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Noun
The deadpan edge of much of the film’s 90 minutes of prattle conceals thoughts on the insularity of creative communities, the ticking clock of an artist’s life and the importance of remaining open to finding truth even in what appear to be random connections. David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 Feb. 2022 The British playwright David Hare, who adapted a Maigret book for the stage, insists that Simenon—being Belgian-born and so an outsider—disdained the usual French prattle about gastronomy, and therefore cared little for the subject. Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 12 Sep. 2022
Verb
And as the girl prattles on, Bounds realizes that she herself will never be asked that question again. Alex Hutchinson, Outside Online, 3 July 2024 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, 19 Apr. 2024 See All Example Sentences for prattle
Recent Examples of Synonyms for prattle
Verb
  • The 24-year-old gymnast appeared on the 2025 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit issue cover and reflected on her achievement while chatting with PEOPLE.
    Elizabeth Ayoola, Essence, 15 May 2025
  • The pair allegedly met on Roblox in March and had chatted on Discord for several weeks.
    Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 15 May 2025
Verb
  • The chattering motion involved the lower beak snapping about 12 times per second.
    Sara Hashemi, Smithsonian Magazine, 13 May 2025
  • Amid the chattering crowds and drum beats, a boy chased his father around the corner of the plaza.
    Nollyanne Delacruz, Mercury News, 7 May 2025
Noun
  • Everyone will be there — except Lydia, who Joseph dispatches on a nonsense errand to D.C.
    Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 6 May 2025
  • The sequel has more glamour, more trouble and maybe a bit too much nonsense 1 Comments The first Simple Favor, from 2018, was a playful, shallow mystery most notable for casting the lovely, languid Blake Lively as a cynical, devious clothes horse named Emily Nelson.
    Tom Gliatto, People.com, 30 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • Hamas talked to the United States and Egyptian and Qatari mediators to arrange the release of Alexander, and Israel has sent a team to Doha to begin a new round of talks.
    Nidal al-Mughrabi, USA Today, 15 May 2025
  • Juana Summers talks with Renard about what he's seen in Gaza, and what's next for the people there.
    NPR, NPR, 14 May 2025
Verb
  • His voice babbles away throughout the record and his mischievous personality shines.
    Thomas Smith, Billboard, 24 Apr. 2025
  • Saki’s one-year-old, Enzo, is periodically trotted out on Winters’s hip, a sometimes babbling manifestation of everything her character is juggling.
    Laura Regensdorf, Vogue, 25 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • The auditory processing issues associated with his stroke also seemed to diminish, and Mr. Fetterman began to casually converse with people without having to rely on audio transcription.
    Annie Karni, New York Times, 2 May 2025
  • An art thief gets trapped on a job in a high-tech penthouse, and his mental and physical state goes south as months go by, leading the criminal to converse with pigeons, do the Macarena and turn the walls of his accidental prison into an unhinged canvas.
    Brian Truitt, USA Today, 28 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • 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
  • Jacobs-Jenkins renders him as a wry, friendly figure who occasionally takes over the bodies of the other characters to explain what is happening beneath their jabber.
    Jesse Green, New York Times, 5 June 2023
Verb
  • My baby mutters and drool drips down his chin from his new molar.
    Jessica Slice, Time, 9 May 2025
  • Collectors drool over the wrist watch from the ‘60s.
    Richard Johnson, New York Daily News, 6 Apr. 2025

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“Prattle.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/prattle. Accessed 24 May. 2025.

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