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 pair talk about everything, from fun chitchat to discussing schemes and how Riley can get his body healthy as his load increases.
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Shaun Goodwin, Idaho Statesman, 10 Dec. 2025
Rather than the stiff alien chitchat that dots his own screenplays, the characters in The Favourite trade the witty, venomous bon mots of The Great creator Tony McNamara.
—A.a. Dowd, Vulture, 24 Oct. 2025
The initial touch marks the transition from regular life—chitchat, logistics, social armor—to the otherworldly realm of the massage, in which mind and body are uniquely harmonized, and some kind of euphoria is achieved.
—Sarah Larson, New Yorker, 8 Sep. 2025
There’s no chitchat with Woll; only lengthy, philosophical conversations about the world around him.
—Joshua Kloke, New York Times, 8 May 2025
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Shaun Goodwin, Idaho Statesman, 10 Dec. 2025
Rather than the stiff alien chitchat that dots his own screenplays, the characters in The Favourite trade the witty, venomous bon mots of The Great creator Tony McNamara.
—A.a. Dowd, Vulture, 24 Oct. 2025
The initial touch marks the transition from regular life—chitchat, logistics, social armor—to the otherworldly realm of the massage, in which mind and body are uniquely harmonized, and some kind of euphoria is achieved.
—Sarah Larson, New Yorker, 8 Sep. 2025
There’s no chitchat with Woll; only lengthy, philosophical conversations about the world around him.
—Joshua Kloke, New York Times, 8 May 2025
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“Chitchat.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/chitchat. Accessed 27 Dec. 2025.
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chitchat
noun
chit·chat
ˈchit-ˌchat 
: small talk, gossip
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