chattering

Example Sentences

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Everyone’s chattering about it, everyone’s got an opinion, but I don’t find it fun.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 24, 2026

The home stands are almost entirely empty, the temperature has dropped, and teeth are chattering on the away terrace as Truro kick off.

From BBC • Oct. 26, 2025

Grief, too, steers us, a cleansing ritual, as I recall each time my wife and I meander beneath Green-Wood’s leafy canopy, parakeets swooping and chattering overhead, or sit quietly in its hushed chapel.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 30, 2025

She fielded personal phone calls in the office, chattering away with friends who she said were about to visit New Zealand, drawing maps of Auckland for them.

From Slate • Jul. 22, 2025

For two weeks he lay in bed delirious with fever, his teeth chattering, the tips of his fingers and toes black.

From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French