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prattle

[prat-l] / ˈpræt l /


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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

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

From Slate Jun. 22, 2025

I find a similar kind of nonsensical prattle in various corners of our Blue Seattle.

From Seattle Times Jan. 26, 2024

Her constant prattle had given way to a dreamier state.

From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood

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

As he spirals downward, he prattles on about the impossibility of fidelity in marriage, the power struggle between men and women — more echoes of Mamet, but without his misogyny.

From Time Nov. 5, 2013

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

Ever since a tiny Jonathan Lipnicki prattled on about the weight of the human head in “Jerry Maguire,” a parade of overzealous kid prodigies have appeared on-screen and quickly worn out their welcomes.

From Washington Post Jan. 18, 2018

She prattled on to her husband and dug around in her black matelassé purse.

From New York Times Apr. 26, 2017

Had he known what attracted her to him initially, what propelled her to listen so patiently as he prattled on about his experiments and his home laboratory, he would have been mortified.

From The New Yorker Jan. 15, 2016

Before long she was fighting off a yawn as Reznak prattled about the craftsmen’s guilds.

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin

A rabbit in full formal attire, prattling on about his tardiness?

From Salon Jun. 7, 2025

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

From The Verge Apr. 14, 2022

In the film, Sally Field portrayed the ex-wife, an imperious interior designer prattling on about Regency-style tables and Flemish tapestries.

From New York Times Nov. 24, 2021

A natural modesty prevents him from prattling on about himself.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 12, 2021

The drooling was a habit Penelope was slowing training him out of; for now she was relieved Lady Constance seemed not to notice, as she was still prattling away.

From "The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling" by Maryrose Wood




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