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

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

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

Like Judge Moore, he prattles about the Constitution; like Judge Moore, he hasn't read it and couldn't understand it if he should read it.

From New York Times ● Dec. 15, 2017

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

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

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

From New York Times ● Apr. 26, 2017

I couldn’t remember her name, so I smiled and nodded as she prattled about teachers and classes.

From "Twilight" by Stephenie Meyer

There’s a prattling aspect to Icke’s delaying tactics.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 13, 2025

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

But I am glad I got to hear this king — and queens and dukes — pronouncing and prattling in my ear, regaling me in the comfort of my home.

From New York Times ● Jul. 17, 2020

Mackey, what is it you’re prattling about over there?

From "Angela's Ashes: A Memoir" by Frank McCourt