How To Use Conversational In A Sentence

a class in conversational Spanish.
They don't really need the conversational crutch of football, but they engage to connect with their colleagues. Times, Sunday Times
The writing itself is more conversational than homiletic.
It was one of the reasons, Charlie suspected, he was quite a boring conversationalist. TEN STEPS TO HAPPINESS
Bernard made no response to Tom's conversational gambits.

We return to our hotel to slug whiskey and create conversational doodles in the private bar.
Curiously, there was an anticipatory quality to her voice -- as though she had thrown a conversational bone. THE CALLIGRAPHER
He was a gifted conversationalist and had many fine stories and yarns which he could embellish with style.
Le larron does not seem to be used in conversational French (my daughter taught me the word after she learned it in her French class while reading a classic text) ... so here are some useful synonyms: un escroc (swindler, con man, crook) un malfaiteur (burglar) un voleur (thief) French Word-A-Day:
His idea of a brilliant conversational gambit is 'What's a nice girl like you doing in a place like this?'
To my considerable surprise, they formed an instant, eager bond, and went into a tight conversational huddle for the next 45 minutes or so.
That use of the passive in written language which allows non-attribution of agency is typically absent from conversational speech.
What other character do you know of who is searingly brilliant, stunningly engaging in his rat-a-tat-tat conversational wizardly, totally and even smugly tactless and rude - and still adored? Bella DePaulo: Facebook Movie: The Arrogance of Achievement vs. the Arrogance of Inheritance
He did sometimes express amazement that some of the great canonical books (The Faerie Queene comes to mind) were taken seriously; this was part of his conversational charm.
I wanted to see without being seen; most of all, I wanted to find myself in the conversational corners, the necking spots of yesteryear.
Mother was quite wonderful -- very charming, very witty and a fascinating conversationalist. ULTIMATE PRIZES
His book adopts a folksy, conversational style, but doesn't really contain any new revelations.
My only conversational embargo is on property prices,' said Andrea. THE COMPANY OF STRANGERS
The other more promising line of investigation is to explore directly the nature of conversational interaction.
Here, his style is easy, conversational and vivid as he delves into his back catalogue of personal memories. Times, Sunday Times
As such, in general lexicons the concept has the attributes of a power-play, oriented to the accomplishment of willed ends, albeit in the limited bounds of conversational interaction and behavior.
His idea of a brilliant conversational gambit is 'What's a nice girl like you doing in a place like this?'
Many of the youngsters graduated from tennis academies rather than high schools, and they're not the best conversationalists.
My chairman knows more than anyone how difficult it is to obtain good quality samples of natural conversational data.
Different people in different situations call for different conversational styles, and I have them all lined up in neat little boxes, ready to go.
Backed by an invigoratingly swinging big band, his singing made me feel good with his personal, signature sound, infectious jazz time and conversational phrasing. The Other Frank Sinatra
If my conversational partner refuses to acknowledge the thing which is taken as a given, then s/he reveals theirself to be either ignorant and/or deceptive; and then intelligent and reasoned conversation is not possible. The difficulty of demonizing the Tea Partiers: less than six degrees of separation
It pleased me to know that he was a very good conversationalist, and was capable of holding intelligent conversation for more than two seconds.
Conversational implicatures differ from Grice's conventional implicatures in being cancelable and reinforceable. Implicature
Because my style is conversational. The Sun
Her tone was mild, almost conversational.
Have your best conversationalists around to tea or dinner and Richard would wipe the floor with them.
The voice purred in his head, clear as though someone had leant down to his ear and spoken in the normal tone of conversational speech.
His soft, reflective, conversational style is outstanding. Times, Sunday Times
A gifted conversationalist, he made himself at home in any company.
The flippancy of this conversational gambit does not impress her.
It's very engaged, it's very responsible, it's very dialogic and yet also lively in a conversational way.
In her speedy, skittery conversational style, Karen, 27, says that giving everything of herself didn't leave much.
Of course, that tendency is endemic in sports broadcasting, to the extent that it is almost a conversational tic for presenters and pundits. Times, Sunday Times
You're a great conversationalist, and you're an expert at living the good life.
As a typical species of generalized conversational implicature, scalar implicature falls well into the realm of Default Logic susceptible to systematic formalization.
The abrasive edge melted and his manner became more conversational, drawing his audience in. Times, Sunday Times
In conversational English " is not " often contracts to " isn't ".
The other more promising line of investigation is to explore directly the nature of conversational interaction.
Then mother comes back, using a spare, friendly, and conversational style.
The abrasive edge melted and his manner became more conversational, drawing his audience in. Times, Sunday Times
His father wanted him to learn conversational German.
He, of course, would say that this is conversational and demotic.
She values herself on her conversational powers.
So this was a rare opportunity to test their conversational skills.
He's strong but he's conversational, and there aren't too many people that have that.
Men have a more direct conversational style.
Steve's a talented conversationalist with a gift for listening.
So how do you avoid that danger while still trying to come off as natural and conversational? Christianity Today
In a conversational style, Dale Carnegie offers practical advice and techniques on how to get out of a mental rut and make life more rewarding.
By now he realized that the retelling of sym THE NIGHT FACE bolic myths wa a standard conversational gambit here, like a Lochlanna's inquiry after the health of your father. Do you ever read writing?
Also in attendance, the one and only Henry Rollins, resplendent in "Black Sabbath: Dehumanizer" t-shirt, a marvelous conversationalist since Mr. Rollins currently hosts a show at KCRW-FM, we talk DJs: Sunset Strip impresario and godhead music man Rodney Bingenheimer, as well as the multitalented Steve "Jonesy" Jones. Gregory Weinkauf: William Shatner Salutes The Captains
The posters round here tend to respond better to more detailed conversational openers than to one-liner posts.
The Captain displays an uncanny ability to sweat and smoulder simultaneously, and boasts a command of German that goes above and beyond the conversational.
As a raconteur and conversationalist, scattering indiscretions and gossip with gay abandon, he was the acme of unconventionality.
Every party to a case, “sitting and facing the qadi the judge, conversationally presents its evidence which the qadi hears and weighs.” The Volokh Conspiracy » Rejection of Saudi Arabia as an Alternate Forum for Resolving a Dispute:
How smoky, smelly and conversational it must have been in there, with five or six people crammed tight together and a good peat fire blazing away. Times, Sunday Times
`A woman I once called mother was a worker of magic,' she continued conversationally, while I lay stupefied and silent. NIGHT SISTERS
It is concluded that, while little sentence-level simplification is used by the tutors, extensive use is made of conversational and tutorial strategies similar to those used by native and non-native adults.
The large memory boxes are ideal for use as a conversational piece on a coffee table or an eye-catching centerpiece.
As a conversationalist, Birkin is a whirlwind, skimming over subjects, lifting them up, reshaping them utterly before throwing them back down.
He had thus far succeeded in fending off my conversational sallies.
The organizations involved are making a clear commitment to de-emphasizing their dependence on advertising revenues and increasing their abilities to target "below-the-line" budgets including direct marketing, consumer sales promotion, trade promotion, event, social media, conversational marketing, cause related and even search marketing budgets. Jack Myers: Management Shifts at Magazine Publishers Signal Redefining of the Business
I love making no sense in my conversational patterns sometimes.
It was one of the reasons, Charlie suspected, he was quite a boring conversationalist. TEN STEPS TO HAPPINESS
The singer harshly enunciates the conversationally toned verses.
She sings with a conversational freedom and impeccable, colloquial diction.
Fluent signing (between one and two signs per second) produces a conversational rate comparable to that of speech.
Another mile and a half brought him to the next settlement, and being short of conversational gambits, he again asked what this was called.
We now turn to the second main area of intonational discourse function, the regulation of conversational behaviour.
Polly described herself as a feminist, a socialist and an anarchist, which of course made her an extremely dull conversationalist.
The text is delivered in a conversational manner, with frequent asides directed to the audience.
Instant messaging is even more conversational and speed is even more important, so proper English has almost vanished.
So how do you avoid that danger while still trying to come off as natural and conversational? Christianity Today
He smiled cheerily, back into his normal conversational mode.
He was a brilliant conversationalist, and liked nothing better than to relate stories from his youth to draw comparisons to how life differs today.
As a rule, the gelded cat does not "mew" to make known his wants, but employs his voice for conversational purposes. Concerning Cats My Own and Some Others
Last but not least, be a wonderful conversationalist.
There is an assumption that conversational discourse is symmetrical and logical.
Again, all my mates have read it and I haven't, which can lead to an embarrassing conversational hiatus in the pub.
The subtleties and variances of language that can only come through in conversational speech are often lost.
One last thing, I'll refuse to spell the word revanchist with a u in the middle, and I shall pronounce it accordingly, whenever I manage to wedge it in conversationally, just to earn the consternation of my peers. "A humiliated, decimated GOP that rejuvenates and rebuilds around the principles of limited government, free markets, and rugged individualism..."
In person, they're wonderful conversationalists that are modest about their achievements and passionate about their artistic pursuits.
I learnt conversational Spanish at evening classes.
Sit back with a smile as you watch ashand - waving conversationalist provoke mirror reactions in another.
We could, for example, try to immerse the conversational partner in the driver's situation - to use telepresence technology to let them virtually ‘be’ in the car.
Louise, who was cooking, dished up a supreme bangers and mash with onion and red wine gravy, and I had prepared The Films of Patrick Swayze as my conversational masterclass.
Having that information beforehand will make you more confident and conversational in your approach.
Koch sought to reinvent American poetry by letting in ‘fresh air’, eliminating mythic solemnity and styling a conversational vernacular ablaze with wit and linguistic surprise.
Start building your aerobic base by exercising at a conversational pace for an hour, two days a week.
Back then, his conversational style was combative in the extreme. Times, Sunday Times
Called "Ad Stamp," the product includes a 970x418 "pushdown" that drops down from the top of the page and then collapses to a 970x66 banner, a 300x600 tower along the side of the page and a 600x250 unit at the bottom of the page, called "The Conversationalist. ClickZ News
Of course, that tendency is endemic in sports broadcasting, to the extent that it is almost a conversational tic for presenters and pundits. Times, Sunday Times
He was a gifted conversationalist and loved a bit of fun and humour.
He had thus far succeeded in fending off my conversational sallies.
In other words, if this whole other-chick subplot is anything more than a conversational ort relative to the cake of your time together (see, I can torture a dessert metaphor, too), then that's a bad sign. Carolyn Hax: He likes two girls, and plays one against the other
The trash-talking omnisexual comic returns with a second concert film, addressing menstruation, the G spot, and other conversational gambits for dinner at Grandma's.
But conversational tidbits used as metaphors to illustrate certain salient points in the pitch create an immediate connection. posted by Dean at Notes from the peanut gallery
The large memory boxes are ideal for use as a conversational piece on a coffee table or an eye-catching centerpiece.
So how do you avoid that danger while still trying to come off as natural and conversational? Christianity Today
To read it is like spending hours with an erudite conversationalist who is disposed to amuse you.
An uninspired student, a so-so lover, an indifferent conversationalist. GALILEE
Picnics were conversationally considered in all their more important phases -- historical, dietetical, and social. Our Mr. Wrenn, the Romantic Adventures of a Gentle Man
But at normal conversational speed its ghastly sequence of four diphthongized long vowels (in the nicely symmetrical but un-IPA Trager-Smith transcription, / ay ey iy ey /) sounds something like ah-ee-yay-ee-yee-yay-ee.
My store of conversational openers seems thoroughly inadequate to the task.
Thinking about Patients is written in an engaging and conversational style and is an antidote to the increasingly leaden approach of the evidence based medicine enthusiasts.
Ramsay is a prolific, near-conversational swearer, but the disgusting state of Tim's kitchen raises his ire to new heights.
Daniel, whom Alicia had made out to be such an entertaining conversationalist, had been silenced by the scope of William's achievements.
Vain, superficial and selfish, she was also a brilliant conversationalist and a loyal friend who had no difficulty dominating British aristocratic society.
And yet other times, in the spur of the conversational moment, I'm lost for the right words.
Not only teenagers but many high flying execs who flaunt a number of mobiles casually are very poor phone conversationalists.
And its conversational style makes it highly readable. Christianity Today
Its tragic revelations are presented in a quiet, conversational style which hides deep emotions.
Throughout the 30-minute, conversational video, apparently the first in a series, Mr. al-Zawahri emphasizes what he calls the "nobility" of bin Laden's character - as well as his own proximity to him. The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed
The abrasive edge melted and his manner became more conversational, drawing his audience in. Times, Sunday Times
There are surtitles, of course, but in the quick, conversational repartee of the Prologue, the machine has trouble keeping up.
the broken syntax and casual enunciation of conversational English
As a conversationalist he's blunt and frank, even chummily so, yet not very interesting; and he holds no mysteries.
Though her words were conversational and casual, her tone was smooth and deadly.
In a folksy, conversational two-page letter dated Sept.15, Mr. Libby assured Ms. Miller that he had wanted her to testify about their conversations all along.
He had thus far succeeded in fending off my conversational sallies.
His wide knowledge and the quickness of his perception made him an excellent conversationalist.
In a survey of 1000 adults, almost half confessed to using texts to avoid ‘conversational niceties’.
Her ear for colloquial phrases and conversational interplay is equally impressive.
Well after a while we woke the Boston fish up & we all went home & I was feeling pretty good on acct. it being such a nice night & all the stars being out & etc. & when I got home I said Prudence guess what hapend & she says I can guess & I says Prudence I have been elect it a minit man & she says well go on up stares & sleep it off & I says sleep what off & she says stop talking so loud do you want the naybers to wake up & I says whos talking loud & she says o go to bed & I says I am talking in conversational tones & she says well you must be conversing with somebody in Boston & I says o you mean that little blond on Beecon St. & Ethen she went a 1,000,000 mi. up in the air & I seen it wasnt no use to try & tell her that the reason I was feeling good was on acct. having drank a Boston swelt hed to sleep without feeling any affects & I bet the next time I get a chanct I am going to get snooted right because a fello gets blamed just as much if he doesnt feel the affects as if he was brought home in a stuper & I was just kidding her about that blond on Beecon St. Some women dont know when they are well off Ethen & I bet that guy from Bostons Tom Duffy I mean wife wishes she was in Prudences shoes instead of her having married a man what cant holt no more than a qt. without being brought home in a stuper. A Parody Outline of History
He seems to lack basic conversational skills.
While hardly what one would call a convivial conversationalist, he at least deigned to engage in some interspecies small talk. Sliding Scales
In my circle, I am regarded as a fascinating conversationalist.
Mary was a gifted conversationalist and had a lovely way with people.
Normally shy and taciturn, Daoud was quite a conversationalist when he was with us. HE SHALL THUNDER IN THE SKY
His conversational style is combative. Times, Sunday Times
they fell into a conversational rut
Maybe this is because the air is clearing on what these media are good for, and with people online more and more they've become quicker and more conversational.
At first, I thought this might be a conversational gambit, a feigned interest.
They enter o-chayas/okiyas at a young age to learn the traditional arts - dance, music, which is performed mostly on stringed instruments like the samisen and the koto, along with conversational and entertaining arts.
His voice had struck a conversational tone that grated on her nerves.
Off stage, Rob Campbell is one of the most relaxed and conversational people you'll ever meet.
Stretching out on my belly to put my head on a level with his I said, conversationally, ‘What are you looking at?’
I bump into an eastern European businesswomen I know whose conversational strategy consists of staring at you a bit awkwardly until a chance to mention her product arises. February « 2010 « Squares of Wheat
So, it is a myth that conversational discourse is inevitably symmetrical.
What other character do you know of who is searingly brilliant, stunningly engaging in his rat-a-tat-tat conversational wizardly, totally and even smugly tactless and rude - and still adored? Bella DePaulo: Facebook Movie: The Arrogance of Achievement vs. the Arrogance of Inheritance
This Vanuatu tribesman could only make hand motions and repeat words in his foreign language, though everyone living on Efate speaks at least some conversational English.
Eazyspeak French teaches 800 vocabulary words; quickly extends conversational skills un filleul fee-yul noun, masculine 1. godson, godchild Savoir Vivre
If you understand gender differences in what I call conversational style, you may not be able to prevent disagreements from arising, but you stand a better chance of preventing them from spiralling out of control ... Gender Part 1: Better Than Thou
A possible consequence of this, though, links rather than estranges Nietzsche from the conversational tradition. Post-Secular Conviviality
orated," invariably using a conversational tone; many of his points were driven home by humorous allusions or anecdotes rather than by didactic logic. Woodrow Wilson and the World War A Chronicle of Our Own Times.
This chart is what we call our conversational skin care card and what it does very simply is it tells the representative, why it's important to follow an anti-aging skin care regimen if you want to have better skin. Retail Sector and Stocks Analysis from Seeking Alpha
There are two points worth noting about this fragment of conversational discourse.
Outside, mist and drizzle envelop neighboring skyscrapers, and in conversational pauses I can't help but flash on images of King Kong dragging whatshername to the top of the Empire State Building.
His social skills improved so that he became more communicative, conversational and animated.
I'm sure it had nothing to do with the vast wealth she stood to inherit, her unsurpassable beauty, her exquisitely feminine charm, or even something as shallow as her fine conversational skills and excellent education.
Le larron does not seem to be used in conversational French (my daughter taught me the word after she learned it in her French class while reading a classic text) ... so here are some useful synonyms: un escroc (swindler, con man, crook) un malfaiteur (burglar) un voleur (thief) Larron - French Word-A-Day
Chown's delivery is punchy, conversational and well-stocked with reader-friendly analogies keeping galactic concepts at an everyday level.
He writes conversationally as if it all just pours out uncorrected. Times, Sunday Times
There are informal ways of expressing the topic, even in conversational discourse.
Once a husband and wife led us in an almost conversational style of prayer. Christianity Today
More modest use of headlinese can convey a more conversational and engaged tone and the like. Language Log
Selectorial shuffling is a bit like conversational waffling. Times, Sunday Times
he used all his conversational weapons
In his defence, Herselman argued that the word baboon was common in conversational Afrikaans and had no malicious or bad intentions. News24
Conversational humour involves the establishment of a ‘play frame’.
The fans also have their say and again the attitudes are conversational rather than bellicose and confrontational.
As children gain mastery over language skills, they become more sophisticated in their conversational abilities.
So, humans will respond in conversational time frames, but with a lasting record. The Volokh Conspiracy » The Internet and Stupidity:
Throughout the 30-minute, conversational video, apparently the first in a series, al-Zawahri emphasizes what he calls the "nobility" of bin Laden's character - as well as his own proximity to him. The Seattle Times
Recent studies of the pragmatics of politeness have drawn on conversational data.
Her tone was mild, almost conversational.
The clips all share a rough, choppy style, as clunky as their conversational tone. Times, Sunday Times
The approach combines a constrained-based semantics with a general mechanism of conversational implicature.
Like a person sitting in the car park outside the gym, knowing they've got to go in and get exercising, I am perpetually a conversational sluggard.
Grice pointed out that conversational implicatures have the following properties: (i) they are calculable, that is, inferable from, among other things, the cooperative principle and the conversational maxims; (ii) they are cancelable either explicitly Pragmatics
There was none of the awkwardness of fresh acquaintance, no conversational false starts or miscues.
This is an event in itself, as Horace is a) paralytically shy and b) has had the conversational urge beaten out of him by fifty five years of having B's mum talk over him.
Like a person sitting in the car park outside the gym, knowing they've got to go in and get exercising, I am perpetually a conversational sluggard.
The quadrille is a stately and a conversational dance. Manners and Social Usages
Back then, his conversational style was combative in the extreme. Times, Sunday Times
To answer their questions, become skilled in conducting "conversational fact finders " with your customers.
Jane was no beauty, always delving into some novel of gross sentimentality, and her conversational skills were disgustingly average.
She couldn't wait to tell the usual gang gathered for dinner at Mrs. J's, waiting impatiently until the ritual conversational preliminaries eventually played out.
We shall examine an extract from conversational discourse containing a longish paratone which illustrates the features just described.
He was a gifted conversationalist and had many fine stories and yarns which he could embellish with style.
There is an assumption that conversational discourse is symmetrical and logical.
Her ear for colloquial phrases and conversational interplay is equally impressive.
One last thing, I'll refuse to spell the word revanchist with a u in the middle, and I shall pronounce it accordingly, whenever I manage to wedge it in conversationally, just to earn the consternation of my peers. "A humiliated, decimated GOP that rejuvenates and rebuilds around the principles of limited government, free markets, and rugged individualism..."
She sings with a conversational freedom and impeccable, colloquial diction.
I said to E. J., who had thus far succeeded in fending off my conversational sallies. FOLLOW THE SHARKS
Nevertheless, in a suitable conversational setting, the phrases (b) and (b²) can be properly used to designate any of the three events: the act that turned on the light, the onset of illumination in the light, and whole process whereby the light has come to be turned on. Action
He had thus far succeeded in fending off my conversational sallies.
There is an assumption that conversational discourse is symmetrical and logical.
An uninspired student, a so-so lover, an indifferent conversationalist. GALILEE
There are informal ways of expressing the topic, even in conversational discourse.
The conversational performance bar was high - not to any ridiculously lofty intellectual setting, but higher than I am generally used to in the general course of things.
Our argument for the importance of considering individual speaker's topics in conversational discourse would consequently be weaker.
It transpired that my conversational companion and I both had firm ideas as to the character of each of our future funerals.
His conversational style is combative. Times, Sunday Times

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