Sentence examples for superficial conversations from inspiring English sources

The two men said that they often talked to Mr. Wong during breaks, but that the language barrier meant mostly superficial conversations.

Although he has begun, over the last two years, to exchange phone calls with his parents and attend family gatherings, he and Kevin manage only short, superficial conversations.

"Many studies show that people have shorter and more superficial conversations in open offices because they're self-conscious about being overheard," said Anne-Laure Fayard, a professor of management at the Polytechnic Institute of New York University who has studied open offices.

To understand the effects of information and communication technologies (ICTs; e.g., texting, instant messaging) on conversational processes and socioemotional well-being, researchers have often relied on experimental designs in which unfamiliar adults engage in relatively superficial conversations.

For many scientists, the thought of stepping into a room full of strangers and striking up forced, superficial conversations over wine and cheese cubes feels icky and can produce anxiety.

His active involvement with this key aspect of the unit positioned him as a resident expert amongst the team, which in turn limited his teammates expertise on the manner and resulted in superficial conversations between him and the rest of the team (e.g., "How's the build going?").

After some awkward and superficial conversation about Crow's food — how could blueberry-macadamia-nut muffins be low-fat?

Elizabeth and Henry Katee Blumberg and Richard Topol) are having what seems like a superficial conversation; their words skitter along, like sandpipers pecking their way across a beach.

Questions about the campaign consumed so much of the debate's first segment that Representative Ron Paul snapped at Mr. Gregory for directing a "superficial" conversation.

A tall, shy man with a salt-and-pepper mustache, Dr. ElBaradei is so averse to small talk that he refuses even superficial conversation with staff members in the agency's elevators, aides say.

It would become a useful tool in my arsenal of superficial conversation starters.