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make conversation

Idioms

Engage someone in talking purely for its own sake, make small talk, as in She had a real talent for making conversation with strangers. [c. 1920]

Example Sentences

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With the goal of meeting other women my age, I began attending book signings, workshops or menopause symposiums solo so that I would be forced to work through my social anxiety and make conversation.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 19, 2024

An Israeli news website, Ynet, reported that the men had told their captors that they were Argentine and had tried to make conversation by talking about soccer.

From New York Times • Feb. 12, 2024

Kaladi Brothers on Pike Street on Capitol Hill is a longtime inclusive institution where one can sip cappuccinos and make conversation.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 20, 2023

Whether he was talking to colleagues or members of the public, and even if he knew nothing about them, Matt would "deliberately make conversation", she remembers.

From BBC • Nov. 29, 2021

She’d kept to herself for so long that it was hard to remember how to make conversation with someone her own age.

From "A Wish in the Dark" by Christina Soontornvat

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