prating

Example Sentences

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As thou thou prating Raven white by nature being bred,

From Washington Post • Dec. 21, 2016

A "keynote" speech, therefore, is by definition a solemn prating about undisputed things.

From Time Magazine Archive

They have many friends and a good sense of humor, and they spend little time prating about 'the good old days.'

From Time Magazine Archive

Here he is, prating and preening like a parrot on a stump about the need to renew American civilization.

From Time Magazine Archive

“We have had women enough sacrificed to this sentimental, hypocritical prating about purity,” she wrote to her friend Lucretia Mott.

From "Votes for Women!" by Winifred Conkling