as in chatted
to engage in casual or rambling conversation
the toddler pattered on for what seemed like hours
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Recent Examples of pattered
As rain pattered against windows, and trees lining the streets swayed, flurries of urgent texts began ricocheting from one end of the neighborhood to the other, and panic set in as some residents put on their shoes and hurried out the door.
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Danya Gainor, CNN Money, 24 Oct. 2025
Danya Gainor, CNN Money, 24 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for pattered
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Emma Stone and Ariana Grande, seated just a table away from each other, shared a private moment catching up, while Clooney, Paltrow and Ethan Hawke chatted a few tables over.—
Andrea Mandell,
PEOPLE,
10 Jan. 2026
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Falcons long snapper Liam McCullough chatted with reporters Monday.—
D. Orlando Ledbetter,
AJC.com,
8 Jan. 2026
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The two conversed for a considerable time.—
Judith Martin,
Mercury News,
12 Jan. 2026
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One summer day, Joe O’Donnell conversed with his wife and daughter inside a gazebo overlooking a small lake, taking a midday break from running their horse boarding facility, Irish Acres.—
Abigail Hasebroock,
Sun Sentinel,
10 Jan. 2026
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Bennett talked to The Hollywood Reporter about the partnerships push, why content deals help Prime Video and its partners, and what lies ahead.—
Georg Szalai,
HollywoodReporter,
14 Jan. 2026
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Both head coach Kevin O'Connell and general manager Kwesi Adofo-Mensah talked Tuesday about fomenting competition in the quarterback room this offseason.—
Anthony Bettin,
CBS News,
14 Jan. 2026
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Our lives and bodies conversed and chattered.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
16 Dec. 2025
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Clancy then walked in from behind the stage, carrying a bouquet of flowers as the students chattered.—
Erin Clack,
PEOPLE,
10 Nov. 2025
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Yoon’s decree and ensuing power vacuum plunged South Korea into political turmoil, halted the country’s high-level diplomacy and rattled its financial markets.—
Hyung-Jin Kim,
Los Angeles Times,
13 Jan. 2026
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Today his company Paramount Skydance is suing WBD and its CEO, David Zaslav, after the company’s board rejected Paramount’s latest bid in favor of Netflix’s — the latest chapter in a saga that’s rattled the industry.—
Eric Vilas-Boas,
Vulture,
12 Jan. 2026
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“Pattered.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pattered. Accessed 15 Jan. 2026.
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