trivial talk

Example Sentences

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In all her early letters there is an entire absence of that trivial talk about dress, parties, and the gossip of the day, so common at her age.

From Memoir of Mary L. Ware, Wife of Henry Ware, Jr. by Hall, Edward B.

Beatrix met him cordially, for she had seen him standing ignored in his corner by the piano, and she liked the friendly way in which the singer had included him in the trivial talk.

From The Dominant Strain by Edwards, H. C. (Harry C.)

The sincerity of this expression stood out in the trivial talk.

From The Sleuth of St. James's Square by Post, Melville Davisson

Apart from the ordinary, trivial talk of civil people, they were separate, they did not speak of what was between them during the remaining two days of their stay.

From The Rainbow by Lawrence, D. H. (David Herbert)

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 Corelli, Marie