are jabbering
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present progressiveof jabber.present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
jabberverb (used with or without object)to talk or utter rapidly, indistinctly, incoherently, or nonsensically; chatter.
Example Sentences
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The two are jabbering away in the back of the car.
From The Guardian ● Oct. 5, 2012
Their mother demands to know what they are jabbering about.
From Time Magazine Archive
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Will you stop chewing chunks of indigestible language, and tell me what you are jabbering about?
From O. Henry Memorial Award Prize Stories of 1919 by Various
Maybe it’s only half a dozen guys, but the photographers are pushing around trying to get shots and the reporters are jabbering.
From It’s like this, cat by Emily Neville
They are jabbering away among themselves disputing, I should say, as to the best way to get at us.”
From By Conduct and Courage A Story of the Days of Nelson by W. (William) Rainey