blath·er
ˈbla-t͟hər 
blathered; blathering
ˈbla-t͟h(ə-)riŋ
: to talk foolishly at length
—often used with on
Examples of blather in a Sentence
Verb
my attention wandered as she blathered on about her endlessly active social life
Noun
listening to a lot of blather from politicians about who's to blame for the bad economy
wanted to retire quietly and without all the blather of an office send-off
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Allison Morrow, CNN Money, 6 Nov. 2025
The manifesto is littered with stuff like this, mixing high-flying rhetoric and references with base culture war blathering.
—James Folta, Literary Hub, 22 Oct. 2025
David Fear, Rolling Stone, 9 Oct. 2025
So if vague reassurances are so bad, and giving reasons is so good, then why is our world full of so much empty, unpersuasive blather?
—Big Think, 25 Sep. 2025
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Verb
Understanding the absurdity of one trillion anything makes the $38 trillion US national debt that economists have been blathering on about for years look almost sensible.
—Allison Morrow, CNN Money, 6 Nov. 2025
The manifesto is littered with stuff like this, mixing high-flying rhetoric and references with base culture war blathering.
—James Folta, Literary Hub, 22 Oct. 2025
Noun
The result is just old-fashioned cinematic fools’ gold, in which sensationalistic blather poses as social commentary.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 9 Oct. 2025
So if vague reassurances are so bad, and giving reasons is so good, then why is our world full of so much empty, unpersuasive blather?
—Big Think, 25 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for blather
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“Blather.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/blather. Accessed 17 Nov. 2025.
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