How to Use chatter in a Sentence

chatter

1 of 2 verb
  • Birds chattered in the trees.
  • My teeth were chattering from the cold.
  • Children chattered in the middle of the playground.
  • But a chattering bird builds no nest!
    — Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 14 May 2026
  • Insects chatter in the trees in waves and pulses in the heat.
    — David Searcy, Harpers Magazine, 30 Dec. 2025
  • The web is full of chattering bots, but which is the most useful and for what?
    — James Vincent, The Verge, 24 Mar. 2023
  • Boardwalks and bridges span ravines filled with chattering streams and turquoise pools.
    — Hotel Bellwether, The Seattle Times, 30 May 2017
  • Our lives and bodies conversed and chattered.
    — Literary Hub, 16 Dec. 2025
  • Dozens of birds sat in the treetops and chattered loudly to each other.
    — Peter Kujawinski, New York Times, 13 Oct. 2017
  • An echo of chattering macaws cracks through the rattle of the cicadas.
    — Lale Arikoglu, Condé Nast Traveler, 19 July 2023
  • Some of the teams paddled in silence; some chattered to stave off fatigue.
    — Max Ufberg, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 May 2023
  • Note when your brain starts to chatter with anxiety and bring your focus back to your body.
    — New York Times, 20 July 2021
  • The woman lifted her reefer from the stump and wrapped it tight around her breasts, but still her teeth chattered.
    — Lisa Wells, Harper’s Magazine , 15 Mar. 2023
  • Cayla is a blond, bright-eyed doll that chatters about horses and hobbies.
    — Kimiko De Freytas-Tamura, New York Times, 17 Feb. 2017
  • Her sisters sat chattering about the heat, the traffic, and the rain.
    — Allegra Goodman, Literary Hub, 11 Feb. 2026
  • Lovers gazed into each other’s eyes, and friends chattered over bottles of wine.
    — Iona Brannon, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Feb. 2023
  • The place is packed with young families and chattering teenagers.
    — Suzy Khimm, Esquire, 9 Apr. 2017
  • The two lovebirds chattered on happily about the book.
    — Literary Hub, 23 Apr. 2026
  • The teeth-chattering thrum of machinery drowned out the roar of cars on the freeway.
    — Matthias Gafni, SFChronicle.com, 9 Oct. 2019
  • Little kids, chattering away, feed a cookie to one via a metal pipe, then leave.
    — Jude Isabella, Smithsonian, 18 Oct. 2017
  • Diners chattered away and ate at the restaurant while wedding guests gathered on the dance floor.
    — Lauren Mascarenhas, CNN Money, 22 Sep. 2025
  • Another lay with his head in his father’s lap, chattering away.
    — Molly Hennessy-Fiske, latimes.com, 18 June 2018
  • The graduates in the first few rows mostly chattered and showed one another things on their phones.
    — Nick Paumgarten, The New Yorker, 26 Aug. 2019
  • While some kids seem to chatter nonstop before age 2, others may take a little longer to find their words.
    — Hannah Nwoko, Parents, 20 Oct. 2025
  • While some kids seem to chatter nonstop before age 2, others may take a little longer to find their words.
    — Hannah Nwoko, Parents, 25 May 2026
  • Eli Roth is taking his teeth-chattering talent for horror to the small screen.
    — Brianne Tracy, PEOPLE.com, 24 Aug. 2017
  • The intense hue of a blue jay contrasts sharply with the aspen yellows as the birds chatter noisily while feeding.
    — Ernie Cowan, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Sep. 2020
  • The time on the range was extended by Billy Horschel, who came over for a big hug and began to chatter away.
    — Steve Dimeglio, USA TODAY, 3 Apr. 2022
  • Most likely, Ryan also has his eyes on those first-graders who happily chattered their way around my workplace last week.
    — Fred Niedner, chicagotribune.com, 13 Apr. 2018
  • Clancy then walked in from behind the stage, carrying a bouquet of flowers as the students chattered.
    — Erin Clack, PEOPLE, 10 Nov. 2025

chatter

2 of 2 noun
  • There has been a lot of chatter.
    — Joel Feder, The Drive, 10 June 2026
  • Her teeth chatter from the cold.
    — Hazlitt, 8 Oct. 2025
  • Where did all this chatter come from in the first place?
    — Kara Nesvig, Allure, 26 Feb. 2026
  • Would that make the online chatter go away?
    — Alison Mann, SELF, 5 Sep. 2025
  • So much so, that there is much online chatter about her hair.
    — Antonia Blyth, Deadline, 7 Jan. 2026
  • That means your living room chatter could leave your home.
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 3 Nov. 2025
  • If your wipers streak, skip, or chatter, replace them.
    — Keenan Thompson, USA Today, 19 Dec. 2025
  • Not that that chatter didn’t exist.
    — Sara Germano, Sportico.com, 15 June 2026
  • Leave the birdsong, take the chatter.
    — Sloane Crosley, New Yorker, 8 June 2026
  • Baristas call out orders over the hum of chatter.
    — Maddie Connors, Los Angeles Times, 11 Feb. 2026
  • However, none of that has slowed down the trade chatter.
    — Rowan Fisher-Shotton, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 Oct. 2025
  • Shiffrin and her team pushed back against the negative chatter.
    — Sean Gregory, Time, 18 Feb. 2026
  • Herson said he’s not focused on the chatter.
    — Frederick Dreier, Outside, 16 Mar. 2026
  • All the chatter was about the returning sailors.
    — Gary Robbins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Sep. 2025
  • But this year, there’s also some happy chatter.
    — Gary Robbins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Feb. 2026
  • There’s been a lot of chatter about whether an off-ball linebacker goes this early in the draft.
    — Antwan Staley, New York Daily News, 21 Apr. 2026
  • At the end of the book club, the women break into convivial chatter.
    — Maddie Connors, Los Angeles Times, 28 Apr. 2026
  • There has also been some chatter about moves in the transfer market.
    — Guillermo Rai, New York Times, 6 Apr. 2026
  • There is little chatter, the sounds of drills and pickaxes fill the air.
    — Stuart Ramsay, NBC News, 11 Sep. 2023
  • For the most part, the chatter in the groups is logistical.
    — Sara Lieberman, Curbed, 4 Mar. 2026
  • My senses sharpened, my breath slowed, and the chatter in my head went quiet.
    — Daniel Scheffler, Forbes.com, 12 Sep. 2025
  • Newport is well aware of the chatter around their age difference.
    — Colleen Kratofil, PEOPLE, 28 Jan. 2026
  • The new contract will do little to quiet that chatter.
    — Mike Defabo, New York Times, 2 June 2026
  • The bass hits hard, the highs stay crisp, and the volume is strong enough to cut through chatter at a cookout.
    — PC Magazine, 8 Sep. 2025
  • Leo Right now, there is a lot of chatter orbiting you, adding to your stress.
    — Lisa Stardust, Refinery29, 19 Sep. 2025
  • Duggar King said she isn’t fazed by online chatter.
    — Stephanie Nolasco, FOXNews.com, 1 Apr. 2026
  • The voice in the recording is tense, fuzzy and hard to make out amid a riot of background chatter.
    — Rick Jervis, USA Today, 13 May 2026
  • Not that Shiffrin was distracted by the chatter.
    — Los Angeles Times, 18 Feb. 2026
  • There has been lots of chatter about what the Jets should do at with the second overall pick.
    — Antwan Staley, New York Daily News, 17 Feb. 2026
  • There has been a lot of chatter suggesting that, at some point, the two shows might somehow merge.
    — Baz Bamigboye, Deadline, 8 Jan. 2026

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