Sentence examples for chat instead from inspiring English sources

So we settle on this being a coffee and a chat instead.

She's not there, but within moments one of the neighbours, Alan Jones, pops out for a chat instead.

What if Veda Short, a friend she met on the way, had stayed to chat instead of making her way down the street and into the explosion?

They would both save time by calling it off, and asking Keir Starmer and Stephen Barclay (less abrasive types) to have a chat instead.

We should chat instead of lots of emails in order to consider what sort of advice/discussion we should have with the SoS (who is thinking hard about 'how can we help MW').

And I try to move a lot more in general — doing shoulder rolls, shaking out my limbs, walking to chat instead of e-mailing, or visiting the water fountain down the hall.

Indian and Pakistani border guards exchanged festive gifts and friendly chats instead of gunfire.

Neither King Abdullah nor Mr. Bush discussed the matter publicly as they met for dinner inside a tentlike hall on Tuesday night, chatting instead about the unusually cold weather.

Where would I be as a Cuban immigrant if I hadn't found it?" Ms. Lopez, who was born in Havana, stressed the importance of the social aspect of dance in Cuba, where audiences are accustomed to mingling with artists after shows, drinking and chatting instead of sitting through mediated discussions.

We chatted instead with the police commissioner, Raymond W. Kelly Penny Marshalll; and Regis Philbin (who delighted with his use of the third person when we asked him if he planned to do "Dancing With the Stars": "Why does Regis have to do that at this point in his life?" he yelped).

The idea of following group chats instead of people is also novel, and socializing becomes more about tracking interests and less about individual personal nodes.