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prattle

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Recent Examples of prattle
Noun
The larcenous prattle is, in this sense, a typically Wiig-ian set piece: sunny, strained and flailing for dignity. Lili Loofbourow, Washington Post, 20 Mar. 2024 With more than half of Senate Republicans now officially backing Mr. Trump’s bid for president, those entreaties are becoming harder to ignore as prattle from Palm Beach. Annie Karni, New York Times, 25 Jan. 2024
Verb
While some critics prattle on in the comments with doubts, D'Amelio has stayed present throughout rehearsals and leaned on her costars — many of whom are also new to Broadway — to keep her concentration. Zoey Lyttle, People.com, 29 Oct. 2024 There were no pixies prattling songs about peace in Paris. Sally Jenkins, Washington Post, 27 July 2024 See All Example Sentences for prattle
Recent Examples of Synonyms for prattle
Noun
  • Mesopotamian corpses, stirred by the babble of trade, wander the halls wrapped in shrouds of extravagant malice.
    David Velasco, Harpers Magazine, 18 Dec. 2023
Verb
  • Young Republicans implicated in a scandal over racist, antisemitic and misogynistic comments in leaked chat messages reported by Politico face mounting calls to step down from their positions in party organizations.
    Robert Birsel, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 Oct. 2025
  • Contestants form bonds and make compatibility decisions while chatting through a wall, eventually getting engaged before meeting face-to-face for the first time.
    Saman Shafiq, USA Today, 14 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Diners chattered away and ate at the restaurant while wedding guests gathered on the dance floor.
    Lauren Mascarenhas, CNN Money, 22 Sep. 2025
  • The data also added to chatter about whether a jumbo, half-percentage-point cut could be on the table in September — a conversation Jim Cramer feels is justified.
    Kevin Stankiewicz, CNBC, 7 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Checkmate has done lots of covert ops spy nonsense in comics throughout the years, and notable works with Batman on occasion.
    Bethy Squires, Vulture, 11 Oct. 2025
  • The new Tron sequel steps outside of cyberspace but won’t leave the sci-fi nonsense behind.
    David Sims, The Atlantic, 10 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Kelce talked Wednesday about the good vibes in the Chiefs facility on the latest episode of the New Heights podcast.
    Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 15 Oct. 2025
  • The crows are back, talking to the dog again, and the other birds are singing in the trees.
    Joële Walinga, IndieWire, 15 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Perennially delighted and deeply uncool, Tascioni gabbles about the wonders of the city while her interlocutors roll their eyes at her lack of sophistication and taste.
    Lili Loofbourow, Washington Post, 29 Feb. 2024
Noun
  • And given that these are not professional actors, or even (in most cases) people who aspire to be, LaBeouf’s words to them, full of deadly serious jabber about empathy and ego, are pumped up with an intensity that feels overdone and inappropriate.
    Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 19 May 2025
  • Worse, such jabber crowds out essential coverage of genuine threats to democracy and the visions of the two parties.
    Jennifer Rubin, Washington Post, 16 July 2024
Verb
  • Now in a stunning new home, these objects seem to breathe and converse as never before.
    New York Times, New York Times, 16 Oct. 2025
  • Just as Italian Neorealism and Brazilian Cinema Novo once did, through his cinema, Walter’s inner space opens its doors horizontally, without agendas or hierarchies, so that all human emotion can converse within this personal yet collective space.
    Alejandro González Iñárritu, Deadline, 15 Oct. 2025

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