Example Sentences

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He did not just excavate the ethos of Africa from bygone times, he also reflected the present: bringing to life everyone from the politicians to the prostitutes, and prophesied the palavers that were to come.

From BBC • Feb. 7, 2020

A girl palavers with a strange man with a tie on his head.

From Washington Post • May 25, 2017

A minor palaver ensued, prolonged as much as possible by the sort of internet crusaders who devote their lives to prolonging minor palavers.

From The Guardian • Aug. 10, 2012

But, just as important political palavers usually go guised as rowdy picnics, important doings were afoot at the 63rd annual convention of the National Education Association, which met, last week, in Indianapolis.

From Time Magazine Archive

This produced profound deliberation and lengthened palavers, and at length the chief told me that he feared learning to read would change his heart and make him content with one wife like Sechéle.

From The Personal Life of David Livingstone by Blaikie, William Garden