drivel

How to use drivel in a sentence

In modern times responding to such drivel somehow validates the claim.

But Canon Drivel's daughter did not deign to answer, she merely rang for prayers.

Had Teufelsdrockh also a father and mother; did he, at one time, wear drivel-bibs, and live on spoon-meat?

If you have a heart, sooner or later you get into a state of drivel about somebody, who probably doesn't drivel about you.

It can't be worse than going about with you and listening while you crow and drivel about her, that's one comfort!

"Stow that drivel, cookie," growled a voice which I recognized as belonging to the older Fleming.

THE PIRATE OF PANAMAWILLIAM MACLEOD RAINE

Talfourd and the Broughs took more licence in this latter respect, but they never sank into drivel.

A BOOK OF BURLESQUEWILLAM DAVENPORT ADAMS

You pay too much attention to such insipid drivel in even mentioning it.

CONFIDENCEHENRY JAMES

Such was Barty's humor, as a boy—mere drivel—but of such a kind that even his butts were fond of him.

THE MARTIANGEORGE DU MAURIER

Its trunk weeps tears of resin, which trail along in drivel, then change to heavy, creeping flame.

BARKS AND PURRSCOLETTE WILLY, AKA COLETTE

SYNONYM OF THE DAY

OCTOBER 26, 1985