prates
- present tense form of prate (3rd person singular).
Example Sentences
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His Polonius prates on foolishly without losing his essential dignity.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 25, 2022
An educational quack, Chesterfield prates of clean minds and bodies but has sold four of the school's five bathtubs.
From Time Magazine Archive
Styron himself prates endlessly about the sickness of the age. and Mason and Cass are obviously two of its sickest children.
From Time Magazine Archive
Milt prates of the good things in life, but he, too, is gnawed by despair.
From Time Magazine Archive
"A woman, Susan—a woman who dresses in black, and prates of a misunderstanding."
From Barnaby A Novel by Ramsay, R.
