Sentence examples for wandering conversation from inspiring English sources

At another point, in a long and wandering conversation with Rose Mary Woods, his personal secretary, that veered from whom to invite to a state dinner to whether Ms. Woods should get her hair done, Nixon offered sharp skepticism at the views of William P. Rogers, his secretary of state, about the future of black Africans.

And in a wandering conversation, the right time never comes.

'Yes, but as I say it was a shame really because it was a nice break for me to talk to her to be honest because, you know, when they've got dementia you don't get proper conversation – it's a mixed up, wandering conversation, you know, but no… no she was very good… Yes it was a kind of – how can I put it?

"She doesn't want wandering conversations.

For the next few Saturday mornings, Michael and I made coffee and had long, wandering conversations with my sister on speakerphone, planning the details of our ceremony.

These elements make for a murky stew, with the jerky wandering of the conversation often occasioning startled laughter.

If you find your mind wandering during the conversation, ask for clarification from the other person.

Use your list to set the topic and make sure to stay on-topic if you feel the conversation wandering in a time-wasting direction.

By the fifth inning, the score has mushroomed to 6-0 in favor of the bad guys, and our conversation has wandered, as the conversations of all baseball fans tend to do when they are faced with unpleasant developments on the field.

While Rabbit was launched with the idea of allowing users to meet one another in various public rooms — kind of like wandering through various different conversation circles at a party — it's found that early adopters tend to be communicating with close friends in private rooms.

We spent a long time with her that day in conversation while wandering among the priceless treasures.