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
She was surrounded by a crowd of admirers, and was prattling to them artlessly in her angelic voice.
From More William by Richmal Crompton
When we drove home in the closed carriage Mrs. Sylvester was prattling like a girl about the beautiful party.
From The Heart's Country by Mary Heaton Vorse
