trivial talk
Example Sentences
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To the most trivial talk he gave the attraction of his own character.
From The Life of Charles Dickens, Vol. I-III, Complete by John Forster
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 H. C. (Harry C.) Edwards
"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
People spoke in whispers, and here, as at Blois, the conversation was a medley of serious and frivolous subjects, of grave and trivial talk.
From The Works of Honor? de Balzac About Catherine de' Medici, Seraphita and Other Stories by Honor? de Balzac
After this they fell into quite trivial talk, while Humility prepared the tea things.
From The Ship of Stars by Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch
