trivial talk
Example Sentences
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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 Garnett, Constance
After this they fell into quite trivial talk, while Humility prepared the tea things.
From The Ship of Stars by Quiller-Couch, Arthur Thomas, Sir
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
To the most trivial talk he gave the attraction of his own character.
From The Life of Charles Dickens, Vol. I-III, Complete by Forster, John
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.)
