He didn't say much after that, and she made no effort at conversation.

An earlier attempt at conversation had drawn a similar reaction.

He made no further attempt at conversation for the duration of the trip.

Despite this, however, his host felt obliged to make some effort at conversation.

Nick sat back against the seat, making no attempt at conversation.

Samuel made a few attempts at conversation, but finally gave up.

"You seem to me very good at intelligent conversation," I said.

He stuck there, completely out of practice at normal conversation.

And everything done in silence despite my attempts at conversation.

That was pretty much the end of any attempt at conversation.