: having an informal or intimate quality
a fireside chat
Examples of fireside in a Sentence
Noun
We sat chatting at the fireside.
couldn't wait to get off the plane and back to his comfortable fireside
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Essence, 6 July 2025
Photo : Callaway Henderson Sotheby’s International Realty The fireside library.
—Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 15 May 2025
Sophie Clark, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 July 2025
Gadd and Hoo will later appear in conversation with Colin From Accounts star and co-creator Harriet Dyer in a session titled, ‘Passion Project to Global Hit’, while Asher Keddie (Strife), Imogen Banks (Fake) and Bruna Papandrea (Nine Perfect Strangers) will appear at fireside chats.
—Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 1 July 2025
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Noun
Join us for an illuminating fireside chat with Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, the first Black woman to serve on the U.S. Supreme Court.
—Essence, 6 July 2025
Photo : Callaway Henderson Sotheby’s International Realty The fireside library.
—Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 15 May 2025
Adjective
Supreme Court Associate Justice Sonia Sotomayor participates in a fireside chat in Miami, February 11, 2025.
—Sophie Clark, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 July 2025
Gadd and Hoo will later appear in conversation with Colin From Accounts star and co-creator Harriet Dyer in a session titled, ‘Passion Project to Global Hit’, while Asher Keddie (Strife), Imogen Banks (Fake) and Bruna Papandrea (Nine Perfect Strangers) will appear at fireside chats.
—Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 1 July 2025
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“Fireside.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fireside. Accessed 15 Jul. 2025.
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