Example Sentences

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In the words of the late great Marty DiBergi: Enough of my yakking.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 11, 2026

In other instances throughout, she fiddles with her phone while others are yakking away and is always just a bit on the outskirts.

From Salon • Aug. 13, 2023

Nice peaceful places are ruined by your yakking.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 25, 2023

In the run-up to that, the Europeans have been using old terms such as “Belfry,” yakking about having known Seve Ballesteros personally and yammering about the fun of Brookline even in defeat.

From Washington Post • Sep. 23, 2021

We’d already spent hours yakking into the night about computers, politics, education.

From "Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho" by Jon Katz