prattle
verb (used without object)
to talk in a foolish or simple-minded way; chatter; babble.
were 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 they were prattling on inside Prudential Center, home of the Devils, about a 14 mile-drive from MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford.
From New York Times ● Jan. 29, 2014
To the studious newspaper reader and radio listener, it seemed that everybody and everybody's brother, aunt, cousin and cook were prattling happily about the New Eisenhower.
From Time Magazine Archive
Beneath the window Mr. Byars's children were prattling.
From Auld Licht Idylls by J. M. (James Matthew) Barrie
How different from those happy hours of innocence, When my sweet little ones were prattling round me, With a fond husband and a tender father, Pouring his blessings upon them and me!
From The Female Gamester A Tragedy by Gorges Edmond Howard
There was a natural taciturnity about her which sealed her lips, even when her children were prattling to her.
From Cobwebs and Cables by Hesba Stretton
