How to Use natter in a Sentence

natter

verb
  • Much more fun to natter away with your travel buddy.
    Cnt Editors, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 June 2026
  • Netflix execs no doubt long ago figured out how to tune out the nattering nabobs of negativism, understanding that such scrutiny — from both consumers and the press — is the unavoidable by-product of success.
    Josef Adalian, Vulture, 21 Aug. 2026
  • His Republican lackeys, the same ones who natter on about limited government and deregulation and staying out of businesses’ way, will presumably get onboard with this.
    Christopher Bonanos, Curbed, 25 Feb. 2026
  • But all the nattering nabobs of negativism who’d normally have been concentrating on Maura’s catastrophic first term had to devote at least a little attention to recounting one of the Wu Klux Klan’s more embarrassing moments of 2025.
    Howie Carr, Boston Herald, 21 Jan. 2026
  • Despite some advance nattering about how the absence of a traditional SEC or Big Ten powerhouse in the College Football Playoff National Championship would sink ESPN’s ratings, Monday night’s dustup between Miami and Indiana put up the biggest TV numbers in 11 years.
    Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 3 Sep. 2019

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