rattle on
Example Sentences
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“I don’t need to rattle on, but I do miss being talked with” suggests that your friend didn’t always do this, which is reason to hope that they’ll be able to rein it in.
From Slate • Feb. 2, 2021
He has coached long enough to realize there are other skills players would rather focus on than hear him rattle on about limiting an opponent’s ability to score.
From Washington Post • Mar. 27, 2019
My neighbors rattle on cheerfully about “2.5 dimensional characters” and “demi-humans;” their government has appointed the mouthless cartoon cutie Hello Kitty and a 22nd-century blue robotic cat named Doraemon as cultural ambassadors.
From New York Times • Aug. 11, 2018
“I could rattle on and on about Jason and Aiden all day,” she says.
From Washington Times • Apr. 2, 2017
It’s the type of estate that must be full of hidden doorways and secret passages, a sprawl of a mansion whose stairs creak and speak, while the windows rattle on the wind.
From "The Bletchley Riddle" by Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin
