Example Sentences

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They were chattering innocently and said they’d been to the cookie store on Lincoln Avenue and were headed home, to a house that survived.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 17, 2025

"My teeth were chattering uncontrollably, I couldn't put together a sentence," she said.

From BBC • Jun. 17, 2023

Heartsong ate the crumbles over a period of two weeks in June, until she started feeling ill; her body was shaking, her teeth were chattering and she developed a low fever.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 28, 2022

The security lines snaked once more out of the Kennedy Center foyer, and Silver Spring teens Amelia Beard, Anastasia Wixson and Ranvita Sen were chattering with excitement.

From Washington Post • Aug. 14, 2022

His^ teeth were chattering, and the tops of his arms were bluish, and goose-pimpled.

From "I'm the King of the Castle" by Susan Hill