prate
verb (used without object)
to talk excessively and pointlessly; babble.
are prating
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present progressiveof prate.present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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All the while that we are prating of progress, we are really so deteriorate!
From The Works of Max Beerbohm by Sir Max Beerbohm
No doubt the drawing ceases to please you on the following day—" "Oh, what nonsense you are prating, old man!
From The Crushed Flower and Other Stories by Herman Bernstein
I sometimes don't see you and don't even hear your voice as I did last time, but I always guess what you are prating, for it's I, I myself speaking, not you.
From The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
"You are prating utter nonsense, utter nonsense, I tell you, old man," murmured Falieri without turning away from the window.
From Weird Tales, Vol. II. by E. T. A. (Ernst Theodor Amadeus) Hoffmann
Samuel," said the good wife but half awake, "you are prating in your sleep.
From Eventide A Series of Tales and Poems by Effie Afton
