How to Use chitchat in a Sentence

chitchat

noun
  • We exchanged some chitchat about the weather.
  • Given the 40 cents per-minute rate, there was no time for chitchat.
    — Tom Montgomery Fate, chicagotribune.com, 4 June 2019
  • The chitchat between the men is enough to suggest entire lives.
    — Elisabeth Vincentelli, New York Times, 19 June 2017
  • Green even went as far as to say that there is chitchat about another season.
    — Erica Gonzales, Harper's BAZAAR, 19 Oct. 2020
  • Months of isolation may have left your chitchat skills a little rusty.
    — Richard Chin, Star Tribune, 30 July 2021
  • Nuggets emerge, the daily life of a production pokes through the idle chitchat.
    — Christopher Borrelli, chicagotribune.com, 25 Nov. 2021
  • The chitchat among students abruptly ends, and someone gasps.
    — New York Times, 29 Aug. 2021
  • The members swapped memes, offensive jokes and idle chitchat.
    — Shane Harris and Samuel Oakford, Anchorage Daily News, 13 Apr. 2023
  • In the car, the three chitchat about what’s growing, the job scene in the fields and, of course, the weather.
    — Patricia Leigh Brown, New York Times, 16 June 2023
  • Hawkins makes this seem like a monumental spew of words rather than benign chitchat.
    — Matthew Schnipper, The Atlantic, 6 Jan. 2025
  • But even girls whose chitchat was never so principled grew up to see how girl talk had fueled them.
    — Time, 13 June 2023
  • There was some lighthearted chitchat around whether or not Greenwood would change the name.
    — Elizabeth Wellington, Philly.com, 5 July 2018
  • And that’s a good thing, since this phone is designed for more than your average household chitchat.
    — Wired Blogs, WIRED, 31 May 2006
  • Foster became more known for light chitchat with the anchor desk rather than daring rescues.
    — Richard Ruelas, The Arizona Republic, 31 Mar. 2023
  • After a few months of aimless electronic chitchat, the girls wanted to talk.
    — Los Angeles Times, 8 Aug. 2019
  • The in-person meetings may not matter, but the chitchat, lunches and happy hours do.
    — Paula Marantz Cohen, WSJ, 4 Mar. 2022
  • Luna would get straight to work, clearly sensing that Rodney was not one for chitchat.
    — Diana Marcum, Los Angeles Times, 7 June 2021
  • Was that panicked, overwhelmed moment tied to a breaking glass or just idle chitchat about coffee?
    — Washington Post, 10 Dec. 2020
  • Thank you, Slack—the best thing to happen to office chitchat since the water-cooler.
    — Joanna Stern, WSJ, 11 Oct. 2017
  • The fireworks, drinking and amplified chitchat around the smoker — those were all fine.
    — Washington Post, 2 Sep. 2021
  • Grace’s asking for help is a big deal, and Kate’s furnishing it with minimal fuss or chitchat is too.
    — Sophie Brookover, Vulture, 16 Oct. 2025
  • Play is ruled by a clock, with each player getting a total of 25 minutes a game, so there’s not a lot of idle chitchat.
    — Joe Heim, Washington Post, 17 Mar. 2024
  • Full airline menus are back — but say goodbye to pre-meal cocktails, warm cookies and a lot of chitchat with flight attendants.
    — Seth Liss, Los Angeles Times, 30 Aug. 2021
  • As our chitchat faded, the racket of birds swelled as if someone had suddenly turned the volume dial on a stereo.
    — Alex Cuadros, New York Times, 4 Jan. 2023
  • As the guys, joined by another friend (Alex Moffat), try to chitchat, the women fear for their lives.
    — Bill Keveney, USA TODAY, 7 May 2017
  • The chitchat that’s so often part and parcel of a B&B stay just looks a little different now.
    — Elizabeth Heath, Washington Post, 14 Aug. 2020
  • Once a month, the Stauffers lead a five- or six-mile ride along a bike trail, stopping halfway for lunch and chitchat before cycling home.
    — Annie Groer, Washington Post, 6 May 2017
  • Only 1,970 were made, a nod to the year of the mission (and another fun tidbit for chitchat).
    — Jessica Iredale, WSJ, 16 July 2021
  • The new friends seem to hit it off talking at the bar – but Reiss’ allegedly had an ulterior motive for the chitchat.
    — Fox News, 16 Apr. 2018
  • Pull up a seat at Hinokizaka’s bar and let the resident sushi master serve you the freshest catch with a side of charming chitchat.
    — Brandon Presser, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 Jan. 2026

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