Examples of small talk in a Sentence
They made small talk while waiting for the meeting to start.
at the corporate get-together we made the obligatory small talk with some people from the home office
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Taylor Nicioli, CNN, 3 Mar. 2025
There’s no time for small talk – things get deep quickly.
—Philip Salter, Forbes, 16 Dec. 2024
The app, founded in Charlotte, is designed to help people make connections while skipping the small talk.
—Alexis Clinton, Axios, 14 Feb. 2025
Cancer, Mercury is expanding your worldview, and suddenly, small talk bores you.
—Valerie Mesa, People.com, 13 Feb. 2025
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Taylor Nicioli, CNN, 3 Mar. 2025
There’s no time for small talk – things get deep quickly.
—Philip Salter, Forbes, 16 Dec. 2024
The app, founded in Charlotte, is designed to help people make connections while skipping the small talk.
—Alexis Clinton, Axios, 14 Feb. 2025
Cancer, Mercury is expanding your worldview, and suddenly, small talk bores you.
—Valerie Mesa, People.com, 13 Feb. 2025
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“Small talk.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/small%20talk. Accessed 9 Mar. 2025.
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