Examples of small talk in a Sentence
They made small talk while waiting for the meeting to start.
at the corporate get-together we made the obligatory small talk with some people from the home office
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Having boring small talk with each other for the rest of our lives?
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Carly Tagen-Dye, People.com, 11 Apr. 2025
Their small talk is perfectly natural, philosophical and hilarious.
—Alexandra Jacobs, New York Times, 6 Apr. 2025
And the show captures the kind of bull — and bullying — that passes for small talk in Hollywood.
—Nina Metz, Boston Herald, 27 Mar. 2025
One challenge neurodivergent people may have is conforming to social cues, which can be harmful in interviews or promotion-selection processes where things like handshakes, eye contact and small talk can heavily influence employment decisions.
—Julie Kratz, Forbes, 10 Mar. 2025
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Carly Tagen-Dye, People.com, 11 Apr. 2025
Their small talk is perfectly natural, philosophical and hilarious.
—Alexandra Jacobs, New York Times, 6 Apr. 2025
And the show captures the kind of bull — and bullying — that passes for small talk in Hollywood.
—Nina Metz, Boston Herald, 27 Mar. 2025
One challenge neurodivergent people may have is conforming to social cues, which can be harmful in interviews or promotion-selection processes where things like handshakes, eye contact and small talk can heavily influence employment decisions.
—Julie Kratz, Forbes, 10 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for small talk
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“Small talk.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/small%20talk. Accessed 2 May. 2025.
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