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Noun
The British playwright David Hare, who adapted a Maigret book for the stage, insists that Simenon—being Belgian-born and so an outsider—disdained the usual French prattle about gastronomy, and therefore cared little for the subject. Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 12 Sep. 2022 His memoir is a litany of petty fights, a constant takedown of enemies and a cascade of self-aggrandizing prattle. Elizabeth Spiers, Washington Post, 26 Aug. 2022
Verb
The result is an entirely incoherent crime thriller that features gangsters prattling on about the self and the ego and the soul and then occasionally wandering into an entirely different scene where other gangsters are prattling on about the same thing. Will Leitch, Vulture, 19 Apr. 2024 On a recent evening, psychologists, students, and scholars wandered the rooms, sipping wine and prattling about the collection. Elizabeth Winkler, The New Yorker, 23 June 2023 See all Example Sentences for prattle 
Recent Examples of Synonyms for prattle
Verb
  • The bride learned of this change of plans ahead of the first look and immediately asked for a walkie-talkie to chat with Alex.
    Shelby Wax, Vogue, 16 Dec. 2024
  • The two continued their playful competition, tossing darts and chatting more about the Earthshot Prize and its vision.
    Erin Hill, People.com, 14 Dec. 2024
Verb
  • All of this runs counter to the narrative — popular among Washington’s chattering class — that a young and restive crop of Democrats is clamoring to scrap the seniority system that’s guided the party’s committee-selection process for years.
    Mike Lillis, The Hill, 16 Dec. 2024
  • However, the plethora of Monday night cocktail parties were as ever packed and the famous ‘Booze Alley’ was replete with attendees chattering late into the night (and early into the morning).
    Jake Kanter, Deadline, 24 Oct. 2024
Noun
  • The art world, like the artwork itself, exists in a delicate balance of elitism and absurdity, meaning and nonsense.
    Natalie Stoclet, Forbes, 21 Nov. 2024
  • The basic idea here is that Vince Vaughn is doing his mid-aughts-dirtbag Vince Vaughn thing but on Christmas — a premise that’s laid on a foundation of plausible-sounding nonsense.
    Katie Rife, Vulture, 16 Nov. 2024
Verb
  • Petra came to talk to Gabriel late in the evening, when she was possessed by fears for her parents.
    Daisy Hildyard, The New Yorker, 15 Dec. 2024
  • Officers part of the team talked with Granado, who drove away on Rural Road and headed across the street towards Lamplighter Lane.
    Rey Covarrubias Jr., The Arizona Republic, 14 Dec. 2024
Verb
  • Our son was babbling at first, then suddenly started laughing uncontrollably, totally fixated on something above his crib.
    Stephan Pechdimaldji, Newsweek, 15 Dec. 2024
  • And the talking petunias who babble away incessantly are undoubtedly my nieces and nephews.
    Remy Blumenfeld, The Hollywood Reporter, 23 Nov. 2024
Verb
  • Indeed, one of the things the movies and TV always get wrong is that whenever there’s a scene in a restaurant the characters converse with barely a whisper in the background.
    John Mariani, Forbes, 10 Dec. 2024
  • On his journey to figure out how to fix it, T meets vibrant individuals along the way, trying to converse and pick others’ brains to achieve his ultimate goal – to protect all his possessions.
    Chris Gallagher, USA TODAY, 7 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • Worse, such jabber crowds out essential coverage of genuine threats to democracy and the visions of the two parties.
    Jennifer Rubin, Washington Post, 16 July 2024
  • Jacobs-Jenkins renders him as a wry, friendly figure who occasionally takes over the bodies of the other characters to explain what is happening beneath their jabber.
    Jesse Green, New York Times, 5 June 2023
Verb
  • But the saucier iterations are what viewers are drooling over on TikTok.
    Sabrina Weiss, People.com, 5 Dec. 2024
  • If ingested in large amounts, the sap can cause vomiting, drooling or diarrhea.
    Olivia Munson, USA TODAY, 16 Nov. 2024

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“Prattle.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/prattle. Accessed 23 Dec. 2024.

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