Examples of chitchat in a Sentence
We exchanged some chitchat about the weather.
a bit of chitchat over lunch with people we hadn't seen in a while
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This includes a lawyer, who will reply to social messages and even gossipy chitchat from their work account.
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Judith Martin, Mercury News, 18 Apr. 2025
People who have lots of weak ties, who make eye contact and idle chitchat with baristas and neighbors, feel happier than those who don’t, her studies find.
—Olga Khazan, Vox, 11 Mar. 2025
Meanwhile, Green made do with a slightly depressing cafeteria lunch—a cheese-and-pickle sandwich and a shiny red apple—and some chitchat about the weather.
—Nicola Twilley, The New Yorker, 3 Feb. 2025
There was a time in the not-so-distant past when people knew their neighbors’ names, made polite chitchat with strangers, and believed in fostering community — so say your older relatives unprompted at every conceivable opportunity.
—Hershal Pandya, Vulture, 7 Jan. 2025
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Judith Martin, Mercury News, 18 Apr. 2025
People who have lots of weak ties, who make eye contact and idle chitchat with baristas and neighbors, feel happier than those who don’t, her studies find.
—Olga Khazan, Vox, 11 Mar. 2025
Meanwhile, Green made do with a slightly depressing cafeteria lunch—a cheese-and-pickle sandwich and a shiny red apple—and some chitchat about the weather.
—Nicola Twilley, The New Yorker, 3 Feb. 2025
There was a time in the not-so-distant past when people knew their neighbors’ names, made polite chitchat with strangers, and believed in fostering community — so say your older relatives unprompted at every conceivable opportunity.
—Hershal Pandya, Vulture, 7 Jan. 2025
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“Chitchat.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/chitchat. Accessed 4 May. 2025.
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chitchat
noun
chit·chat
ˈchit-ˌchat 
: small talk, gossip
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