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prattle

[prat-l] / ˈpræt l /


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Mr. Friedman’s book is full of technocorporate prattle.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 7, 2026

I can’t think of many, but if you ask any “SNL” diehard — even just a regular viewer — about Michaels, they’ll likely prattle off some fun facts to you.

From Salon Apr. 19, 2026

Sick, awesome, amazing, I continued to prattle on.

From Slate Jun. 22, 2025

I find a similar kind of nonsensical prattle in various corners of our Blue Seattle.

From Seattle Times Jan. 26, 2024

Her constant prattle had given way to a dreamier state.

From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood

I think often about his 2014 appearance on “WTF with Marc Maron” because you can hear Maron’s frustration at Mulaney’s composure build while he prattles charmingly on.

From Washington Post Apr. 26, 2023

Sasha prattles through an interior monologue of such unrelenting vitriol about himself, his art and the world around him that he seems hollowed out, a black hole masquerading as a person.

From New York Times Jan. 29, 2021

Rachel, who narrates the novel, prattles on about her love life, her parents, and the cartoonishly loud suits of her journalist boss.

From Slate Nov. 6, 2020

As he spirals downward, he prattles on about the impossibility of fidelity in marriage, the power struggle between men and women — more echoes of Mamet, but without his misogyny.

From Time Nov. 5, 2013

At three years of age, he prattles like my father did, but I attend to every lisping word he speaks.

From "Ophelia" by Lisa Klein

"With Obama, we won an election that everyone said couldn't be won," he prattled on in a speech in Washington, D.C. last week.

From Salon Sep. 27, 2023

Ever since a tiny Jonathan Lipnicki prattled on about the weight of the human head in “Jerry Maguire,” a parade of overzealous kid prodigies have appeared on-screen and quickly worn out their welcomes.

From Washington Post Jan. 18, 2018

My mother cooked and prattled, my grandfather was severe but kindly, the farm prospered.

From New York Times Sep. 6, 2017

In another segment, after seeing a dump truck on the streets of New York, he prattled on giddily, “Honk! Honk! goes the truck.”

From The New Yorker May 8, 2017

But now, as Elena prattled on about her marvelous children, her husband’s high-profile case, the new landscaping they planned to do in the backyard once the summer came, Elizabeth changed her mind.

From "Little Fires Everywhere" by Celeste Ng

There’s a prattling aspect to Icke’s delaying tactics.

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 13, 2025

A rabbit in full formal attire, prattling on about his tardiness?

From Salon Jun. 7, 2025

I used my prattling pate and said, “You’re beautiful.”

From The Verge Apr. 14, 2022

She watches “Peppa Pig,” which I, of course, hate — those British pigs with their phallic noses prattling on about nothing.

From New York Times Jan. 5, 2022

Nevertheless, he longed for the sound of another voice, even Eilonwy’s prattling.

From "The Book of Three" by Lloyd Alexander




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