prattle
verb (used without object)
to talk in a foolish or simple-minded way; chatter; babble.
was prattling
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past progressiveof prattle.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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But as my sister was prattling on, I saw red.
From Slate ● Jul. 13, 2016
In 1914 he was prattling in a letter to his brother about "this great, fundamentally decent peoples' war," sentiments he largely retracted a few years later in a tortured essay.
From Time Magazine Archive
Gloria had a grip about the robot’s neck that would have asphyxiated any creature but one of metal, and was prattling nonsense in half-hysterical frenzy.
From "I, Robot" by Isaac Asimov
Selina was prattling busily to Lady Aurora; and Lady Aurora, who sat nearly behind her, and whom Ellis perceived the last, was listening in silence, and bathed in tears.
From The Wanderer (Volume 1 of 5) or, Female Difficulties by Fanny Burney
A noble boy three summers old was prattling at her feet, and all the demands of fashion could not make her forget a mother's duties.
From Choice Readings for the Home Circle by Anonymous
