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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The app, founded in Charlotte, is designed to help people make connections while skipping the small talk.
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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
No time, really, for small talk when so many calls were coming in, so many orders for sesame chicken (and 20 other chicken dishes), or wonton soup, scallion pancakes, egg foo young, chow mein.
—Barbara Ellis, The Denver Post, 10 Feb. 2025
The request seems to have substituted for small talk, as though the artist were skipping incidental matters to inquire about what was really on his mind.
—Richard Meyer, Artforum, 1 Feb. 2025
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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
No time, really, for small talk when so many calls were coming in, so many orders for sesame chicken (and 20 other chicken dishes), or wonton soup, scallion pancakes, egg foo young, chow mein.
—Barbara Ellis, The Denver Post, 10 Feb. 2025
The request seems to have substituted for small talk, as though the artist were skipping incidental matters to inquire about what was really on his mind.
—Richard Meyer, Artforum, 1 Feb. 2025
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“Small talk.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/small%20talk. Accessed 27 Feb. 2025.
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