trivial talk
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This trivial talk in a tavern had an immense influence on him in his later action; as though there had really been in it something preordained, some guiding hint....
From Crime and Punishment by Constance Garnett
"Don Ippolito," said Mrs. Vervain, turning to the priest, who had been listening intently to all this trivial talk, "what do you think of this sketch?"
From A Foregone Conclusion by William Dean Howells
The sincerity of this expression stood out in the trivial talk.
From The Sleuth of St. James's Square by Melville Davisson Post
He had grown to hate soiled hands and coarse clothes, and the trivial talk of people who only lived for trifles.
From Despair's Last Journey by David Christie Murray
Sometimes a kind of awful astonishment would come over me as I listened to his trivial talk, and heard him make plans for a future that was never to be.
From Vendetta: a story of one forgotten by Marie Corelli
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