Not only could he be alone in a crowd, he cultivated a serious, reserved air that shielded him from incidental or frivolous conversation.

"I'm not much good at frivolous conversation."

The characters are college buddies who have been kicked out of college and spend their time in frivolous and humorous conversation about nothing.

I heard myself laughing at his conversation-light, frothy, frivolous conversation; and yet, there seemed to be depth in it.

Light and frivolous conversation it is.

I and my room-mate have set apart every Saturday as a solemn fast day, wherein we will entertain no light matters of frivolous conversation, but only get drunk.

Though he is potentially a customer, she only grudgingly and briefly waits on him before returning to her frivolous conversation.

This isn't just frivolous conversation, of course: according to one report, there's a funeral in Florida every 15 minutes, and the customers like to be courted.

After all, his lies were interesting and I like a little frivolous conversation once in a while.

He adjured frivolous conversation, sexual contact, material possessions and most direct communication with his family.