as in to ramble
to talk at length without sticking to a topic or getting to a point
my attention wandered as she blathered on about her endlessly active social life
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An office that demands wisdom and restraint is now debased with churlish impulsivity, rambling incoherency and overt grift.—
Sun Sentinel Editorial Board,
Sun Sentinel,
11 May 2025 -
The film has a sort of rambling quality, in the sense that there are long sequences.—
Nick Vivarelli,
Variety,
9 May 2025
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The brutal stabbings rattled Moscow, a city of 25,000 people that hadn’t recorded a murder since 2015.—
Eric Levenson,
CNN Money,
15 May 2025
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But the winds of change in Colorado caused this particular branch in Blue to rattle and sway.—
Steve Henson,
Los Angeles Times,
12 May 2025
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The Chicago White Sox broke a tie game with three runs in the seventh inning and went on to snap a four-game losing streak with a 6-2 win over the visiting Miami Marlins on Friday.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
10 May 2025
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Friday, right-hander Hunter Greene went on the IL with a right groin strain.—
C. Trent Rosecrans,
New York Times,
10 May 2025
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“Blather (on).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/blather%20%28on%29. Accessed 21 May. 2025.
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