blathering

Definition of blatheringnext
present participle of blather

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for blathering
Verb
  • Nine days after the Negra Francisca sank, another Ecuadorean fishing boat was trolling the fertile fishing grounds off the Galapagos.
    Foreign Correspondent, Los Angeles Times, 15 June 2026
  • But there’s something more than trolling at work, something elemental in the response to Scranton.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 14 May 2026
Verb
  • Justin Fletcher returns as the bleating voice of Shaun and the flock, joined by John Sparkes, and Kate Harbour as voice talent in the dialog-free feature.
    Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 18 Mar. 2026
  • When Sneaky Snook in his mail truck happened upon the wreckage near the boundary of Meredith Downs, sheep were scattered along the roadside and the fence, bleating, dazed.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 5 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • Each treatment villa creates a moment—opening up onto a bespoke, private slice of babbling brook and lush jungle, the sounds of which perfectly underscore any massage.
    Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 May 2026
  • The key to the program is the devices inside the vests, which recognize the pitch of a child speaking or a baby babbling and the pitch of an adult and capture when an adult speaks and a child or baby responds or vice versa.
    Michael Cuglietta, The Orlando Sentinel, 29 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • The result is an entirely incoherent crime thriller that features gangsters prattling on about the self and the ego and the soul and then occasionally wandering into an entirely different scene where other gangsters are prattling on about the same thing.
    Will Leitch, Vulture, 27 May 2025
Verb
  • In an eventual 57-point Hurricanes victory, Stevenson was balling and jabbering about it, too, to every Wildcats pass catcher within earshot.
    Dan Wiederer, New York Times, 7 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • In the end, despite the early promise and intrigue, The Boroughs is just another bland, unsatisfying Netflix Original series limping and sputtering to its foregone conclusion.
    Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 27 May 2026
  • Maybe Bryce Eldridge and Jesús Rodriguez can kick-start the sputtering engine?
    Levi Weaver, New York Times, 4 May 2026
Verb
  • The fights were slightly delayed because of inclement weather, and so we were treated, first, to a quartet of chattering analysts wearing natty, snug suits.
    Naomi Fry, New Yorker, 15 June 2026
  • Wednesday evening, dozens crowded into the community room of a local church, chattering in Spanish and English in the fading light of day as part of a forum on the upcoming ICE facility.
    Luis Melecio-Zambrano, Mercury News, 28 May 2026
Verb
  • Benito finds community with the like-minded Pleneros de la Cresta, who have been playing the island’s pattering folk music for over a decade.
    Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 2 Dec. 2025
  • The rain was pattering on the windowpanes all night.
    Philip Metres July 30, Literary Hub, 30 July 2025
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“Blathering.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/blathering. Accessed 18 Jun. 2026.

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