How to Use chatterbox in a Sentence

chatterbox

noun
  • That little girl is a chatterbox.
  • The Holts would have made Calvin Coolidge seem like a chatterbox.
    Mike Finger, ExpressNews.com, 16 July 2019
  • Tori and Zach Roloff might have a chatterbox on their hands!
    Natalie Stone, PEOPLE.com, 23 Jan. 2018
  • There is an old tale of the chatterbox who, when asked for the time, responds with a complete set of instructions for how to build a clock.
    Jerry Weissman, Forbes, 23 Oct. 2021
  • Chris Orr is, by all accounts, a chatterbox during practices and games.
    Jeff Potrykus, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 19 Sep. 2017
  • Anne was the popular one, a chatterbox content to be the center of attention.
    Emily Langer, Washington Post, 3 Nov. 2022
  • The pair — McShane the chatterbox, Livingston the bashful one — sensed that even a town lost in the desert, where a soul could wander free to the horizon, might fret over a virus so mercurial and deadly.
    Melissa Etehadstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 14 Apr. 2020
  • Calle Jarnkrok has some skill and Vernon Fiddler is a chatterbox who will rile up opposing players.
    Eric Stephens, Orange County Register, 11 May 2017
  • That’s why her characters are such chatterboxes in the bedroom.
    Ellen Gamerman, wsj.com, 8 May 2023
  • And while instructions like these may be normal for a chatterbox like Stalock, not every goalie is as loquacious.
    Sarah McLellan, Star Tribune, 7 Aug. 2020
  • The chatterbox will get the hint if multiple attendees perform a nudge to shut up maneuver.
    Carolyn Hax, Washington Post, 25 Feb. 2023
  • Now Ellie, still traumatized over what David did to her, is the one who’s emotionally closed-off and taciturn, while Joel has become the chatterbox.
    Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 12 Mar. 2023
  • Azlan Makovek is a joyful, rambunctious, whirr-of-motion chatterbox.
    Cindy Sutter, The Denver Post, 20 Jan. 2017
  • That person could use voice inputs to navigate their device without worrying about the chatterbox across the room or raising their voice to bark out commands.
    Christina Bonnington, WIRED, 25 Aug. 2011
  • From sandbox chatterbox to candid sports commentary, Vosters appears destined to join the ranks of notable sportscasters.
    Karen Pilarski, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 5 Jan. 2018
  • Stuck at home with a normally quiet spouse who suddenly turned into a chatterbox.
    Nedra Rhone, ajc, 27 Aug. 2021
  • Yes, this was the first movie that cast Ryan Reynolds in the role of Wade Wilson, a chatterbox, wisecracking mercenary who becomes a smartass, mercenary mutant super-killer.
    Nathan Rabin, VanityFair.com, 7 Mar. 2017
  • Accompanied by a chatterbox of a donkey (Eddie Murphy), Shrek sets out on a long, arduous journey that quickly goes off the rails.
    New York Times, 28 May 2018
  • When pursuing Bill Clinton, Ken Starr was a chatterbox to the media, for reasons both tactical and personal.
    Chris Smith, The Hive, 23 May 2018
  • Of course, not every Sagittarian dad loves the outdoors, and there are probably a few Gemini dads who aren't chatterboxes.
    refinery29.com, 12 June 2018
  • Libra September 23-October 22 Being a chatterbox is a good thing at present.
    Tarot Astrologers, Chicago Tribune, 3 June 2023
  • His character, Lloyd Hansen, is a truly frightening combination: a sociopath who’s a chatterbox and went to Harvard.
    Mark Feeney, BostonGlobe.com, 19 July 2022
  • The band continues to earn acclaim for its powerhouse sound and flippant energy on stage, both of which will be in particular abundance alongside chatterbox opener Liam Gallagher of Oasis.
    Andrea Domanick, Los Angeles Times, 23 Oct. 2019
  • But taken together, these chatterbox SNPs — single nucleotide polymorphisms, which are single-letter changes across the genome that vary from person to person — can be grouped to better predict disease.
    Jeanne Erdmann, Discover Magazine, 17 Apr. 2020
  • The chatterbox in chief has eschewed the traditional way that presidents communicate with members of Congress, calling lawmakers at all hours of the day without warning and sometimes with no real agenda.
    Seung-Min Kim, The Seattle Times, 20 Feb. 2019
  • Constant interruptions and chatterbox companions can contribute to a lack of credible progress.
    Tribune Content Agency, oregonlive, 26 Nov. 2019
  • There is Nicholas’s mother, a free-associating chatterbox whose every utterance confounds the rational mind.
    Washington Post, 30 Apr. 2020
  • Frankie Heck, Carol is a chatterbox, essentially optimistic and cheerful, and not particularly interested in following the rules.
    Los Angeles Times, 26 Sep. 2019
  • Sequin is hardly a chatterbox, but the actor is wonderfully expressive, capturing both the character’s pouting self-assurance and his ratcheting frazzlement.
    Harry Windsor, The Hollywood Reporter, 22 July 2019
  • First, Duplex isn’t some futuristic AI chatterbox, capable of open-ended conversation.
    James Vincent, The Verge, 9 May 2018

Some of these examples are programmatically compiled from various online sources to illustrate current usage of the word 'chatterbox.' Any opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback about these examples.

Last Updated: