chatted

past tense of chat

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of chatted Holland can be heard saying in the video, while the Euphoria star, whose full name is Zendaya Maree Stoermer Coleman, chatted with a reporter. Charlotte Phillipp, PEOPLE, 27 July 2026 Flow Space chatted with two leading experts about the best ways to keep your eyes healthy in midlife and beyond. Helen Carefoot, Flow Space, 22 July 2026 Anne also met with South Korea’s president Lee Jae Myung and chatted with members of the K-pop group NMIXX, who joined the Princess Royal for a reception at the Four Seasons Hotel in Seoul. Rachel Burchfield, InStyle, 19 July 2026 Wiegman and Coates briefly reunited and chatted at Bay FC’s offices before the game. Christian Babcock, Mercury News, 18 July 2026 Morrison chatted for hours with her new board members and school employees and gave them to-do lists. Jennifer Smith Richards, ProPublica, 15 July 2026 As Macron greeted crowds on the Champs-Elysees, spectators chatted with him about France’s chances of victory. Eva Van Dam, Los Angeles Times, 14 July 2026 In these ornate halls, while those with more serious ailments might soak in mineral baths or endure being wrapped in a wet sheet for the sake of their health, others played cards, chatted with friends, and attended concerts. Veronique Greenwood, Time, 9 July 2026 The prior day, Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-South Dakota, also chatted with McConnell. Zachary Schermele, USA Today, 7 July 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for chatted
Verb
  • Scott Harris, the Tigers’ president of baseball operations who orchestrated the deal, talked last year of not believing in a Skubal window.
    Cody Stavenhagen, New York Times, 2 Aug. 2026
  • Those two talked for about 10 minutes while my wife and I were settled at the table.
    Judith Martin, Sun Sentinel, 1 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Around the family, people shared takeout dinners, swung on hammocks and chattered.
    Tess Kenny, Chicago Tribune, 18 July 2026
  • The youthful musicians chattered away like creatures of the Transylvanian night.
    Alex Ross, New Yorker, 29 June 2026
Verb
  • But today’s linguistic diversity may be only the shadow of a time when humans conversed in 10 times as many tongues.
    Cody Cottier, Scientific American, 23 July 2026
  • But the writers have conversed with one another and have been living in this world for so long.
    Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 14 July 2026
Verb
  • For Valentine's Day 2026, the retailer released a confetti glass icon candle that shoppers drooled over.
    Sophia Beams, Better Homes & Gardens, 17 June 2026
  • Fighter Josh Hokit drooled at the weigh-in in front of the Lincoln Memorial.
    Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 17 June 2026
Verb
  • Morales shouted at reporters as he was led into an NYPD vehicle.
    Emma Seiwell, New York Daily News, 25 July 2026
  • Depp hobbled around — supported by a cane, sporting a dusty top hat, and ensconced behind a wrought iron gate — while fans shouted out questions.
    Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 24 July 2026
Verb
  • But Bhatta was hypothermic and occasionally babbled gibberish.
    Gregory Thomas, San Francisco Chronicle, 14 Mar. 2026
  • As Lindell babbled on about baseless conspiracy theories involving voting in De Baraso’s home state of Georgia, the 12-year-old shut him down.
    Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 16 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • The redshirt junior signal caller sputtered to start the first half of 2025, but by November, Manning was one of the best quarterbacks in the country and should carry that over into this year.
    Austin Perry OutKick, FOXNews.com, 25 July 2026
  • Last season was a different situation, as the eventual champion Las Vegas Aces sputtered for the first two-thirds of the regular season before ending it on a 16-game winning streak.
    Sabreena Merchant, New York Times, 20 July 2026
Verb
  • Ceuta, SpainAP — Ceuta over the weekend no longer looked like a city on edge, but residents were still rattled by the events of the week.
    CNN Money, CNN Money, 2 Aug. 2026
  • Tolle navigated a tricky Dodgers lineup with poise and didn’t get rattled in the second after giving up the lead on Hernández’s homer.
    Jen McCaffrey, New York Times, 2 Aug. 2026

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“Chatted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chatted. Accessed 4 Aug. 2026.

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