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It featured bar patrons who had been chattering or studying phones, their faces rapt with what looked like a mix of curiosity and respect.

From Washington Post • Sep. 26, 2017

Spokesmen for both sides had been chattering all week about the new procedures being simply a question of interpretation�as Dr. Jonas E. Salk put it, "like reading the fine print in an insurance policy."

From Time Magazine Archive

The pilot of the Airbus never answered -- although he had been chattering away to the control tower at Bandar Abbas throughout his brief flight.

From Time Magazine Archive

There he had been, chattering away about Uther Pendragon and Round Tables and battles and Guenever and sword sheaths and things past and things to come—but he had forgotten the most important thing* of afl.

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White

She had been chattering about the auditions all week.

From "George" by Alex Gino