subject of a conversation

Their first model was a pair of shoes, which became the subject of a conversation.

Meanwhile, the man overseeing the Athletics' climb had also been the subject of a conversation between the general manager and the players.

Additionally, he often diverts the subject of a conversation by responding to a misinterpreted remark.

He often fixates on things (prompting Morgan and other team members to have to tell him to be quiet), and misses social clues at times (for example, unknowingly changing the subject of a conversation).

In reaction to this, Legionnaires had also become masters at the art of evasive answers and shamelessly diverting the subject of a conversation, which usually worked except for times, like this, when confronted insistently with a direct question.

I took no further notice of the circumstance at that time, but it formed the subject of a conversation between me and my friend Jack Redburn next morning, when I found that I had not been deceived in my impression.