talk nonsense
Example Sentences
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One dictionary from 1859 defines it as "To talk in a silly manner, talk nonsense."
From Salon ● Nov. 25, 2021
This is all a little irksome, but at least it means I don’t have to do any work we can talk nonsense for an hour or so.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 22, 2019
Russia responded to the US general's recent comments by saying: "Once again, we insist that such statements are absolutely baseless and appeal to officials not to talk nonsense."
From BBC ● Mar. 25, 2018
He or she can’t be guilty of demagoguery or mean-spiritedness, or talk nonsense all the time.
From Washington Post ● May 16, 2016
“Don’t talk nonsense, silly girl. What would the king say were he to learn that you never really spun the gold, but bargained his child to this … creature? This little demon?”
From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff
