Sentence examples for chitchat before from inspiring English sources

(In fairness, she tried to engage a few audience members in chitchat before seating began).

There was time for some chitchat before a news conference began to mark Woods's third successive victory in Nicklaus's Memorial Tournament.

Mr. Romney was slightly more expansive in his brief chitchat before his meeting with Mr. Miliband, who began by welcoming him to London and mentioning their "shared allegiance to the Boston Red Sox, the baseball team I believe you support".

Arthur had little patience for chitchat even before he got sick.

This play disarms its audiences with folksy chitchat and homespun comedy before it dawns on them that what they're watching — in its subliminal sweep and symmetry — is close to epic poetry.

Sometimes, before class, they chitchat with other online kids about the weather: "It is snowing here".

They'll shake hands before the game, chitchat a little and catch up on old times.

Darby smiled and engaged her in chitchat about the heroic heat and humidity before he resumed: "Remember, there was not a trace of ambiguity about what happened here.

Regis Philbin, the all-time champ of inconsequential chitchat, logged more camera hours than anyone else before his recent departure from the airwaves, according to Guinness.

The charity worker, female, 42, Glasgow 7.45am It's Monday: I get in early as I want to get on with my work before I have to engage in obligatory chitchat about the weekend.

But the importance of our conversation was not in its informality or small chitchat, but in Phil recollecting how he conducted himself before me in front of those elevators in federal court and offered a sincere apology for how he acted.