chatted

past tense of chat

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of chatted Deputies and politicos chatted over festive music while the local news played silently on a big screen at El Pescador Bar and Grill in Carson, which served as Luna’s campaign headquarters on Tuesday. — Connor Sheets, Los Angeles Times, 4 Nov. 2026 Her husband, Tracy Letts, chatted intimately with her TV husband, Morgan Spector, wearing matching Margiela with his real-life wife, Rebecca Hall. — The Editors, Vulture, 30 Oct. 2026 Director Celine Song found a seat in one of Rubio’s armchairs and began to peruse the book, while Kareem Rahma and Todd Snyder chatted. — Leigh Nordstrom, Footwear News, 29 Oct. 2026 So after the game, as former colleagues often do, Tremble found his ex-coworker and chatted with him. — Charlotte Observer, 25 Oct. 2026 In an interview with Bon Appétit, the former Detroit health director chatted about Michigan's food culture, grocery affordability, and the foods that shaped him. — Serena Maria Daniels, Bon Appetit Magazine, 23 Oct. 2026 While Parton worked and the two chatted, Paisley recalls Dean waiting patiently in the car. — Joseph Hudak, Rolling Stone, 22 Oct. 2026 Billboard chatted with October’s Hip-Hop Up & Comer, Noodah 05, about the origins of his name, why old-school R&B always has him in a chokehold, his desire to emulate André 3000, and his aspirations to become the new-age Thanos of rap. — Carl Lamarre, Billboard, 15 Oct. 2026 Authorities say Green has chatted with hundreds of young girls online. — Dan Raby, CBS News, 14 Oct. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for chatted
Verb
  • Teton talked to a senior crew member who said that many hadn’t been given transportation off the ship or help with their visas.
    — Shayla Love, New Yorker, 6 Nov. 2026
  • His daughters sharpened their communication skills, talked to friends and family, and set up their own playdates.
    — Stephanie Ganz Published, Parents, 6 Nov. 2026
Verb
  • Suspended in a pool, holding onto an oxygen mask as her teeth chattered, Julia Wolf began to seriously consider the possibility of hypothermia.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 12 Oct. 2026
  • Some raved about the experience to those in line while others chattered among themselves about their thoughts.
    — Camila Pedrosa, Sacbee.com, 1 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • Essential California checked out the trials, tested airport counters, walked through the terminal’s new gates and conversed with excited passengers looking forward to their next flight out of Burbank.
    — Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 26 Sep. 2026
  • Hemingway commended Salinger, then a twenty-five-year-old staff sergeant, on his short stories, and the two conversed for hours.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 10 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Who had broken a wrist on the back-yard flagstones, drooled cherry medicine down her sleeping face on the car ride back from the hospital.
    — Emma Cline, New Yorker, 9 Aug. 2026
  • 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
Verb
  • Heck, there was even a moment where Brooks shouted out the crew member who was switching out his guitars mid-set.
    — Rashad Alexander November 7, Kansas City Star, 7 Nov. 2026
  • Soon after, a warden shook Guardado and shouted his name, but got no response and a medic then pronounced him dead.
    — KIM CHANDLER, Arkansas Online, 6 Nov. 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
  • Jansen took 4-15 in six overs, with Anrich Nortje taking 1-5 before walking off injured, as Australia sputtered early on.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 21 Oct. 2026
  • Florida State has sputtered this season and Miami has not lost a game.
    — Chantz Martin OutKick, FOXNews.com, 18 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • The spending spree rattled Democrats in Georgia and Washington.
    — Greg Bluestein, AJC.com, 5 Nov. 2026
  • Earnings reports like these have rattled investors in recent months because of the hundreds of billions of dollars that are being poured into the AI sector.
    — Steve Kopack, NBC news, 5 Nov. 2026

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“Chatted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chatted. Accessed 13 Nov. 2026.

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