| Holding each other by the elbows like wrestlers ready to grapple, the two men exchanged pleasantries. |
| Rheiner and I exchanged pleasantries and both looked at Marius for further instruction. |
| After a little exchange of pleasantries, about the weather or some similarly engaging topic, I also like to receive a stamped receipt. |
| Johnson attempted to start conversation with some pleasantries but Bill was not very talkative. |
| Once the food had been ordered and pleasantries were out of the way, we got down to business. |
| A polite tongue provided a shield of tactful silence and banal pleasantries that staved off needless provocation and harm. |
