Sentence examples for chitchat like from inspiring English sources
"She pays a lot of attention to who I am, to my whole life, my children, my goals, but there's no idle chitchat like there might be with a friend.
I see other patients in the kitchen or the elevator, and we stop for specialized chitchat like "Just coming from the hospital?" or "How did chemo go?" We are all here for a different amount of time, from a few weeks to a few months.
She had no chitchat and, like Edmund Wilson, she loved to instruct those on whom she lavished herself, whether they asked for it or not.
She had a coveted spot on the balcony next to where Ms. Andrews and Ms. Hamilton would spend two hours signing books, smiling politely, asking names and making chitchat that, like a spoonful of sugar, made the rules -- no personal inscriptions, no photographs and only two books per person -- easier to swallow.
He had kept his head swung down for most of the show, avoiding the un-Mascis-like chitchat that he sometimes engages in.
When we conversed, it was mindless chitchat — wouldn't he like more stew, did he like the card Aunt Sally sent, did he want to sing "Bicycle Built for Two" with the music therapist?
In effect, it's an evening-long spiritual retreat intended to replace superficial dating chitchat (Where do you like to go on vacation? What's your favorite movie?) by prodding people to reveal themselves by discussing more personal emotions (What relative do you most admire?).
"Bush does not like chitchat when he jogs," Mr. Lindlaw wrote.
Office chitchat may seem like a waste of time, but it helps to cushion us from the emotional and psychological effects of work strain.
