Example Sentences

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He’s been prattling on about Marcus Aurelius’ “Meditations” and sharing Facebook nonsense about centurions ever since.

From Salon • Dec. 20, 2025

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

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 13, 2025

I used my prattling pate and said, “You’re beautiful.”

From The Verge • Apr. 14, 2022

She watches “Peppa Pig,” which I, of course, hate — those British pigs with their phallic noses prattling on about nothing.

From New York Times • Jan. 5, 2022

Teller, irrepressibly voluble on his favorite subject, joined them for the drive back to Albuquerque, prattling all the way about the essential requirements of a program to build the Super.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik