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.
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
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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.
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.
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.
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.
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.