blathering

Example Sentences

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And don’t be surprised if I think you’re a blathering chucklehead.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 5, 2025

So it just seems like some blathering by a professor, and that is frustrating.

From Salon • Mar. 22, 2024

“I was letting off steam and it was more online blathering than anything,” he said.

From New York Times • Nov. 22, 2021

Then, when he’s wrong, which is often enough, we have to hear him blathering apologies and falling all over himself.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 23, 2020

“College. I wouldn’t have imagined—” “If they dismiss me, I’d have to stop stalling and blathering and get myself to Oberlin College and a new life.”

From "Lyddie" by Katherine Paterson