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Meanings of desultory conversation in English

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Usage of desultory conversation in English
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In the lulls, Robert and his mother exchanged bits of desultory conversation.
The Awakening, and Selected Short Stories
2
The music gave an opportunity for some desultory conversation, in which Mr.
Maruja
3
And then, after a little more desultory conversation, he rose to go.
Innocent : her fancy and his fact
4
Once on the train the two kept up a desultory conversation.
Grace Harlowe's Return to Overton Campus
5
And after a few minutes of desultory conversation, the rector left.
The Inside of the Cup — Volume 02
6
After a little more desultory conversation, they adjourned to the drawing-rooms.
Gryll Grange
7
He kept up a desultory conversation as he circled and feinted.
The Coming of Bill
8
After some desultory conversation, the Director inquired how long he had known Montanelli.
The Gadfly
9
They kept up a desultory conversation while helping to clean potatoes.
Tales of the Wilderness
10
For one to say to another in the course of a desultory conversation: A.B.
The Principles of Masonic Law / A Treatise on the Constitutional...
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They fell into a desultory conversation of fits and starts.
The Blazed Trail
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The two friends kept up a desultory conversation, but Barbican did not hear them.
All Around the Moon
13
That will turn a desultory conversation into a hot one.
Human
14
The bong was produced, the music turned on, and the usual desultory conversation commenced.
Union Atlantic
15
Downstairs, McNally and Porter sat for a long time with only a desultory conversation.
The Short Line War
16
One last pipe, a little desultory conversation, and then bed.
The Argosy, Vol. 51, No. 4, April, 1891
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