natter
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The other ladies who gather to knit and natter in her small English village thought the ears should be bigger.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 30, 2023
At one point, as the two natter self-righteously to each other about male pathology, a female worker in the background turns around and gives them a quick look over her shoulder.
From New York Times ● Aug. 29, 2021
While politicians natter, markets move on as individuals and organizations chart their own courses.
From Fox News ● Oct. 1, 2020
"I told you to be quiet the other day, you've done nothing but natter."
From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2018
Natter natter, you’re always on the tiny beach.
From "We Were Liars" by E. Lockhart
Clocks should be seen to be stopped for goal celebrations, substitutions, natters before set-pieces, rolling around and whenever the ball goes out of play.
From The Guardian ● May 15, 2016
As Erie natters on in an eager, fitful string of clichés, bringing to mind the sort of garrulous salesman you’d normally cross the street to avoid, Mr. Whitaker quietly breaks your heart.
From New York Times ● Feb. 25, 2016
Instead of plunging into psychobabble, Carr simply plys his lineup with Pink Lady and natters.
From The Guardian ● Dec. 13, 2010
Does that mean you have to be silent while everyone else natters on with lofty ideas about the "video revolution"?
From Time Magazine Archive
A squirrel raiding our bird feeder natters at me in irritation before it hops away to try its luck at the bird feeder two houses over.
From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam
Its members have nattered on endlessly about their responsibility to safeguard the taxpayers’ money.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 6, 2024
We chatted about bus times, we talked about the meal I was cooking, we just nattered.
From BBC ● Jan. 14, 2023
Scheuer mused, “I have nattered on here longer than I intended.”
From Salon ● Aug. 8, 2018
Doctorow listened graciously and politely as I nattered, but I could see he was ready to get going.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 23, 2015
We walked on, and he nattered away for a while.
From "The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate" by Jacqueline Kelly
"Speaking, consulting, reflecting, explaining and nattering were my life's work," she later wrote.
From BBC ● Dec. 29, 2023
“One day I was driving around with a close friend of Rob’s nattering about this exact question,” Hobbs recalled.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 23, 2023
There’s a point where the volume on everything — the traffic noise, the pink and purple sprays of wildflowers, my nattering thoughts — turns way down, and then goes completely silent.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 27, 2022
When either candidate is struggling they will be inclined to start nattering with each other about some cockamamie point or even the rules and the questions as a way to get a breath.
From Fox News ● Sep. 29, 2020
He started walking again, nattering on and on about plots and conspiracies and battle plans and secrets, but truth be told, my mind drifted.
From "Chains" by Laurie Halse Anderson
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