Sentence example with the word 'prate'

prate

absurdity, blether, chatter, fiddle-faddle, gasconade, hot air, niaiserie, puff, skimble-skamble, trumpery

Definition n. idle or foolish and irrelevant talk

Last update: June 10, 2015


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Peleg!" said Bildad, lifting his eyes and hands, "thou thyself, as I myself, hast seen many a perilous time; thou knowest, Peleg, what it is to have the fear of death; how, then, can'st thou prate in this ungodly guise.   [Please select]

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Prate not in this prison room, smartly on to his head.   [Please select]

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Work-people with axes must not prate of rights, or a prison will be their next one.   [Please select]

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In view of such a terrible condition of affairs, it seems ridiculous to prate of the protection society derives from its prisons.   [Please select]

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Peleg!" said Bildad, lifting his eyes and hands, "thou thyself, as I myself, hast seen many a perilous time; thou knowest, Peleg, what it is to have the fear of death; how, then, can'st thou prate in this ungodly guise.   [Please select]

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Women who wept and prated together at midnight in their chambers ended by telling their secrets.   [Please select]

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But you've heard me prate on this subject a hundred times.   [Please select]

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Blake had prated of the soul, but it had been the body he had desired.   [Please select]

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As for loftier things, "self-reverence, self-knowledge, self-control"--duty--and the passion of high ideals--who was he to prate about them.   [Please select]

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But, with a cold incredulous voice, he said:-- "What prate is this of fathers and revenge."   [Please select]

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Certain Germans have prated much of German "Kultur," have boasted of imposing this "Kultur" on the world by force of arms.   [Please select]

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