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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The trip itself was uneventful, a mix of small talk and silence.
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Tereza Shkurtaj, PEOPLE, 25 Oct. 2025
Duggan remembered her as a serious and studious politician who didn't start meetings with small talk about the Detroit Tigers or Lions but who, instead, wanted to immediately start the agenda.
—Clara Hendrickson, Freep.com, 22 Oct. 2025
Volar, a dating app that launched in late 2023, even let people train an AI version of themselves that flirted with someone else’s AI as a pre‑date screening, like two emissaries handling the small talk before the generals sit down.
—Deni Ellis Béchard, Scientific American, 22 Oct. 2025
Naturally, books invite more than surface-level small talk.
—Jenna Ryu, SELF, 22 Oct. 2025
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Tereza Shkurtaj, PEOPLE, 25 Oct. 2025
Duggan remembered her as a serious and studious politician who didn't start meetings with small talk about the Detroit Tigers or Lions but who, instead, wanted to immediately start the agenda.
—Clara Hendrickson, Freep.com, 22 Oct. 2025
Volar, a dating app that launched in late 2023, even let people train an AI version of themselves that flirted with someone else’s AI as a pre‑date screening, like two emissaries handling the small talk before the generals sit down.
—Deni Ellis Béchard, Scientific American, 22 Oct. 2025
Naturally, books invite more than surface-level small talk.
—Jenna Ryu, SELF, 22 Oct. 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 29 Oct. 2025.
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