PRATE in a Sentence

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Example sentences for PRATE, such as:

1. If the hen does not prate, she will not lay.
2. I am not afraid I am afraid spend courage tattle and prate.
3. I know the age better than you do, though you will prate about it so tediously.
4. If I had time, and was not in mortal dread of some prating prig of a servant passing, I would know what all this means.

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 Meanings and Examples of PRATE
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
prate
 v.  speak foolishly; talk idly and at length; chatter
Classic Sentence:
1  I know the age better than you do, though you will prate about it so tediously.
The Picture of Dorian Gray By Oscar Wilde
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 12
2  If I had time, and was not in mortal dread of some prating prig of a servant passing, I would know what all this means.
Jane Eyre By Charlotte Bronte
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XVII
3  When Mammy returned she would resume her lecture on Scarlett's breach of hospitality, and Scarlett felt that she could not endure prating about such a trivial matter when her heart was breaking.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER II
4  Away with this prating dotard," said Front-de Boeuf, "lock him up in the chapel, to tell his beads till the broil be over.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXVII
Example Sentence:
1  I am not afraid I am afraid spend courage tattle and prate.
2  If the hen does not prate, she will not lay.
3  Let us not prate about our good qualities; rather, let our virtues speak for themselves.