rattle on
Example Sentences
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“I don’t need to rattle on, but I do miss being talked with” suggests that your friend didn’t always do this, which is reason to hope that they’ll be able to rein it in.
From Slate ● Feb. 2, 2021
He can rattle on about the importance of each step, from the methods and machines to the precise storage temperatures.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 24, 2019
My neighbors rattle on cheerfully about “2.5 dimensional characters” and “demi-humans;” their government has appointed the mouthless cartoon cutie Hello Kitty and a 22nd-century blue robotic cat named Doraemon as cultural ambassadors.
From New York Times ● Aug. 11, 2018
“I could rattle on and on about Jason and Aiden all day,” she says.
From Washington Times ● Apr. 2, 2017
It’s the type of estate that must be full of hidden doorways and secret passages, a sprawl of a mansion whose stairs creak and speak, while the windows rattle on the wind.
From "The Bletchley Riddle" by Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin
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