Example Sentences

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He will prate of chest measurements; regard golf with contempt; and speak of the West as God's country.

From Gigolo by Ferber, Edna

Thus Horace in the house will prate, "Sir, we, the ministers of state."

From The Poems of Jonathan Swift, D.D., Volume 2 by Browning, William Ernst

P.S.—My dear H.,—The date of my postscript "will prate to you of my whereabouts."

From The Works of Lord Byron: Letters and Journals. Vol. 1 by Prothero, Rowland E. (Rowland Edmund), Baron Ernle

And then you will drink your fill again, and I will drink with you, and you will prate nonsense.

From The Crushed Flower and Other Stories by Bernstein, Herman

Thus peevish eld, discoursing by a fire, Amidst their cups will prate how men aspire.

From A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 7 by Various