How to Use chatterbox in a Sentence

chatterbox

noun
  • That little girl is a chatterbox.
  • The Holts would have made Calvin Coolidge seem like a chatterbox.
    — Mike Finger, ExpressNews.com, 16 July 2019
  • The dude has the energy turned up to 11 and is a total chatterbox.
    — Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 25 Sep. 2025
  • Chris Orr is, by all accounts, a chatterbox during practices and games.
    — Jeff Potrykus, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 19 Sep. 2017
  • There is an old tale of the chatterbox who, when asked for the time, responds with a complete set of instructions for how to build a clock.
    — Jerry Weissman, Forbes, 23 Oct. 2021
  • That’s why her characters are such chatterboxes in the bedroom.
    — Ellen Gamerman, wsj.com, 8 May 2023
  • Anne was the popular one, a chatterbox content to be the center of attention.
    — Emily Langer, Washington Post, 3 Nov. 2022
  • Stuck at home with a normally quiet spouse who suddenly turned into a chatterbox.
    — Nedra Rhone, ajc, 27 Aug. 2021
  • The chatterbox will get the hint if multiple attendees perform a nudge to shut up maneuver.
    — Carolyn Hax, Washington Post, 25 Feb. 2023
  • And while instructions like these may be normal for a chatterbox like Stalock, not every goalie is as loquacious.
    — Sarah McLellan, Star Tribune, 7 Aug. 2020
  • Azlan Makovek is a joyful, rambunctious, whirr-of-motion chatterbox.
    — Cindy Sutter, The Denver Post, 20 Jan. 2017
  • While at the first school my penchant for being boisterous and chatty was seen as charming, the girls at school two just viewed me as a restless chatterbox.
    — Shamira Ibrahim, Vulture, 27 Oct. 2025
  • Calle Jarnkrok has some skill and Vernon Fiddler is a chatterbox who will rile up opposing players.
    — Eric Stephens, Orange County Register, 11 May 2017
  • That person could use voice inputs to navigate their device without worrying about the chatterbox across the room or raising their voice to bark out commands.
    — Christina Bonnington, WIRED, 25 Aug. 2011
  • From sandbox chatterbox to candid sports commentary, Vosters appears destined to join the ranks of notable sportscasters.
    — Karen Pilarski, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 5 Jan. 2018
  • The new Wade is an endlessly wisecracking chatterbox, shattering the fourth wall with gleeful abandon.
    — Danny Horn, EW.com, 18 Aug. 2024
  • The new Wade is an endlessly wisecracking chatterbox, shattering the fourth wall with gleeful abandon.
    — Kevin Jacobsen, Entertainment Weekly, 7 Feb. 2026
  • The Zero to Three foundation has these tips for coaxing the inner chatterbox out of your 12- to 15-month-old.
    — Parents Editors, Parents, 9 Feb. 2024
  • Of course, not every Sagittarian dad loves the outdoors, and there are probably a few Gemini dads who aren't chatterboxes.
    — refinery29.com, 12 June 2018
  • Constant interruptions and chatterbox companions can contribute to a lack of credible progress.
    — Tribune Content Agency, oregonlive, 26 Nov. 2019
  • Sharon’s isolation is evident in her chatterbox enthusiasm at the prospect of a new pal, while LuPone’s Robyn is all mystery and dodgy answers.
    — Greg Evans, Deadline, 12 Sep. 2024
  • Coming to an executive decision, Reacher slams Angel’s head into a desk, getting the chatterbox his wings with a single blow.
    — Chris Klimek, Vulture, 20 Feb. 2025
  • Now Ellie, still traumatized over what David did to her, is the one who’s emotionally closed-off and taciturn, while Joel has become the chatterbox.
    — Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 12 Mar. 2023
  • Accompanied by a chatterbox of a donkey (Eddie Murphy), Shrek sets out on a long, arduous journey that quickly goes off the rails.
    — New York Times, 28 May 2018
  • There is Nicholas’s mother, a free-associating chatterbox whose every utterance confounds the rational mind.
    — Washington Post, 30 Apr. 2020
  • When pursuing Bill Clinton, Ken Starr was a chatterbox to the media, for reasons both tactical and personal.
    — Chris Smith, The Hive, 23 May 2018
  • Libra September 23-October 22 Being a chatterbox is a good thing at present.
    — Tarot Astrologers, Chicago Tribune, 3 June 2023
  • The pair — McShane the chatterbox, Livingston the bashful one — sensed that even a town lost in the desert, where a soul could wander free to the horizon, might fret over a virus so mercurial and deadly.
    — Melissa Etehadstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 14 Apr. 2020
  • His youngest daughter, a thirteen-year-old chatterbox named Saba, led Khala Helai through the old, Soviet apartment block, asking a hundred questions about her past life.
    — Jamil Jan Kochai, New Yorker, 1 June 2026
  • Yes, this was the first movie that cast Ryan Reynolds in the role of Wade Wilson, a chatterbox, wisecracking mercenary who becomes a smartass, mercenary mutant super-killer.
    — Nathan Rabin, VanityFair.com, 7 Mar. 2017

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