Examples of prat in a Sentence
He acts like a real prat sometimes.
I need competent people for this job, and all they send me are prats.
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There are big box store flash mobs, horses, prat falls and, of course, lots and lots of screaming.
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Kelly Lawler, USA Today, 9 Apr. 2026
As Ray Winstone might say, what a prat.
—Holman W. Jenkins, WSJ, 29 Mar. 2022
At times Javed’s insistence on reciting lyrics to other people becomes irritating (his girlfriend, a white anti-Thatcher campaigner who did not feature in the book, tells him off for being a prat).
—J.t., The Economist, 15 Aug. 2019
So, enter me, a twenty-something who hopes to go from prat to prim over the course of a two-hour lunch, via Meier's social and dining course.
—Danielle Fox, ELLE Decor, 15 Dec. 2017
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Kelly Lawler, USA Today, 9 Apr. 2026
As Ray Winstone might say, what a prat.
—Holman W. Jenkins, WSJ, 29 Mar. 2022
At times Javed’s insistence on reciting lyrics to other people becomes irritating (his girlfriend, a white anti-Thatcher campaigner who did not feature in the book, tells him off for being a prat).
—J.t., The Economist, 15 Aug. 2019
So, enter me, a twenty-something who hopes to go from prat to prim over the course of a two-hour lunch, via Meier's social and dining course.
—Danielle Fox, ELLE Decor, 15 Dec. 2017
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“Prat.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/prat. Accessed 22 Apr. 2026.
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