Definition of Prate

talking for a long time without purpose

Examples of Prate in a sentence

Even when the intoxicated woman was placed in the police car, she continued to prate until one of the officers yelled for her to be silent.  🔊

Jill put on her headphones so she would not have to listen to Paige prate about her unhappy marriage.  🔊

During his visits, my grandfather will sit in the big chair and prate about his life until he talks himself to sleep.  🔊

My extremely religious aunt has been known to prate on and on about her beliefs.  🔊

As my teacher continued to prate about various cultures, I began to fall asleep.  🔊

When my mother is in one of those moods where she wants to prate, she will not stop talking even when I mention a headache.  🔊

Helen had no interest in listening to the car salesman prate about the features of a car she could not afford.  🔊

Since I am unhappily single, it is sometimes difficult for me to listen to my sister prate about her happy marriage.  🔊

My husband walked out the front door as I started to prate about the late hours he was keeping.  🔊

After Jack listened to his coworker prate about his new baby for weeks, he decided he never wanted to have children.  🔊

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