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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Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 17 June 2025
As Wharton continues to blather at June, Luke, Rita and a bunch of others move from the back of the crowd to the front.
—Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 20 May 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
Yet in the president’s social media blathering last week came something shocking: an admission that deportations don’t really work.
—Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 17 June 2025
As Wharton continues to blather at June, Luke, Rita and a bunch of others move from the back of the crowd to the front.
—Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 20 May 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 15 Oct. 2025.
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