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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Using a Negroni and up to two glasses of Malbec, get through pre-appetizer chitchat, group ordering, salad, entrées, dessert, all the way to the Uber ride home, without oversharing or otherwise saying anything that will result in an emotional hangover the next morning.
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Charles Yu, New Yorker, 20 Apr. 2026
Earle’s got a new reality show brewing with Netflix, so Cooper could make an appearance to chitchat.
—Alejandra Gularte, Vulture, 13 Apr. 2026
Houston’s Mission Control arranged the cosmic chitchat between the four lunar travelers and the space station’s three NASA and one French residents.
—Marcia Dunn, Los Angeles Times, 8 Apr. 2026
Just search The Outside Podcast on YouTube to enjoy these chitchats with your eyes as well as your ears.
—Outside Online, 11 Feb. 2026
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Charles Yu, New Yorker, 20 Apr. 2026
Earle’s got a new reality show brewing with Netflix, so Cooper could make an appearance to chitchat.
—Alejandra Gularte, Vulture, 13 Apr. 2026
Houston’s Mission Control arranged the cosmic chitchat between the four lunar travelers and the space station’s three NASA and one French residents.
—Marcia Dunn, Los Angeles Times, 8 Apr. 2026
Just search The Outside Podcast on YouTube to enjoy these chitchats with your eyes as well as your ears.
—Outside Online, 11 Feb. 2026
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“Chitchat.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/chitchat. Accessed 27 Apr. 2026.
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chitchat
noun
chit·chat
ˈchit-ˌchat 
: small talk, gossip
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