blathered (on)

verb

past tense of blather (on)
as in rambled
to talk at length without sticking to a topic or getting to a point my attention wandered as she blathered on about her endlessly active social life

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for blathered (on)
  1. rambled
  2. rattled
  3. went on
  4. ran on
Verb
  • With six minutes left in a laugher, Walker, the reigning Super Bowl MVP, had rambled for 173 yards on 23 carries and had scored twice.
    — Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 14 Sep. 2026
  • Cars lined the streets looking for parking spots as people rambled through the bustling marketplace at Clock Tower Landing.
    — Kendrick Calfee June 6, Kansas City Star, 6 June 2026
Definition of rambled
Verb
  • Other corners of the tech industry have also been rattled as investors scrutinize earnings and demand evidence that companies will benefit, rather than be threatened, by developments in AI.
    — Lucy Bayly, CNN Money, 30 Oct. 2026
  • Butler said the incident was unnerving to witness, and has left residents in the area rattled.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 30 Oct. 2026
Definition of rattled
Verb
  • The other time was in 2007-07, when Florida went on to win a national title.
    — Steve Megargee, Chicago Tribune, 28 Oct. 2026
  • Kentucky went on a 12-1 run in overtime to cruise to the victory.
    — Matt Murschel, The Orlando Sentinel, 28 Oct. 2026
Definition of went on
Verb
  • The simulations ran on Aurora, Argonne’s exascale supercomputer, using 8,100 computing nodes and about 50,000 graphics processing units (GPUs) per calculation.
    — Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 20 Oct. 2026
  • The leasing office ran on a skeleton staff and a hold button.
    — Ken Lundin, Forbes.com, 13 Oct. 2026
Definition of ran on
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