Sentence examples for steer conversation from inspiring English sources

"Managed to steer conversation to break-up and its stupidity.

Don't expect any talk of coalitions to disappear any time soon, even if both Labour and Plaid will want to steer conversation away from that particular topic.

Usually, a celebrity of his stature would get this process over in an hour, steer conversation towards "the product" and give away as few personal details as is humanly possible.

"I called, and he immediately said, 'Oh, you have a baby squirrel for me?"' Mr. Goetz, who describes his current occupation as buying and selling industrial electronics, runs a makeshift squirrel infirmary from his apartment, and has a tendency to steer conversation to the animals.

It's something of a running joke: When I see him, he seeks to engage me in political discussion, while I try to steer conversation toward classic rock.

Not a back-slapper or a joker, Gupta likes small groups and tends to steer conversation toward topics in which he takes a professional or philanthropic interest.

Ms. Weiss, who said she was a voluntary participant in explicit online chats with Mr. Weiner, said it was his position as a prominent lawmaker that allowed him to steer conversations about politics and policy into racy exchanges about sex.

This compelled field workers to steer conversations with voters away from major partisan issues to focus on local matters.

The PI (ZM) and research manager (AB) have extensive experience handling such delicate questions and can steer conversations to get maximum information without hurting sentiments.

Steer conversations away from upsetting topics.

Try to steer conversations toward topics that interest her.