| 1. | Thinking his prattle to be tediou. - from The Complete Works of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare |
| 2. | I prattle out of fashion, and I dot. - from The Complete Works of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare |
| 3. | As very infants prattle of thy pride. - from The Complete Works of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare |
| 4. | Amy's happy prattle became intolerable. - from The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Complete by Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens) |
| 5. | My breath is sweet as children's prattle i. - from English Literature by William J. Long |
| 6. | What great ones do the less will prattle of. - from The Complete Works of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare |
| 7. | Bajazet's mule, if you prattle me into these perils. - from The Complete Works of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare |
| 8. | They will not climb my knee, nor prattle in my ear, nor answer to my smile, but stand apart, and eye me strangely. - from The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne |
| 9. | "I am not fond of the prattle of children," he continued "for, old bachelor as I am, I have no pleasant associations connected with their lisp. - from Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte |
| 10. | And a pleasure new and ecstatic, and the prattled yearning of children. - from Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman |
| 11. | But, unlike the little stream, she danced and sparkled, and prattled airily along her course. - from The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne |
| 12. | My companion was in the best of spirits, and prattled away about Cremona fiddles, and the difference between a Stradivarius and an Amati. - from A Study In Scarlet by Arthur Conan Doyle |
| 13. | 'And what did DINAH turn to, I wonder' she prattled on, as she settled comfortably down, with one elbow in the rug, and her chin in her hand, to watch the kittens. - from Through the Looking-Glass by Charles Dodgson, AKA Lewis Carroll |
| 14. | She expressed pleasure, too, at finding a sister among her new acquaintance and she prattled to Catherine, and kissed her, and ran about with her, and gave her quantities of presents, at the beginning. - from Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte |
| 15. | We turned on our sides without dislodging the dear instrument of our enjoyment, and my lovely friend prattled on and delighted me with her toying, embracing, and gaiety. - from The Romance of Lust by Anonymous |