Sentence examples for way of conversation from inspiring English sources

By way of conversation — and speaking through Rybolovlev's girlfriend, who translated — Heller mentioned the purchase.

It was on display and therefore incapable of much by way of conversation or driving.

"We have Jackie Robinson here and Peter Luger," he said by way of conversation.

The woman keeps talking, but the girl's thoughts get in the way of conversation.

Ralph spoke fluent English, in direct contrast to his friend Martin, who had little in the way of conversation.

The neighbour, almost casually, as a way of conversation, said: "You'll miss her when she's gone, I'd say".

Alderson said the front office "had very little in the way of conversations" about possible trades, and he implied the organization would remain largely static as it approached the league's July 31 nonwaiver trade deadline.

Turkle writes that just the presence of a phone, even one turned off or flipped over on the table between speakers, gets in the way of conversations — we only bother with discussions we don't mind interrupting.

The ONLY problem I have, and I really mean only, is that whenever I discover a new show, which is usually by way of conversations with friends, I'm not at home and can't schedule it on my TiVo.

Mimicry is, of course, a way of avoiding conversation, of drowning out interchange.

Now What? reading tool as a regular way of guiding conversation.