It was several minutes before I began to wonder why she had taken the trouble to entice me in a pointless conversation.

Joan and Eddie are both quite intellectually slow and they often make pointless conversation.

This is a pointless conversation,' he said shortly.

This is a pointless conversation, and I am leaving.

Their pointless, mechanical conversations stop the movie dead in its tracks.

A tall, stringy woman walked over to Houghton and he took the opportunity to escape this pointless conversation.

He was making pointless conversation just for the pleasure of the company, and doubtless she knew it.

Jo wanted to put an end to this pointless conversation.

After a particularly pointless conversation about mortality, someone says: "All men die.

Mikel and the Civil Guard stopped their pointless conversation to stare at her.