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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The intrigue: The trend over the last few months has been a slow but steady return to the land of cubicles, watercooler chitchat and harsh fluorescent lighting.
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Joe Guillen, Axios, 9 Dec. 2024
There’s no chitchat with Woll; only lengthy, philosophical conversations about the world around him.
—Joshua Kloke, New York Times, 8 May 2025
The extensive, sharp-pointedly aphoristic high-society chitchat, the very soul of theatre, threatens real-life consequences.
—Richard Brody, New Yorker, 26 Mar. 2025
This includes a lawyer, who will reply to social messages and even gossipy chitchat from their work account.
—Judith Martin, Mercury News, 18 Apr. 2025
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Joe Guillen, Axios, 9 Dec. 2024
There’s no chitchat with Woll; only lengthy, philosophical conversations about the world around him.
—Joshua Kloke, New York Times, 8 May 2025
The extensive, sharp-pointedly aphoristic high-society chitchat, the very soul of theatre, threatens real-life consequences.
—Richard Brody, New Yorker, 26 Mar. 2025
This includes a lawyer, who will reply to social messages and even gossipy chitchat from their work account.
—Judith Martin, Mercury News, 18 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for chitchat
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“Chitchat.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/chitchat. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.
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chitchat
noun
chit·chat
ˈchit-ˌchat 
: small talk, gossip
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