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yammering

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noun

yammering

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verb

present participle of yammer

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for yammering
Noun
  • Trump prattles on about the economy while the actors freeze behind him in their ancient Galilee garb.
    Rosa Escandon, Forbes.com, 13 Apr. 2025
  • She was getting winded on our walk, and her prattle was broken up by heavy breaths.
    Joshua Cohen, The New Yorker, 13 Oct. 2024
Verb
  • The irony of the quintessential real estate expert buying a home in the flight path of an international airport, then complaining about the noise, is not lost on the rest of Palm Beach County.
    Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 8 Jan. 2025
  • That first-round pick became Merriman (although, the Giants aren't complaining).
    Ryan Morik, Fox News, 8 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • Get ready for a wild ride in Kansas City as a weather system will send temperatures plummeting and usher in howling winds, rain and maybe some light snow on Wednesday, according to the National Weather Service.
    Robert A. Cronkleton, Kansas City Star, 19 Mar. 2025
  • Burning telephone poles blocked lanes and black soot swept across the pavement, blown by the howling winds.
    Sean Greene, Los Angeles Times, 16 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Anticipate and Remind There's no reason to wait for the whining to happen.
    Debby Waldman, Parents, 29 Apr. 2025
  • Ultimately, Janice tells Ross that his whining is too much and ditches him.
    Victoria Edel, People.com, 14 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Much of the chatter leading up to the series has centered around the reception Soto will receive from the Yankees faithful.
    Chantz Martin, FOXNews.com, 16 May 2025
  • The lounges sway to their usual rhythm of excited chatter, clinking glasses and former players recalling their eras.
    Greg O'Keeffe, New York Times, 14 May 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
Noun
  • The unknowing apprentice blabs about red hair and more to Cressida, who then takes the information to blackmail Penelope into paying her a huge sum.
    Dessi Gomez, Deadline, 13 June 2024
  • But things turn sour when Eloise blabs about Colin helping Pen to Cressida and another one of the ladies nearby hears it … and well, gossip is meant to be spread right?
    Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 16 May 2024
Noun
  • The first is another patter song for Pierce, which is needless.
    Christian Lewis, Variety, 25 Apr. 2025
  • Gone were the logoed blazers, pristine sets and cheerful patter, replaced by an actual working newsroom filled with anchors and reporters that became media stars in their own right.
    Robert Channick, Chicago Tribune, 26 Mar. 2025
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“Yammering.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/yammering. Accessed 24 May. 2025.

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