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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Lacey remembers the conversation, which came just after exchanging small talk with her doctor, who discussed having four kids at home.
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Angela Andaloro, People.com, 17 June 2025
Surface-level small talk gets you nowhere and leaves no mark.
—Jodie Cook, Forbes.com, 6 June 2025
After years on the route, Casey has come to know who needs help with their bags, who wants small talk and who prefers silence.
—January Lavoy Krish Seenivasan Ted Blaisdell, New York Times, 3 May 2025
Around liberal America, these were the questions asked with a nervous laugh at dinner parties, in office small talk, on university campuses.
—Carlo Versano, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 June 2025
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Angela Andaloro, People.com, 17 June 2025
Surface-level small talk gets you nowhere and leaves no mark.
—Jodie Cook, Forbes.com, 6 June 2025
After years on the route, Casey has come to know who needs help with their bags, who wants small talk and who prefers silence.
—January Lavoy Krish Seenivasan Ted Blaisdell, New York Times, 3 May 2025
Around liberal America, these were the questions asked with a nervous laugh at dinner parties, in office small talk, on university campuses.
—Carlo Versano, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 June 2025
See All Example Sentences for small talk
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“Small talk.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/small%20talk. Accessed 5 Jul. 2025.
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