understanding.
From The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 05 (of 12) by Burke, Edmund
He knew that now he must tend this monster forever, grease and wipe the ugly metal of it, and sit and talk idly to MacNamara, its keeper.
From The Hell Ship by Palmer, Raymond Alfred
To talk of adding lustre to the name of Wollaston by their medal, is to talk idly.
From Reflections on the Decline of Science in England by Babbage, Charles
Old man, you talk idly, as in time of peace, while war is at hand.
From The Iliad by Homer
