make conversation
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.73 in modern English
27
Scrabble Score
16
Letters
5
Syllables
12
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "They had their meals with Mr. Gibson and Molly, and were felt to be terribly in the way; Mr. Gibson not being a man who could make conversation, and hating the duty of talking under restraint."
- "Lee felt that disaster lurked ahead, and he did his best to stave it off by making conversation."
- "[…] mechanically like a hostess whose mind is elsewhere but who must make conversation with however uninteresting a guest, she said, ‘Pretty girl, jig jig, one pound.’"
- "One day, when a neighbour called and sat in the kitchen with them having tea, Eilis realized that her mother and Rose were doing everything to hide their feelings. The neighbour, almost casually, as a way of making conversation, said: “You’ll miss her when she's gone, I'd say.”"