pleasantries in English

noun
1
an inconsequential remark made as part of a polite conversation.
after an exchange of pleasantries, I proceeded to outline a plan
synonyms:banterbadinagepolite remarkcasual remark

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Below are sample sentences containing the word "pleasantries" from the English Dictionary. We can refer to these sentence patterns for sentences in case of finding sample sentences with the word "pleasantries", or refer to the context using the word "pleasantries" in the English Dictionary.

1. 4 He exchanged pleasantries about his hotel and the weather.

2. Okay, well, so much for the pleasantries.

3. 2 Stephen and Mr Illing exchanged pleasantries .

4. 3 exchanged pleasantries before getting down to business.

5. The children smiled politely at the visitor's pleasantries.

6. 1 The children smiled politely at the visitor's pleasantries.

7. 18 Oblivious, Mr Straw exchanged pleasantries with hand-picked prisoners.

8. 8 Oblivious, Mr Straw exchanged pleasantries with hand-picked prisoners.

9. 9 This must be her idea of exchanging social pleasantries.

10. 7 After an exchange of pleasantries, the leaders started their negotiations.

11. 5 After exchanging pleasantries, the delegation revealed the purpose of their visit.

12. 6 After exchanging the usual pleasantries, they got down to serious discussion.

13. Aside from the nauseating pleasantries some useful information came out of it.

14. Whereas all else had been a matter of pleasantries, he was ribald.

15. No one ever caught a glimpse of his furrowed face smiling over innocent pleasantries.

16. 17 Bedford knew them all by sight but had never exchanged more than pleasantries.

17. 15 No one ever caught a glimpse of his furrowed face smiling over innocent pleasantries.

18. 12 Word is she and McDermott exchanged pleasantries and greetings and watched the goings-on.

19. I prattle on with pleasantries, but I cannot pretend indifference to what you revealed about Licinia.

20. 10 After a few pleasantries and the shaking of many hands, I accompanied the column for a short distance along the road.

21. After the pleasantries were observed, the torturer would start hammering the Crosspieces with a heavy, iron-enhanced wheel.

22. The minister gets waylaid by members of the congregation who want to discuss urgent matters or exchange pleasantries.

23. But feedback is always more productive than confrontations, and honesty is always better, and more instructive, than meaningless pleasantries.

24. The mayor and civic dignitaries met us in a blaze of colour at Bow Bridge with the usual greetings and pleasantries.

25. 11 Except for a few opening pleasantries with the President,(www.Sentencedict.com) El Comandante spent most of the lunch talking with her.

26. 13 I stood on the truck, smiling pleasantries, talking about where we were in the war and what the pitch was.

27. 14 She and Sting were still on good terms - they actually sat beside each other throughout the court case, exchanging pleasantries.

28. 18 The mayor and civic dignitaries met us in a blaze of colour at Bow Bridge with the usual greetings and pleasantries.

29. 19 Even if you are not religious, it is a welcome chance for social contact and the exchange of a few pleasantries with him.

30. 1 day ago · In a rare show of Bonhomie, candidates of the rival alliances led by the AIADMK and the DMK for the Pattukottai constituency exchanged pleasantries