The air was tense, and though the scene looked normal, the conversation somehow always returned to the same subject.

When she had been seated, the conversation returned to the coming invasion.

A conversation with her always returned to that point.

But the conversations always returned to President Clinton and how he is doing.

But then the conversation returned to the deadly serious nature of the visit.

When the conversation returned to the subject of his fall schedule, he sighed.

But the conversations often return to this single idea: Someone should be held accountable.

But he was relieved that their conversation had returned to its normal level before she left.

Even so, their conversation returned to it time and again; as if there were nothing else for them to talk of.

The conversation returned to how busy Edinburgh seemed these days.