Sentence examples for off conversation from inspiring English sources

Kick off conversation with a fun topic.

Within weeks, the industry essentially cut off conversation with the agency about possible rule changes.

I mutter a friendly response in a tone that cuts off conversation.

He often shrugs off conversation about these moments, but spoke afterward of the company he now keeps.

"It would be nice if some teachers recognized that this is a story that could spin off conversation," he said.

Thus the coping technique of labeling the collector nutty -- "Oh, here's that nut Ralph with his nutty Zippo collection" -- in the hope of heading off conversation.

The rival camps broke off conversations Tuesday and Wednesday without comment.

At times, he said, emotions have run so high that he has had to cut off conversations.

Turning off the lights has drawn grumpy crowds to city council meetings, stirred jealousy among neighborhoods and neighbors, and set off conversations about crime.

This is why there are loos everywhere, and why normally polite people break off conversations abruptly and start to run.

Thursdays and lasts for one hour; district officials stick so closely to the agenda that they periodically call out the time and even cut off conversations.