prate
verb (used without object)
to talk excessively and pointlessly; babble.
was prating
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past progressiveof prate.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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Well, Mr. Macdonald was prating, as usual, about the antiquity of Scotland and its æons of stirring history.
From Penelope's Progress Being Such Extracts from the Commonplace Book of Penelope Hamilton As Relate to Her Experiences in Scotland by Kate Douglas Smith Wiggin
He was prating this and that to me, my lord," added Simon, who found his tongue at length, "until I threatened to whip him.
From Heiress of Haddon by William E. Doubleday
The crowd elbowed us; a simpering fool at his shoulder was prating of the social contract.
From The Red Cockade by Stanley John Weyman
Binkley had abandoned art and was prating of the unusual spring catch of shad.
From The Voice of the City: Further Stories of the Four Million by O. Henry
Well, Mr. Macdonald was prating, as usual, about the antiquity of Scotland and its aeons of stirring history.
From Penelope's Experiences in Scotland by Kate Douglas Smith Wiggin
