prattle

Mr. Friedman’s book is full of technocorporate prattle.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026

I can’t think of many, but if you ask any “SNL” diehard — even just a regular viewer — about Michaels, they’ll likely prattle off some fun facts to you.

From Salon ● Apr. 19, 2026

Some of the prattle can feel like treading water, a delaying tactic until the inevitable confrontation scene.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 17, 2026

Sick, awesome, amazing, I continued to prattle on.

From Slate ● Jun. 22, 2025

In the background, I can hear the prattle of the child, and Tom says something away from the phone, something I can’t hear.

From "The Girl on the Train" by Paula Hawkins

I think often about his 2014 appearance on “WTF with Marc Maron” because you can hear Maron’s frustration at Mulaney’s composure build while he prattles charmingly on.

From Washington Post ● Apr. 26, 2023

Sasha prattles through an interior monologue of such unrelenting vitriol about himself, his art and the world around him that he seems hollowed out, a black hole masquerading as a person.

From New York Times ● Jan. 29, 2021

Rachel, who narrates the novel, prattles on about her love life, her parents, and the cartoonishly loud suits of her journalist boss.

From Slate ● Nov. 6, 2020

White Pants! over and over again while Len prattles on.

From Time ● May 23, 2012

At three years of age, he prattles like my father did, but I attend to every lisping word he speaks.

From "Ophelia" by Lisa Klein

"With Obama, we won an election that everyone said couldn't be won," he prattled on in a speech in Washington, D.C. last week.

From Salon ● Sep. 27, 2023

My mother cooked and prattled, my grandfather was severe but kindly, the farm prospered.

From New York Times ● Sep. 6, 2017

In another segment, after seeing a dump truck on the streets of New York, he prattled on giddily, “Honk! Honk! goes the truck.”

From The New Yorker ● May 8, 2017

But reading the boredom on Rada’s face, and desperate to impress a superior, he pulled out his tablet and instead prattled on about his secret discovery, demonstrating the loophole right there on his screen.

From Slate

But now, as Elena prattled on about her marvelous children, her husband’s high-profile case, the new landscaping they planned to do in the backyard once the summer came, Elizabeth changed her mind.

From "Little Fires Everywhere" by Celeste Ng

He’s been prattling on about Marcus Aurelius’ “Meditations” and sharing Facebook nonsense about centurions ever since.

From Salon ● Dec. 20, 2025

I used my prattling pate and said, “You’re beautiful.”

From The Verge ● Apr. 14, 2022

A natural modesty prevents him from prattling on about himself.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 12, 2021

So many shows rely on studio interviews or guests recapping their adventures ex post facto — the equivalent of Aunt Jane prattling on about her trip to Tuscany over the phone.

From Washington Post ● Dec. 10, 2020

The two hosts were gone, their prattling with them.

From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny