CONVERSATION in a Sentence

Learn CONVERSATION from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.
352 example sentences for CONVERSATION, such as:
1. The art of good conversation seems lost.
2. Clearly she had no wish for conversation.
3. Drag up a chair and join the conversation.
4. There was a brief pause in the conversation.
5. She was engaged in conversation with a client.
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Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
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 Meanings and Examples of CONVERSATION
conversation
 n.  the use of speech for informal exchange of views or ideas or information etc.
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  Clerval, whose eyes and feelings were always quick in discerning the sensations of others, declined the subject, alleging, in excuse, his total ignorance; and the conversation took a more general turn.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 6
2  Krempe had now commenced an eulogy on himself, which happily turned the conversation from a subject that was so annoying to me.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 6
3  During this conversation I had retired to a corner of the prison room, where I could conceal the horrid anguish that possessed me.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 8
4  Some conversation took place between him and his father, and the young stranger knelt at the old man's feet and would have kissed his hand, but he raised her and embraced her affectionately.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 13
5  He sat up much longer, conversing with his father, and by the frequent repetition of her name I conjectured that their lovely guest was the subject of their conversation.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 13
6  Every conversation of the cottagers now opened new wonders to me.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 13
7  The mild exhortations of the old man and the lively conversation of the loved Felix were not for me.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 13
8  I found myself similar yet at the same time strangely unlike to the beings concerning whom I read and to whose conversation I was a listener.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 15
9  Felix and Agatha spent more time in amusement and conversation, and were assisted in their labours by servants.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 15
10  It was apparent that my conversation had interested the father in my behalf, and I was a fool in having exposed my person to the horror of his children.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 16
11  The conclusion of this speech convinced my father that my ideas were deranged, and he instantly changed the subject of our conversation and endeavoured to alter the course of my thoughts.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 22
12  I would not disturb you at this period, when so many misfortunes weigh upon you, but a conversation that I had with my uncle previous to his departure renders some explanation necessary before we meet.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 22
13  Eluding Jordan's undergraduate who was now engaged in an obstetrical conversation with two chorus girls, and who implored me to join him, I went inside.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 3
14  It was on that same house party that we had a curious conversation about driving a car.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 3
15  So he was aware of the bizarre accusations that flavored conversation in his halls.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 4
Example Sentence: (142 in 10 pages)
1  Children quickly get bored by adult conversation.
2  She longed to break in on their conversation but didn't want to appear rude.
3  The art of conversation is highly esteemed in France.
4  The art of good conversation seems lost.
5  You ought to have instructed your attorney to bring an action against the hawker for criminal conversation with your wife.
6  She fell into a conversation with a man at the bar.
7  He drags his war stories into every conversation.
8  By reading we enrich the mind; by conversation we polish it.
9  Clearly she had no wish for conversation.
10  Your conversation is the mirror of your thoughts.
11  Drag up a chair and join the conversation.
12  She was engaged in conversation with a client.
13  Barry had obviously come in on the tail-end of the conversation.
14  Education begins a gentleman, conversation completes him.
15  There was a brief pause in the conversation.