Chatting

Examples

• In half the time which he had named, he had captured the housekeeper's goodwill and was chatting with her as if he had known her for years. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• We were chatting about the matter when you came in, Inspector. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
• She left her room, therefore, and came into mine, where she sat for some time, chatting about her approaching wedding. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
• After tea and a go-to-bed romp with the little girls, I attacked the big workbasket, and had a quiet evening chatting with my new friend. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• They were chatting on in this way, and John had suggested, 'No jewels for your own wear, for instance? Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• He merely calculated on meeting her and her husband in an ordinary manner, chatting a little while, and leaving again. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• The little dinners, the laughing and chatting, the music afterwards, delighted all who participated in these enjoyments. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• I was saying to madame, with whom I had the pleasure of chatting when you entered, that they tell me there is--and no wonder! Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
• She was never, as I think I have said, ostentatiously affectionate, but she was heard by the coachman chatting with the Colonel in a friendly fashion. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
• Meanwhile the men stood in calm little groups, chatting, smoking, pretending to pay no heed to the rustling animation of the women's world. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• But, the theatres were all well filled, and the people poured cheerfully out as he passed, and went chatting home. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
• Such was the man who now sat at the table of the Rector, chatting gayly with his host and Maurice Roylands. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.

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