英语词汇“natter”造句子简单的方法、技巧、例句及翻译-英语例句辞典

“Of course. She spent all afternoon with her,” my mom says, and then natters on about how Nat’s not supposed to count. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Eavesdropping's wrong, I know, but it was hardly my fault if Mum and Aunt Alice chose to natter right outside the ventilator flaps, was it? Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

It is because of her nattering on at me while I was hard at work that she has fallen behind. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

Penelope pulled Ophie into the crowded sweet shop and into line at the counter, nattering on about the movie. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

He started walking again, nattering on and on about plots and conspiracies and battle plans and secrets, but truth be told, my mind drifted. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

And I mind the townsmen nattering on, saying we foul the waters. Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village 2007-07-24T00:00:00Z

Would it come into the world gossiping and nattering on about inconsequential nothings? When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

The old woman had nattered at him for ten years, telling her endless stories, but now she gaped at him as if he were some stranger. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

We walked on, and he nattered away for a while. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

She nattered on about the spectacle whilst assembling the tea things for Madam and Lady Seymour, who had come again to call. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

They worked in the kitchen under Alice, who preferred assistants who were disinclined to natter all day, to better hear her own voice. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

Well, try to imagine those sharp-toothed worries nattering away to the wail of a saxophone and the downbeat of a bass. Theater Review: Ethan Lipton in ?No Place to Go? at Joe?s Pub 2012-03-22T02:30:08Z

Viewers of the film in 1968 knew that the hippies nattering on about peace and love and pleasure weren’t going to save them. Why the new Barbarella comic will struggle to match the original film 2016-10-05T04:00:00Z

But the marvel was just hearing two smart, funny women nattering about life: where else on radio, apart from Woman's Hour, would that happen? Radio review: French and Saunders 2010-12-26T18:05:01Z

Upon Leo’s arrival, Nancy begins nattering — a lot. ‘Good Luck to You, Leo Grande’ Review: Pleasure Principles 2022-06-15T04:00:00Z

As Erie natters on in an eager, fitful string of clichés, bringing to mind the sort of garrulous salesman you’d normally cross the street to avoid, Mr. Whitaker quietly breaks your heart. Review: In ‘Hughie,’ With Forest Whitaker, Two Desolate Lost Souls 2016-02-25T05:00:00Z

A background nattering is twinned with a trickling piano line. Readers recommend: songs about birds 2010-04-29T22:45:00Z

Their relationship is defined by nattering film references by the ton, interrupted by the occasional yearning for their school's females. 'Me and Earl and the Dying Girl' a mash note to movies 2015-06-11T04:00:00Z

She tells her tale while stark naked and splay-legged, nattering on about a goofy mishap that never happened while giving her lover the full Penthouse centerfold view. How Cinemax's "Jett" does nudity — and plenty of it — right 2019-06-20T04:00:00Z

An African warlord goes on a blind date — apparently arranged over the Internet — with a dim bulb of a girl, and natters away about things like “flourless chocolate cake,” trending on Twitter and Malcolm Gladwell. Books of The Times: B. J. Novak’s Story Collection: ‘One More Thing’ 2014-01-27T21:38:31Z

Eager to fill this silence with golden sound, I nattered on, “I stuff pork with pork, and then drown it in Madeira and orange marmalade.” Madeira Draws a Younger, Hipper Set 2010-07-09T16:48:00Z

Is it any wonder, then, that older generations’ contributions to the conversation are, at best, a kind of verbal meteor shower, the flickering, nattering remains of planets that haven’t existed for eons? Team older feminist: am I allowed nuanced feelings about #MeToo? 2019-10-16T04:00:00Z

The nattering about contenders for the Academy Awards begins more than a year before Oscar night, at Sundance; it balloons at Cannes in May and festers fully in early September at the Toronto Film Festival. Rust and Bone: Marion Cotillard and Oscar Mania 2012-11-23T10:40:31Z

It doesn't matter if they're filming with a family, a local chef or a handful of old ladies, within a couple of minutes Dave and Si will have everyone nattering. The Hairy Bikers: charming and enthusiastic, or seriously annoying? 2011-02-10T13:37:00Z

"I know I shouldn't, but I will," said Amanda Roocroft, abandoning herself to the guilty pleasure of nattering to the audience. Roocroft/Martineau ? review 2011-03-04T18:05:51Z

There’s a reason white freaks making Nazi salutes are always nattering on about states’ rights. Of course Bernie Sanders endorsed this novel about a rebel in Vermont 2017-11-02T04:00:00Z

She confides and natters around the stage, unpacking Westheimer’s life exactly as Dr. Ruth is trying to box it up and move on. Review | A cheerful bio-drama about America’s favorite sex therapist, Dr. Ruth 2018-02-28T05:00:00Z

There are all kinds of schemes set up to facilitate impromptu connections – the chatter and natter table I’m visiting is just one. A month of meaningful conversation: my quest to befriend a new person every day 2020-01-06T05:00:00Z

The nattering ladies, their hair done up in French twists, buzz about in sling-back heels, figure-hugging suits, chunky jewelry and long gloves. ‘Absolutely! {Perhaps}’: Eye-catching (but frustrating)

Eventually a sketchy Christ parable emerges from all the backyard nattering and gender bending, as do fantasy sequences set in an imaginary land of big birds. 'Mormon Bird Play': a muddled comic fantasia 2011-11-07T23:22:04Z

Several of these characters fret about who really made them, which makes the book feel like a three-week road trip with Pirandello nattering on in the back seat with a bag of Cheetos. Salman Rushdie’s ‘Quichotte’ is a shambling ‘Don Quixote’ for our deceptive era - The Washington Post 2019-09-03T04:00:00Z

At one point, as the two natter self-righteously to each other about male pathology, a female worker in the background turns around and gives them a quick look over her shoulder. Review: ‘Laetitia,’ a French True-Crime Gem, Comes to HBO 2021-08-29T04:00:00Z

Then, finally, we have to endure René nattering on about the loss of innocence, a theme we can smell like mildew as soon as we enter this airless novel. Salman Rushdie launches a novelistic attack on Trump 2017-09-05T04:00:00Z

The approach offers Wright adequate space for customization without the nattering nabobs of negativism — not just paid mouths like me, but pretty much anyone with a smartphone and a Yelp account — whining about authenticity. Nido review: A bright perch in a hungry neighborhood 2016-01-26T05:00:00Z

Long's late night show is an affable, cosy thing and a good old nocturnal natter. Radio review: Janice Long 2010-12-22T08:00:01Z

Between the cocoons and retreats of the last 16 months — all those comfort clothes for self-soothing we kept nattering on about — and the growing liberation of the present. Marc Jacobs Has the First Major Live Fashion Show in New York 2021-06-29T04:00:00Z

Sure you want elephants on water skis . . . but the nattering nabobs of nimbyism say no! T Magazine: Stranger Than Paradise 2013-05-10T21:59:01Z

And, in that same vein, are the states that are chockablock with these nattering nabobs of nonsense more successful at winning it? Which U.S. State Performs Best in the New Yorker Caption Contest? 2015-09-23T04:00:00Z

There’s a similar, nattering presence at work in Salman Rushdie’s memoir Joseph Anton, and it has a similarly ambiguous flavor to it. “Joseph Anton”: Memoir as noir 2012-11-05T21:58:00Z

In 1984, he wanted a computer to say “Hello”, and now the relationship is two-way; having a natter with Siri is commonplace. Aaron Sorkin on the cult of Steve Jobs: ‘I hadn't seen anything like it since John Lennon was killed’ 2015-11-11T05:00:00Z

The parents are a hilarity: Carol Kane is a hoot as Matt's nattering mother and Rebhorn is amusingly cantankerous as the domineering dad. Review: 'Sleepwalk' is crowd-pleasing comedy 2012-08-21T13:11:10Z

When he begins nattering on about not being racist, she shuts off the TV. ‘A Jazzman’s Blues’ Review: Tyler Perry Revisits a Jim Crow-Era Romance 2022-09-22T04:00:00Z

Set in 2022, the grim “Submission” unfolds in self-absorbed narration and ineffectual nattering about politics. Review | Extremism rules ‘Submission,’ but soul swings ‘Three Sistahs’ 2019-01-29T05:00:00Z

Sometimes, they spout random obscenities or natter about their lousy lunch. “Kiss my behind, King Cetewayo”: The secret hilarity of untranslated foreign-language movie lines 2014-07-26T04:00:00Z

That would totally harsh my New Year’s Eve vibe, but apparently Granny is always nattering on like the Grim Reaper, so drink up, everybody! The apocalypse, as imagined by Nora Roberts 2017-12-04T05:00:00Z

He spent the rest of his time in the child carrier, nattering in my ear and squirming endlessly. Explorer: In Utah, a 100-Mile Trek With a 4-Year-Old Boy 2013-06-14T20:06:25Z

Michelin publishes an actual physical guidebook, which contains a brief writeup of each restaurant, and reviewers on Yelp are free to natter on to their hearts’ content. Yelp vs. Food Critics 2014-10-13T04:00:00Z

The tone of the novel might be mild and nattering if Ms. Atkinson were not so handy with the chill-worthy frisson. Books of The Times: Mystery Is a Thing With Paradoxes 2011-03-16T22:00:09Z

Ach, he says, the industry has changed – years ago, you could natter for hours on end. Dustin Hoffman: facing down my demons 2012-12-14T23:00:18Z

According to Gordon Bowker, speaking about his new biography of the writer, he would have been glued to it: he enjoyed nothing better than a morning's natter on the phone. This week's arts diary 2011-08-23T21:01:01Z

Twelve months down the line and they're one of the most nattered about breakthrough bands in the UK. Clubs picks of the week 2010-06-04T23:06:00Z

Hugh Prentice, a brilliant, dueling mathematician, nurses a distinct aversion to Lady Sarah Pleinsworth, who keeps nattering on about how she must get married this season or die. NW books | a new Julia Quinn tale, the greatest dinosaur ever 2013-12-16T20:05:49Z

Mr. Whitehead’s Geronte is almost childlike in his greed and need, and maintains a certain courtly charm even when he is nattering on about the state of his bowels. Theater Review: ‘The Heir Apparent,’ by Way of David Ives 2014-04-10T02:00:01Z

Blame it on that idiot Donald Trump if you want, but in fact our world's bad craziness predates that nattering nabob of narcissism. Liz Cheney is right: We're electing idiots — and she's a more dangerous idiot than most 2023-06-29T04:00:00Z

The other ladies who gather to knit and natter in her small English village thought the ears should be bigger. ‘Woolly delinquents’ celebrate Charles’ coronation in yarn 2023-04-30T04:00:00Z

The vice president had a reputation for being President Nixon’s attack dog and skewering political opponents as “nattering nabobs of negativism,” “vicars of vacillation” and “pusillanimous pussyfooters.” Unlike in Trump case, Secret Service kept this one secret 2023-04-03T04:00:00Z

"Our chats lasted for hours and he'll be up there now nattering away and keeping everyone laughing." Paul O'Grady: Camilla says she is 'deeply saddened' by TV star's death 2023-03-29T04:00:00Z

Another is that the constant nattering by culture warriors has scared some corporate leaders of the movement into being quieter about their programs. Column: Right-wing culture warriors say wokeness is dead. They can't even define it 2023-02-22T05:00:00Z

“One day I was driving around with a close friend of Rob’s nattering about this exact question,” Hobbs recalled. One L.A. writer's heartbreaking tour of the school-to-prison pipeline 2023-01-23T05:00:00Z

We chatted about bus times, we talked about the meal I was cooking, we just nattered. Milton Keynes vicar's world fell apart when her son took his own life 2023-01-14T05:00:00Z

There’s a point where the volume on everything — the traffic noise, the pink and purple sprays of wildflowers, my nattering thoughts — turns way down, and then goes completely silent. Here’s what it’s like to walk around Lake Washington in a single day 2022-08-27T04:00:00Z

The pendulum of history is swinging toward the autocratic, at home and abroad, and Republican elites are nattering about “the needle” of short-term partisan gain. Opinion | Those ignoring the Jan. 6 revelations are guaranteeing more violence 2022-06-21T04:00:00Z

Dana finds herself part of a committee divided into older members who know exactly How Things Must Be and younger members who are weary of ministers nattering on about Annie Dillard. Review | Michelle Huneven’s ‘Search’ offers spiritual wisdom — and cookies 2022-05-03T04:00:00Z

As a columnist for the conservative Telegraph newspaper, Johnson delighted in mocking the “eco-doomsters” nattering on and on about “evil gases.” Boris Johnson used to mock ‘eco-doomsters.’ Now he’s a climate champion. 2021-11-02T04:00:00Z

A first step would be to rescue children from uneducated educators of the sort who natter about “racist” arithmetic and the “myth” that some students are more arithmetically gifted than others. Opinion | Rejecting meritocracy clashes with America’s basic premises 2021-08-06T04:00:00Z

While politicians natter, markets move on as individuals and organizations chart their own courses. Pelosi, Mnuchin try to jam Senate GOP 2020-10-01T04:00:00Z

When either candidate is struggling they will be inclined to start nattering with each other about some cockamamie point or even the rules and the questions as a way to get a breath. Three things to watch for in tonight’s debate 2020-09-29T04:00:00Z

It would be nice to say that these allegations are the harmless nattering of brain-dead philistines. Decoding QAnon: From Pizzagate to Kanye to Marina Abramovic, this conspiracy covers everything 2020-09-07T04:00:00Z

So it would defeat the point if you take it off to have a natter, really. A user's guide to wearing your face mask to the shops 2020-07-14T04:00:00Z

I missed the human connection of talking and when texting became our primary mode of communication, I felt the absence of a simple natter keenly. Chloë Sevigny, leading the way in lockdown etiquette | Rebecca Nicholson 2020-05-02T04:00:00Z

The song’s great big refrain — those nattering five syllables, “Co-ro-na-vi-rus!,” looped and repeated dozens of times in two and a half minutes — may speak volumes about terror and chaos of life in March 2020. Pandemic pop: At home and around the world, black-humored new songs about coronavirus go viral 2020-03-20T04:00:00Z

Hot gas suffuses the cluster, but the storm blew a crater through it more than a million light-years wide, leaving just a near-vacuum, a nattering haze of ultrahot electrical particles. This Black Hole Blew a Hole in the Cosmos 2020-03-06T05:00:00Z

I used to fear the embarrassment of dying youngish, letting people natter sagely, “He smoked, you know.” The Art of Dying 2019-12-16T05:00:00Z

All he heard was a bunch of nattering wonky complaints about process. Press Watch: Impeachment has shown us people who rarely get to talk — the professionals 2019-11-22T05:00:00Z

I made sure there were seats for everyone, so that people who were playing could sit down and have a natter. 'This is a very good question, Bob Dylan': Elton John, interviewed by famous fans 2019-10-12T04:00:00Z

I suppose I hoped he’d change his tune once he understood that I had local memories and a politician’s knack for filling the air with pleasant nattering. “Wide Spot” 2019-09-16T04:00:00Z

Next time the VP starts nattering on in a group about the unmanageable stepchild or the incompetent mother, focus silently on something in your lap and stay disengaged until the topic changes. Perspective | Work Advice: HR vice president disparages own stepchild with special needs at company meetings 2019-09-06T04:00:00Z

Not for the first time, Trump appears to be reaching for a playbook once used by Richard Nixon, whose vice-president, Spiro Agnew, once dismissed the press as “nattering nabobs of negativism”. ‘Enemy of the people’: Trump’s war on the media is a page from Nixon’s playbook 2019-09-07T04:00:00Z

“It’s one thing for Spiro Agnew to call everyone in the press ‘nattering nabobs of negativism,’” he said, referring to the former vice president’s famous critique of how journalists covered President Richard M. Nixon. Trump Allies Target Journalists Over Coverage Deemed Hostile to White House 2019-08-25T04:00:00Z

Its residents — stuffed animals from June’s bedroom brought to nattering life — call it The Darkness, and say it’s hastening the park’s destruction as it sucks the ruins into its swirl. ‘Wonder Park’ review: a colorful but forgettable animated ride for kids 2019-03-14T04:00:00Z

When Business Insider broke the story that McDonald’s would be introducing Donut Sticks — news gleaned from leaked internal documents, no less — the nattering class was quick to label Ronald a copycat. Perspective | Are McDonald’s donut sticks just churros in disguise? Maybe, but they sure are delicious. 2019-02-22T05:00:00Z

"I told you to be quiet the other day, you've done nothing but natter." Did a stroke help me speak again? 2018-10-22T04:00:00Z

Unfortunately, this isn’t just a harmless matter of nattering and misplaced possessions. Opinion | Kavanaugh says he never blacked out from drinking. Can he swear to it? 2018-09-25T04:00:00Z

The buzz of the all-night streetlamps, the natter of 24-hour news anchors, the scrolling Niagaras of social media feeds have built a world that is hostile to sleep. Finally, a cure for insomnia? 2018-09-14T04:00:00Z

And, as vice president, Agnew once criticized opponents and the press as the “nattering nabobs of negativism.” Opinion | ‘Nattering nabobs’ or no, Agnew’s place in history is not obscure 2018-09-11T04:00:00Z

Until this point, most of the nation’s nattering nabobs have conjured up scenarios about impeachment. When will it be Trump's turn to accept a plea bargain? | Richard Wolffe 2018-08-21T04:00:00Z

He labeled congressional opponents of the war in Vietnam “radic-libs” and denounced Nixon administration critics as “nattering nabobs of negativism.” ‘Nattering nabobs of negativism’: The improbable rise of Spiro T. Agnew 2018-08-08T04:00:00Z

Scheuer mused, “I have nattered on here longer than I intended.” Why is CNN mainstreaming a right-wing radio host who promotes violent, extreme rhetoric? 2018-08-08T04:00:00Z

Occasionally, though, “mathematically improbable” circumstances might conspire to make this tech appear, to nattering nabobs, problematic. Ron Judd explains how to outsmart your smart technology 2018-07-18T04:00:00Z

Rather, what natters here is that the president and his team aren’t able to reassure anyone – investors, trading partners, business leaders, et al – because they don’t yet seem to agree with one another. Trump World divided against itself on key economic issue 2018-06-26T04:00:00Z

A "disgraced demagogue in the dustbin of history," is almost as good as a "nattering nabob of negativity". Ex-Chief of C.I.A. Suggests Putin May Have Compromising Information on Trump 2018-03-21T04:00:00Z

Let's continue to natter on about Gary Taubes, if we must. Good Fats, Bad Fats 2018-01-29T05:00:00Z

That may explain why people think women talk more: in the stereotype, it seems they are nattering on with no clear purpose. Chatty women and strong, silent men 2017-06-22T04:00:00Z

Santos nattered about friendly phone calls with a player from his Porto days. Portugal sidesteps Ronaldo’s legal woes at Confed Cup 2017-06-20T04:00:00Z

Gone are Faith’s days of listening to her husbands natter on as she rolls her eyes toward the ceiling. The Art and Activism of Grace Paley 2017-05-01T04:00:00Z

To the astonishment of everyone in the tech community, King Donald is still tweeting and nattering away on his Samsung Galaxy phone, an Android device that in security terms is the equivalent of emmental cheese. If Trump hates leaks, he needs to give up his phone | John Naughton 2017-02-19T05:00:00Z

“In the United States today, we have more than our share of the nattering nabobs of negativism,” he said in September 1970. Other presidents have battled the press. But never like Trump 2017-02-19T05:00:00Z

It tasted pretty good, though while chewing on the meat the diner may get mental flashes of quivering whiskers and nattering orange teeth. Hot rat is so hot right now: Moscow falls for the rodent burger 2016-11-18T05:00:00Z

The wife of a candidate for county commissioner in Travis County, Tex., looked at the camera dryly as her husband nattered incessantly about details of county policy. The Drama Down the Ballot: 2016’s Other Wild Races 2016-11-06T04:00:00Z

And nothing quite ruins a good story like the teller nattering on about the beauty of storytelling. Review: ‘Kubo and the Two Strings’ strums stop-motion wonder 2016-08-16T04:00:00Z

Honey is talkative and she often natters on, sometimes reflecting honestly on her life — her marriage as a teenager, the children that she lost to sickness and war whom she still mourns. 'My Love, Don't Cross That River': Touching scenes from a 75-year Korean marriage 2016-06-23T04:00:00Z

Agnew drew attention with his regular broadsides against the media, calling them "nattering nabobs of negativism." Trump Bans Washington Post From Covering His Campaign 2016-06-14T04:00:00Z

In the spirit of looking cooperative, Ms. Mills did on occasion natter away, filling time with utterly irrelevant factoids about State Department org charts and her interest in Haiti and food security. Clinton’s Lawyer, Under Oath 2016-06-02T04:00:00Z

Clocks should be seen to be stopped for goal celebrations, substitutions, natters before set-pieces, rolling around and whenever the ball goes out of play. Premier League 2015-16 review: Our writers’ best and worst 2016-05-15T04:00:00Z

It complements, rather than replaces, sitting down for a good old natter with them, mind. 20 of the best iPhone and iPad apps and games this month 2016-05-04T04:00:00Z

Of course, I didn’t want to be a nattering nabob of negativism, so I made sure to throw in categories like “Best Line” and “Best Scene” to keep me on the side of the angels. My Job: Watch ‘Downton Abbey.’ Poor Me. 2016-03-10T05:00:00Z

“Women are better at representing other women because women natter more than men, and women understand them better,” says Judge Faisal Orani, fresh from sentencing a whisky-drinker to 80 lashes. One step forward, one step back 2016-03-08T05:00:00Z

Turabi, with his Ph.D. from the Sorbonne and cheerful, nattering oratory, set out to make to make the African nation the incubator for a new Islamic order. Bin Laden's Will Shows a Terror Leader Left Behind by Contemporary Jihad 2016-03-08T05:00:00Z

Dodge mumbles humorous, pointed asides to himself and tries to ignore his nattering wife, Halie, who converses piercingly with him from her perch upstairs. Review: Family secrets dug up in harrowing ‘Buried Child’ 2016-02-17T05:00:00Z

The nattering nabobs have looked at how effortlessly Trump has roiled the political order and decided: Hey, I can do that. Donald/Kanye 2020? Trump kicks off an era of rich vanity candidates. 2015-12-28T05:00:00Z

It’s a noisy town square, and we its nattering peasants, though instead of dry goods and groceries, what’s for sale is our very selves. Is Mark Zuckerberg Ready for Facebook Parenthood? 2015-11-14T05:00:00Z

BST07:49 Rosberg’s start engineer and race engineer are in deep discussions, nattering away as the team congregate around the grid. F1: Singapore Grand Prix – as it happened 2015-09-20T04:00:00Z

Doctorow listened graciously and politely as I nattered, but I could see he was ready to get going. EL Doctorow opened a magical new door in American literature 2015-07-23T04:00:00Z

When the Haggler jumps in a taxi in New York City these days, the driver is often nattering away on a cellphone. Hey, Driver: Hang Up the Phone, Turn Off the TV and Step on It 2015-05-23T04:00:00Z

I wish I had the strength of mind never to extend an invitation to guilt, that nattering scold, to dine with me. I’m a professional food writer and I love 7-Eleven’s Go-Go Taquitos 2015-04-22T04:00:00Z

That reluctance has been nurtured by what a former vice president called “the nattering nabobs of negativism,” information hijackers and truth-bending alchemists who have no use for intelligent decisions arrived at through personal perspectives. Quora Question: In Our Partisan Politics, Will There Ever Be Another 'Great Speech'? 2015-03-29T04:00:00Z

Rosberg’s start engineer and race engineer are in deep discussions, nattering away as the team congregate around the grid. F1: Singapore Grand Prix – as it happened 2015-09-20T04:00:00Z

Harper is the lightning rod for all nattering at the Nats. ‘This is who Harp is’ 2015-03-28T04:00:00Z

For cabbies, this is against the law, even if they use a hands-free connection, so the nattering is usually furtive. Hey, Driver: Hang Up the Phone, Turn Off the TV and Step on It 2015-05-23T04:00:00Z

In the evening the Luthan’s ladies gather for spirited natters in the restaurant, free to sit wherever they want, rather than in a “family section” shielded from the men-only area by screens. No men allowed! 2015-02-26T05:00:00Z

Although the campaign was a hit, inspiring much nattering and meme making on social media, Vaughan says the company is done advertising. Cash Is for Losers! 2014-11-20T05:00:00Z

We’ve all learned to recognize, roll our eyes at, and forget about people talking into their Bluetooth headsets, but as I wandered around nattering aimlessly with a small rock in my ear, people noticed. Moto Hint review: is there a future for the Bluetooth headset? 2014-10-09T04:00:00Z

I love the bizarre surrealism of the nonsense the Monty Python boys are nattering on about, yet they act with the most straight faces, as if speaking about politics. Monty Python's greatest skits 2014-06-22T04:00:00Z

It’s high time that the booming niche of nattering negative technology nabobs gets disrupted! The emperor of “disruption theory” is wearing no clothes 2014-06-16T04:00:00Z

To Mr. Geithner, the nattering naysayers raising alarms about the financial system’s soundness were a bigger problem than the one that they were trying to draw attention to. Fair Game: A New Light on Regulators in the Dark 2014-02-22T15:18:43Z

Why does the conscious mind disconnect so completely from the external environment while the brain keeps nattering on? New Hypothesis Explains Why We Sleep (preview) 2013-07-22T11:15:05.697Z

But Lucy, clueless, starts nattering at her anyway — about school and switching majors. When Hollywood Wants Good, Clean Fun, It Goes to Mormon Country 2013-05-23T11:01:10Z

And many of those green-fingered chatterboxes didn't stop at a quick natter. The gardeners who talk to plants 2013-05-05T10:20:02Z

The president has taken it on the chin for the better part of two weeks, pummeled by the political world's nattering classes for not being peppy enough in his first debate against Mr. Romney. City Room: The Day: As the Yankees Go, So Goes the Nation 2012-10-16T13:18:25Z

Back when Spiro Agnew went after the “nattering nabobs of negativism,” most people got their news from three networks and a handful of national newspapers. The Media Equation: Challenging the Claims of Media Bias - the Media Equation 2012-09-30T23:56:15Z

"Diplomats will natter away about it all month over cappuccinos in Turtle Bay," he wrote. IHT Rendezvous: Guns, Bullets, Human Rights on Agenda at Arms Treaty Talks 2012-07-03T11:42:19Z

I’m sure there will be a bunch of nattering back and forth, but I’m more concerned about the game than anything else.” Valve's 'Dota 2' Free-to-Play, Includes In-Game Store And Steam Workshop 2012-06-03T15:25:42Z

James, University of Bristol, via text: "Also sat in Wills Library currently trying to locate Geoff for a natter about the cricket." England v West Indies 2012-05-19T13:30:34Z

Though you are indeed the fairest of women, those men only natter you; they do not love you. One of Cleopatra's Nights and Other Fantastic Romances One of Cleopatra's Nights?Clarimonde?Arria Marcella?The Mummy's Foot?Omphale: a Rococo Story?King Candaules 2012-04-08T02:00:23.693Z

I am nattering on about this border fence, partly because it is a visual marvel, something like a stockade, and also because, as the guard demonstrated, it calls for a decision. Nogales, Mexico: A Few Steps, and a Whole World Away 2012-02-23T22:07:18Z

The lays of the scalds are largely made up of nattering phrases, though among them are woven in allusions to historic facts that are of great value. Canute the Great The Rise of Danish Imperialism during the Viking Age 2012-02-23T03:00:38.817Z

Poking at his devices, he reminded me of a child obliviously amusing himself while the grown-ups natter on around him. The Machine That Makes You Musical 2011-11-25T16:54:52Z

Sure, the U.S. still excels in the nattering and chattering technologies, like Facebook and Twitter. Beyond Apple: Why Do Most U.S. Tech Stocks Get So Little Respect? 2011-10-12T23:36:28Z

Blatchford was conked in the back of the head by a vice presidential bullet, momentarily becoming, in Spiro-speak, a “nattering nabob of negativism.” The Lethal Serve in Doubles Tennis: There?s In, Out and ?Look Out!? 2011-08-28T18:32:12Z

Of course, despite the “nattering nabobs of negativism,” the new technology did spark change, although not always in the ways that people expected. 'Quality Control in K-12 Digital Learning': A Stimulating, Quality Read 2011-08-17T17:33:52Z

It was the papacy that made the first move to establish such relations: in 1019 Archbishop Lifing brought a message back from Rome replete with good advice which seems to have nattered the young Dane. Canute the Great The Rise of Danish Imperialism during the Viking Age 2012-02-23T03:00:38.817Z

The doctor is a dear, but he natters me; I am not clever, I wish I were. Blue Robin, the Girl Pioneer 2011-07-28T02:00:09.363Z

American diplomats, generals and journalists nattered about my preference for purple socks, noted that I wore my hair longer than a U.S. Nguyen Cao Ky, South Vietnam Leader, Dies at 80 2011-07-23T21:25:11Z

Such nattering discourse seemeth light, when we remember our manifold transgressions, and our many occasions for forgiveness. Mercedes of Castile The Voyage to Cathay 2011-06-14T02:00:24.670Z

"It is far more 'natter' than 'knit'," says Judith Ackrill, 62. Knit and natter 2011-06-13T23:00:42Z

Mr. Southwode's detail, while it interested her terribly, and in a sort nattered her, also reduced her to a very low feeling of downheartedness. A Letter of Credit 2011-05-20T02:00:40.410Z

Might he forget where he is and start nattering to one of the bridesmaids, maybe even pull on a pigtail while the bride and groom are saying their vows? Royal wedding page boy excitement 2011-04-26T11:40:03Z

She was kind and conciliating; her attentions nattering to one like myself. Lily Pearl and The Mistress of Rosedale 2011-04-05T02:00:12.720Z

I was hoping to have the honor of making his acquaintance, nattered as I was by all you told me about him.' The Knight Of Gwynne, Vol. II (of II) 2011-04-04T02:00:06.657Z

One morning in Canberra in the winter of 2006-07, Trescothick and I were standing together by the hotel breakfast room toaster having a natter. Mike Selvey on the pressure of touring 2011-03-25T00:06:01Z

My vanity might possibly be nattered by your expressions of compliment to my understanding, if your proposals did not more clearly manifest a mean opinion of it. Benjamin Franklin Representative selections, with introduction, bibliograpy, and notes 2011-03-08T03:00:46.777Z

He was an empty vessel of the culture, filling his cheerless hours with self-help advice, national fads, and the constant natter of the news. Lessons of the Martin Luther King Assassination 2011-01-17T05:00:00Z

What will these two charmers be nattering on about to each other this evening, I wonder? West Ham v Newcastle ? live! 2010-10-23T15:51:00Z

Speaking of Suspenders: Didn't that nattering scarecrow Larry King already retire? This touching moment was brought to you by ... 2010-10-16T21:19:00Z

Even as parents lament the increased stress, they ratchet up the stress by constantly nattering about it. A Hectic Month for Applicants 2010-10-06T11:00:00Z

The nattering of birds, the audible proximity of the highway, the glaring sun? Why You Can't Putt: I'm Cursed 2010-09-22T04:00:00Z

The justification of concierge medicine is the same voodoo economics spiel that we were given with the “trickle down” theory of prosperity from Reagan, Bush and the nattering nabobs. Having Your Own Doctor On Call 2010-08-26T18:08:00Z

They nattered away like cleaning ladies over how to clear up after the great bankers' ball. I long for a real Labour voice to slam this City-fearing trio | Simon Jenkins 2010-03-30T19:30:00Z

"This is very nattering indeed, Mr. Charles," said the editor at length, "and I attach great weight to the opinion of Mr. Trevor Smith, who is an able and promising member of my staff." The Call of the Town A Tale of Literary Life

The suggestion was too nattering to the chief’s vanity, and too well adapted to efface the mortification of his recent defeat, to be rejected. Hair-Breadth Escapes The Adventures of Three Boys in South Africa

The fact is, these English fellows have a nattering, insinuating way of their own there's no coming up to. Jack Hinton The Guardsman

"You are very wrong then, for you should have heard something excessively nattering," was her reply. One Of Them

The spoiled children of fashion, the reckless adventurer, the bankrupt speculator, the nattered beauty in all the pride of her loveliness, the tarnished virtue in all the effrontery of conquest! The Daltons, Volume II (of II) Or,Three Roads In Life

A month after the wedding, the low fore-headed, who knew how to natter such a father-in-law, kills him now in order to become in possession of his property. Why a National Literature Cannot Flourish in the United States of North America

“Of me!” said Jack sarcastically, “your Mr. Houston would doubtless feel nattered at being compared to a weather-beaten miner.” The Award of Justice Or, Told in the Rockies A Pen Picture of the West

There is something nattering in the personal devotion which seems to spring from pure good-will, that insensibly raises one in his own esteem. Jack Hinton The Guardsman

In his Malcontent he probably drew a nattering likeness of his inner self: yet the most compassionate reader of the play would experience little pity in seeing the Malcontent hanged. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 20, No. 122, December, 1867

But she was a little nattered by the compliment. Not Like Other Girls

Had Cripps only known what care and diligence was being bestowed on him that afternoon he would assuredly have been highly nattered. The Fifth Form at Saint Dominic's A School Story

She could not have been expected to possess the necessary insight and I doubt whether she would have known how to be nattering enough. Chance A Tale in Two Parts

He had not forgotten Alethea, however, and he nattered himself that he was as true in his allegiance to her as he had been before. John Deane of Nottingham Historic Adventures by Land and Sea

He believes it to have been but a whim of his sweetheart—the caprice of a woman, who has been so much nattered and admired. The Death Shot A Story Retold

Had not the Britons during this contest received so many lessons of humanity, I should natter myself that this might teach them a little. The Medallic History of the United States of America 1776-1876

You are young; you have a deesposeetion good; you are handsome—” “O–oh, Monsieur Parole,” I exclaimed at his nattering category of my attributes, almost blushing. She and I, Volume 2 A Love Story. A Life History.

They are neither large nor water-tight, but I natter myself they are airy and command an extensive view. Kilgorman A Story of Ireland in 1798

O Roman Plebs! lay this nattering unction to your soul—we did not do that! The Continental Monthly, Vol. 2, No. 2, August, 1862 Devoted to Literature and National Policy

We were observant of details and appearances, and we could one and all “natter” over our small grievances without wearying of the subject, and without ever speculating on their causes, or devising remedies for them. Six to Sixteen A Story for Girls

I say his to you, because it has some bearing on one of the natters discussed in our last letters; that is, whether I should leave the pulpit. Autobiography and Letters of Orville Dewey, D.D. Edited by his Daughter

But to these nattering appearances it was dangerous to yield implicit confidence. The Life of George Washington, Vol. 4 Commander in Chief of the American Forces During the War which Established the Independence of his Country and First President of the United States

But I set no count on his nattering so long as I could keep him alive. More Tales of the Ridings

And so on, nattering at each other like cave men puzzling over a walkman, until Alan was called upon to settle the matter with the authoritative answer. Someone Comes to Town, Someone Leaves Town

Presented myself to his Excellency the Pasha Ismael, by whom I was received in a very nattering manner, and presented with a suit of his own habiliments. A Narrative of the Expedition to Dongola and Sennaar Under the Command of His Excellence Ismael Pasha, undertaken by Order of His Highness Mehemmed Ali Pasha, Viceroy of Egypt, By An American In The Service Of The Viceroy

The man who told a woman that a critic had pronounced her singing "heavenly" had good intentions but he was not entirely accurate in changing to that nattering term the critic's actual adjective "unearthly." Public Speaking

The prospective occupation of Toulon gave occasion for a yet more nattering evidence of the esteem in which he was held. The Life of Nelson, Volume 1 The Embodiment of the Sea Power of Great Britain

But thou must equally avoid nattering men and being vexed at them, for both are unsocial and lead to harm. Thoughts of Marcus Aurelius Antoninus

"And that's twopence," cried a voice which seemed to come from the chimney, in a whining tone, like some nattering, discontented old body going over her grievances. Old-Fashioned Fairy Tales

But, men will talk to your wife, and natter her. Advice to Young Men And (Incidentally) to Young Women in the Middle and Higher Ranks of Life. In a Series of Letters, Addressed to a Youth, a Bachelor, a Lover, a Husband, a Father, a Citizen, or a Subject.

It did not natter her, or minister to her self-respect. Sevenoaks

"I suppose I should feel nattered that a suggestion from little me--" "A suggestion from little you would, I fancy, go a long ways with many people." Half A Chance

While he on his side was nattered and astonished by her attitude towards him, as Ashe's wife, she would surely dislike and try to trample on him. The Marriage of William Ashe

As a natter of fact, however, the boy's taste is being constantly vitiated and exploited by the great mass of cheap juvenile literature. A Gunner Aboard the "Yankee"

She looked so cool, so handsome, so little yielding at that moment, that, in addition to gratitude and nattered vanity, Warkworth was suddenly conscious of a new stir in the blood. Lady Rose's Daughter

Enchanted with this result, he overwhelmed Tumanama with nattering promises to prevent the cacique from interfering with any of the Spaniards' allies in that neighbourhood. De Orbe Novo, Volume 1 (of 2) The Eight Decades of Peter Martyr D'Anghera

Mine is a nature susceptible and sensitive, yet, I natter myself, incapable of harbouring sentiments unworthy of a gentleman and a soldier. Ailsa Paige

Even the words of this gutter filth he sought to construe into something nattering to himself. O. Henry Memorial Award Prize Stories of 1921

With the requisite ceremonious unceremoniousness so popular at present, I took a chair behind him, and annoyed him every moment by remarks upon his wife; of course all highly nattering to both. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 10, No. 275, September 29, 1827

"I thank your father for the nattering compliment; but I think he must be needing glasses." Polly and the Princess

"Ha' a drop o' warm broth?" said Lisbeth, whose motherly feeling now got the better of her "nattering" habit. Adam Bede

Television, on the other hand, natters on into the night, long after you have fallen asleep. A Brief History of the Internet

Phone-phreaks talk PATHOLOGICALLY—why else are they stealing phone-codes, if not to natter for ten hours straight to their friends on an opposite seaboard? The Hacker Crackdown, law and disorder on the electronic frontier

I am thinking, I believe, of the song, "An old woman clothed in grey, Whose daughter was charming and young, And she was deluded away By Roger's false nattering tongue." The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 5 The Letters of Charles and Mary Lamb, 1796-1820

A mercantile city of Græco-Gauls had become Latinised, bureaucratic, and nattered itself that it was like its new parent on the Tiber. In Troubadour-Land A Ramble in Provence and Languedoc

I will coax none, natter none—not even the Supreme! Alton Locke, Tailor and Poet An Autobiography

Indeed, at least one of the characters was nattered by the celebrity given him. Modern Italian Poets Essays and Versions

She chaffed him, criticised him, admired him, absorbed him and nattered him in a breath. Fortitude

You have the nattering tongue and eyes of your sex, Capt. A Heart-Song of To-day

He refused also the nattering offer of entering the Church of England and of receiving a comfortable "living." English Literature Its History and Its Significance for the Life of the English Speaking World

Their vanity, ferocity, sense of latent and fettered power, pride of numbers, and physical strength, had been nattered and pampered by those who now only talked of grape-shot and bayonets. Alton Locke, Tailor and Poet An Autobiography

But the fact is, I never flattered Ferries as he expected; it is not my way to natter any one; and consequently he took a dislike to me. Peter's Mother

The Whigs were defeated, sure enough; but whether because we were pardoned—though the idea is sufficiently nattering to my vanity—is more than I shall venture to decide. Personal Memoir of Daniel Drayton For Four Years and Four Months a Prisoner (For Charity's Sake) in Washington Jail

This contrast was very marked in England fifty years ago, and was comparatively unknown in our own country—though to-day we can hardly lay to our souls the nattering unction of such a difference. Hawthorne and His Circle

A sinister smile plays hide-and-seek around the thin, pale lips, while the movement betray a flexibility of mind that is not nattering to the possessor. Marguerite Verne

"It was a great job to get that to fit," said the Colonel, nattered in spite of himself. A Romance of Billy-Goat Hill

He now bitterly condemned himself for having been too harsh in the wholesome truth he had brought home to the nattered girl. From Jest to Earnest

She was nattered with the pleasant fiction that she had restored the ancient Salon of France on a nobler basis. The One Woman

There are but two objects of attack—his proposed social elevation, the nattering title, and the peace of mind and future of the daughter, this lovely veiled Rose! A Fascinating Traitor An Anglo-Indian Story

We nattered ourselves that he had forgotten our co-existence with him upon this planet. The Fool Errant Being the Memoirs of Francis-Anthony Strelley, Esq., Citizen of Lucca

She means it, I believe; but she does natter him so that it would make me sick, if it didn't make me so wretched! Magnum Bonum

"I am sure I am very much nattered by Miss Tracy's kindness," put in Eustace; "but is the match solely between ladies?" My Young Alcides

He had a pathetic way of looking at her with a doglike worship, as though conscious of his defects, which pleased and nattered her own sense of the perfection of beauty. The One Woman

Anyway, she smoothed me and nattered me, till I ended by agreeing that she has no choice but to remove instanter from the Terrace, and forbid me her abode! Dynevor Terrace: or, the clue of life — Volume 1

Unfortunate captives, who nattered the child, and feigned love for it, so as to move the father's heart, and instil into it a little compassion for their misfortune! Empress Josephine An historical sketch of the days of Napoleon

They are always lions, who seemed to be tamed when perpetually nattered. Berlin and Sans-Souci; or Frederick the Great and his friends

He nattered Eustace to curry favour with him and his father. My Young Alcides

A nattering distinction, which he seldom lavished upon his visitors. The Honor of the Name

"They are nattering for the immediate issue," he recorded in his diary, "but the fearful condition of them is that success would open to a far severer trial than defeat." Rise of the New West, 1819-1829

They suspected that Barbe nattered and soothed 'her boy,' as she termed him, with hopes, but they owed much to the species of authority with which she kept him from forcing himself upon them. Two Penniless Princesses

单词	natter
例句	natter “Of course. She spent all afternoon with her,” my mom says, and then natters on about how Nat’s not supposed to count. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z Eavesdropping's wrong, I know, but it was hardly my fault if Mum and Aunt Alice chose to natter right outside the ventilator flaps, was it? Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z It is because of her nattering on at me while I was hard at work that she has fallen behind. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z Penelope pulled Ophie into the crowded sweet shop and into line at the counter, nattering on about the movie. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z He started walking again, nattering on and on about plots and conspiracies and battle plans and secrets, but truth be told, my mind drifted. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z And I mind the townsmen nattering on, saying we foul the waters. Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village 2007-07-24T00:00:00Z Would it come into the world gossiping and nattering on about inconsequential nothings? When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z The old woman had nattered at him for ten years, telling her endless stories, but now she gaped at him as if he were some stranger. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z We walked on, and he nattered away for a while. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z She nattered on about the spectacle whilst assembling the tea things for Madam and Lady Seymour, who had come again to call. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z They worked in the kitchen under Alice, who preferred assistants who were disinclined to natter all day, to better hear her own voice. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Well, try to imagine those sharp-toothed worries nattering away to the wail of a saxophone and the downbeat of a bass. Theater Review: Ethan Lipton in ?No Place to Go? at Joe?s Pub 2012-03-22T02:30:08Z Viewers of the film in 1968 knew that the hippies nattering on about peace and love and pleasure weren’t going to save them. Why the new Barbarella comic will struggle to match the original film 2016-10-05T04:00:00Z But the marvel was just hearing two smart, funny women nattering about life: where else on radio, apart from Woman's Hour, would that happen? Radio review: French and Saunders 2010-12-26T18:05:01Z Upon Leo’s arrival, Nancy begins nattering — a lot. ‘Good Luck to You, Leo Grande’ Review: Pleasure Principles 2022-06-15T04:00:00Z As Erie natters on in an eager, fitful string of clichés, bringing to mind the sort of garrulous salesman you’d normally cross the street to avoid, Mr. Whitaker quietly breaks your heart. Review: In ‘Hughie,’ With Forest Whitaker, Two Desolate Lost Souls 2016-02-25T05:00:00Z A background nattering is twinned with a trickling piano line. Readers recommend: songs about birds 2010-04-29T22:45:00Z Their relationship is defined by nattering film references by the ton, interrupted by the occasional yearning for their school's females. 'Me and Earl and the Dying Girl' a mash note to movies 2015-06-11T04:00:00Z She tells her tale while stark naked and splay-legged, nattering on about a goofy mishap that never happened while giving her lover the full Penthouse centerfold view. How Cinemax's "Jett" does nudity — and plenty of it — right 2019-06-20T04:00:00Z An African warlord goes on a blind date — apparently arranged over the Internet — with a dim bulb of a girl, and natters away about things like “flourless chocolate cake,” trending on Twitter and Malcolm Gladwell. Books of The Times: B. J. Novak’s Story Collection: ‘One More Thing’ 2014-01-27T21:38:31Z Eager to fill this silence with golden sound, I nattered on, “I stuff pork with pork, and then drown it in Madeira and orange marmalade.” Madeira Draws a Younger, Hipper Set 2010-07-09T16:48:00Z Is it any wonder, then, that older generations’ contributions to the conversation are, at best, a kind of verbal meteor shower, the flickering, nattering remains of planets that haven’t existed for eons? Team older feminist: am I allowed nuanced feelings about #MeToo? 2019-10-16T04:00:00Z The nattering about contenders for the Academy Awards begins more than a year before Oscar night, at Sundance; it balloons at Cannes in May and festers fully in early September at the Toronto Film Festival. Rust and Bone: Marion Cotillard and Oscar Mania 2012-11-23T10:40:31Z It doesn't matter if they're filming with a family, a local chef or a handful of old ladies, within a couple of minutes Dave and Si will have everyone nattering. The Hairy Bikers: charming and enthusiastic, or seriously annoying? 2011-02-10T13:37:00Z "I know I shouldn't, but I will," said Amanda Roocroft, abandoning herself to the guilty pleasure of nattering to the audience. Roocroft/Martineau ? review 2011-03-04T18:05:51Z There’s a reason white freaks making Nazi salutes are always nattering on about states’ rights. Of course Bernie Sanders endorsed this novel about a rebel in Vermont 2017-11-02T04:00:00Z She confides and natters around the stage, unpacking Westheimer’s life exactly as Dr. Ruth is trying to box it up and move on. Review \| A cheerful bio-drama about America’s favorite sex therapist, Dr. Ruth 2018-02-28T05:00:00Z There are all kinds of schemes set up to facilitate impromptu connections – the chatter and natter table I’m visiting is just one. A month of meaningful conversation: my quest to befriend a new person every day 2020-01-06T05:00:00Z The nattering ladies, their hair done up in French twists, buzz about in sling-back heels, figure-hugging suits, chunky jewelry and long gloves. ‘Absolutely! {Perhaps}’: Eye-catching (but frustrating) Eventually a sketchy Christ parable emerges from all the backyard nattering and gender bending, as do fantasy sequences set in an imaginary land of big birds. 'Mormon Bird Play': a muddled comic fantasia 2011-11-07T23:22:04Z Several of these characters fret about who really made them, which makes the book feel like a three-week road trip with Pirandello nattering on in the back seat with a bag of Cheetos. Salman Rushdie’s ‘Quichotte’ is a shambling ‘Don Quixote’ for our deceptive era - The Washington Post 2019-09-03T04:00:00Z At one point, as the two natter self-righteously to each other about male pathology, a female worker in the background turns around and gives them a quick look over her shoulder. Review: ‘Laetitia,’ a French True-Crime Gem, Comes to HBO 2021-08-29T04:00:00Z Then, finally, we have to endure René nattering on about the loss of innocence, a theme we can smell like mildew as soon as we enter this airless novel. Salman Rushdie launches a novelistic attack on Trump 2017-09-05T04:00:00Z The approach offers Wright adequate space for customization without the nattering nabobs of negativism — not just paid mouths like me, but pretty much anyone with a smartphone and a Yelp account — whining about authenticity. Nido review: A bright perch in a hungry neighborhood 2016-01-26T05:00:00Z Long's late night show is an affable, cosy thing and a good old nocturnal natter. Radio review: Janice Long 2010-12-22T08:00:01Z Between the cocoons and retreats of the last 16 months — all those comfort clothes for self-soothing we kept nattering on about — and the growing liberation of the present. Marc Jacobs Has the First Major Live Fashion Show in New York 2021-06-29T04:00:00Z Sure you want elephants on water skis . . . but the nattering nabobs of nimbyism say no! T Magazine: Stranger Than Paradise 2013-05-10T21:59:01Z And, in that same vein, are the states that are chockablock with these nattering nabobs of nonsense more successful at winning it? Which U.S. State Performs Best in the New Yorker Caption Contest? 2015-09-23T04:00:00Z There’s a similar, nattering presence at work in Salman Rushdie’s memoir Joseph Anton, and it has a similarly ambiguous flavor to it. “Joseph Anton”: Memoir as noir 2012-11-05T21:58:00Z In 1984, he wanted a computer to say “Hello”, and now the relationship is two-way; having a natter with Siri is commonplace. Aaron Sorkin on the cult of Steve Jobs: ‘I hadn't seen anything like it since John Lennon was killed’ 2015-11-11T05:00:00Z The parents are a hilarity: Carol Kane is a hoot as Matt's nattering mother and Rebhorn is amusingly cantankerous as the domineering dad. Review: 'Sleepwalk' is crowd-pleasing comedy 2012-08-21T13:11:10Z When he begins nattering on about not being racist, she shuts off the TV. ‘A Jazzman’s Blues’ Review: Tyler Perry Revisits a Jim Crow-Era Romance 2022-09-22T04:00:00Z Set in 2022, the grim “Submission” unfolds in self-absorbed narration and ineffectual nattering about politics. Review \| Extremism rules ‘Submission,’ but soul swings ‘Three Sistahs’ 2019-01-29T05:00:00Z Sometimes, they spout random obscenities or natter about their lousy lunch. “Kiss my behind, King Cetewayo”: The secret hilarity of untranslated foreign-language movie lines 2014-07-26T04:00:00Z That would totally harsh my New Year’s Eve vibe, but apparently Granny is always nattering on like the Grim Reaper, so drink up, everybody! The apocalypse, as imagined by Nora Roberts 2017-12-04T05:00:00Z He spent the rest of his time in the child carrier, nattering in my ear and squirming endlessly. Explorer: In Utah, a 100-Mile Trek With a 4-Year-Old Boy 2013-06-14T20:06:25Z Michelin publishes an actual physical guidebook, which contains a brief writeup of each restaurant, and reviewers on Yelp are free to natter on to their hearts’ content. Yelp vs. Food Critics 2014-10-13T04:00:00Z The tone of the novel might be mild and nattering if Ms. Atkinson were not so handy with the chill-worthy frisson. Books of The Times: Mystery Is a Thing With Paradoxes 2011-03-16T22:00:09Z Ach, he says, the industry has changed – years ago, you could natter for hours on end. Dustin Hoffman: facing down my demons 2012-12-14T23:00:18Z According to Gordon Bowker, speaking about his new biography of the writer, he would have been glued to it: he enjoyed nothing better than a morning's natter on the phone. This week's arts diary 2011-08-23T21:01:01Z Twelve months down the line and they're one of the most nattered about breakthrough bands in the UK. Clubs picks of the week 2010-06-04T23:06:00Z Hugh Prentice, a brilliant, dueling mathematician, nurses a distinct aversion to Lady Sarah Pleinsworth, who keeps nattering on about how she must get married this season or die. NW books \| a new Julia Quinn tale, the greatest dinosaur ever 2013-12-16T20:05:49Z Mr. Whitehead’s Geronte is almost childlike in his greed and need, and maintains a certain courtly charm even when he is nattering on about the state of his bowels. Theater Review: ‘The Heir Apparent,’ by Way of David Ives 2014-04-10T02:00:01Z Blame it on that idiot Donald Trump if you want, but in fact our world's bad craziness predates that nattering nabob of narcissism. Liz Cheney is right: We're electing idiots — and she's a more dangerous idiot than most 2023-06-29T04:00:00Z The other ladies who gather to knit and natter in her small English village thought the ears should be bigger. ‘Woolly delinquents’ celebrate Charles’ coronation in yarn 2023-04-30T04:00:00Z The vice president had a reputation for being President Nixon’s attack dog and skewering political opponents as “nattering nabobs of negativism,” “vicars of vacillation” and “pusillanimous pussyfooters.” Unlike in Trump case, Secret Service kept this one secret 2023-04-03T04:00:00Z "Our chats lasted for hours and he'll be up there now nattering away and keeping everyone laughing." Paul O'Grady: Camilla says she is 'deeply saddened' by TV star's death 2023-03-29T04:00:00Z Another is that the constant nattering by culture warriors has scared some corporate leaders of the movement into being quieter about their programs. Column: Right-wing culture warriors say wokeness is dead. They can't even define it 2023-02-22T05:00:00Z “One day I was driving around with a close friend of Rob’s nattering about this exact question,” Hobbs recalled. One L.A. writer's heartbreaking tour of the school-to-prison pipeline 2023-01-23T05:00:00Z We chatted about bus times, we talked about the meal I was cooking, we just nattered. Milton Keynes vicar's world fell apart when her son took his own life 2023-01-14T05:00:00Z There’s a point where the volume on everything — the traffic noise, the pink and purple sprays of wildflowers, my nattering thoughts — turns way down, and then goes completely silent. Here’s what it’s like to walk around Lake Washington in a single day 2022-08-27T04:00:00Z The pendulum of history is swinging toward the autocratic, at home and abroad, and Republican elites are nattering about “the needle” of short-term partisan gain. Opinion \| Those ignoring the Jan. 6 revelations are guaranteeing more violence 2022-06-21T04:00:00Z Dana finds herself part of a committee divided into older members who know exactly How Things Must Be and younger members who are weary of ministers nattering on about Annie Dillard. Review \| Michelle Huneven’s ‘Search’ offers spiritual wisdom — and cookies 2022-05-03T04:00:00Z As a columnist for the conservative Telegraph newspaper, Johnson delighted in mocking the “eco-doomsters” nattering on and on about “evil gases.” Boris Johnson used to mock ‘eco-doomsters.’ Now he’s a climate champion. 2021-11-02T04:00:00Z A first step would be to rescue children from uneducated educators of the sort who natter about “racist” arithmetic and the “myth” that some students are more arithmetically gifted than others. Opinion \| Rejecting meritocracy clashes with America’s basic premises 2021-08-06T04:00:00Z While politicians natter, markets move on as individuals and organizations chart their own courses. Pelosi, Mnuchin try to jam Senate GOP 2020-10-01T04:00:00Z When either candidate is struggling they will be inclined to start nattering with each other about some cockamamie point or even the rules and the questions as a way to get a breath. Three things to watch for in tonight’s debate 2020-09-29T04:00:00Z It would be nice to say that these allegations are the harmless nattering of brain-dead philistines. Decoding QAnon: From Pizzagate to Kanye to Marina Abramovic, this conspiracy covers everything 2020-09-07T04:00:00Z So it would defeat the point if you take it off to have a natter, really. A user's guide to wearing your face mask to the shops 2020-07-14T04:00:00Z I missed the human connection of talking and when texting became our primary mode of communication, I felt the absence of a simple natter keenly. Chloë Sevigny, leading the way in lockdown etiquette \| Rebecca Nicholson 2020-05-02T04:00:00Z The song’s great big refrain — those nattering five syllables, “Co-ro-na-vi-rus!,” looped and repeated dozens of times in two and a half minutes — may speak volumes about terror and chaos of life in March 2020. Pandemic pop: At home and around the world, black-humored new songs about coronavirus go viral 2020-03-20T04:00:00Z Hot gas suffuses the cluster, but the storm blew a crater through it more than a million light-years wide, leaving just a near-vacuum, a nattering haze of ultrahot electrical particles. This Black Hole Blew a Hole in the Cosmos 2020-03-06T05:00:00Z I used to fear the embarrassment of dying youngish, letting people natter sagely, “He smoked, you know.” The Art of Dying 2019-12-16T05:00:00Z All he heard was a bunch of nattering wonky complaints about process. Press Watch: Impeachment has shown us people who rarely get to talk — the professionals 2019-11-22T05:00:00Z I made sure there were seats for everyone, so that people who were playing could sit down and have a natter. 'This is a very good question, Bob Dylan': Elton John, interviewed by famous fans 2019-10-12T04:00:00Z I suppose I hoped he’d change his tune once he understood that I had local memories and a politician’s knack for filling the air with pleasant nattering. “Wide Spot” 2019-09-16T04:00:00Z Next time the VP starts nattering on in a group about the unmanageable stepchild or the incompetent mother, focus silently on something in your lap and stay disengaged until the topic changes. Perspective \| Work Advice: HR vice president disparages own stepchild with special needs at company meetings 2019-09-06T04:00:00Z Not for the first time, Trump appears to be reaching for a playbook once used by Richard Nixon, whose vice-president, Spiro Agnew, once dismissed the press as “nattering nabobs of negativism”. ‘Enemy of the people’: Trump’s war on the media is a page from Nixon’s playbook 2019-09-07T04:00:00Z “It’s one thing for Spiro Agnew to call everyone in the press ‘nattering nabobs of negativism,’” he said, referring to the former vice president’s famous critique of how journalists covered President Richard M. Nixon. Trump Allies Target Journalists Over Coverage Deemed Hostile to White House 2019-08-25T04:00:00Z Its residents — stuffed animals from June’s bedroom brought to nattering life — call it The Darkness, and say it’s hastening the park’s destruction as it sucks the ruins into its swirl. ‘Wonder Park’ review: a colorful but forgettable animated ride for kids 2019-03-14T04:00:00Z When Business Insider broke the story that McDonald’s would be introducing Donut Sticks — news gleaned from leaked internal documents, no less — the nattering class was quick to label Ronald a copycat. Perspective \| Are McDonald’s donut sticks just churros in disguise? Maybe, but they sure are delicious. 2019-02-22T05:00:00Z "I told you to be quiet the other day, you've done nothing but natter." Did a stroke help me speak again? 2018-10-22T04:00:00Z Unfortunately, this isn’t just a harmless matter of nattering and misplaced possessions. Opinion \| Kavanaugh says he never blacked out from drinking. Can he swear to it? 2018-09-25T04:00:00Z The buzz of the all-night streetlamps, the natter of 24-hour news anchors, the scrolling Niagaras of social media feeds have built a world that is hostile to sleep. Finally, a cure for insomnia? 2018-09-14T04:00:00Z And, as vice president, Agnew once criticized opponents and the press as the “nattering nabobs of negativism.” Opinion \| ‘Nattering nabobs’ or no, Agnew’s place in history is not obscure 2018-09-11T04:00:00Z Until this point, most of the nation’s nattering nabobs have conjured up scenarios about impeachment. When will it be Trump's turn to accept a plea bargain? \| Richard Wolffe 2018-08-21T04:00:00Z He labeled congressional opponents of the war in Vietnam “radic-libs” and denounced Nixon administration critics as “nattering nabobs of negativism.” ‘Nattering nabobs of negativism’: The improbable rise of Spiro T. Agnew 2018-08-08T04:00:00Z Scheuer mused, “I have nattered on here longer than I intended.” Why is CNN mainstreaming a right-wing radio host who promotes violent, extreme rhetoric? 2018-08-08T04:00:00Z Occasionally, though, “mathematically improbable” circumstances might conspire to make this tech appear, to nattering nabobs, problematic. Ron Judd explains how to outsmart your smart technology 2018-07-18T04:00:00Z Rather, what natters here is that the president and his team aren’t able to reassure anyone – investors, trading partners, business leaders, et al – because they don’t yet seem to agree with one another. Trump World divided against itself on key economic issue 2018-06-26T04:00:00Z A "disgraced demagogue in the dustbin of history," is almost as good as a "nattering nabob of negativity". Ex-Chief of C.I.A. Suggests Putin May Have Compromising Information on Trump 2018-03-21T04:00:00Z Let's continue to natter on about Gary Taubes, if we must. Good Fats, Bad Fats 2018-01-29T05:00:00Z That may explain why people think women talk more: in the stereotype, it seems they are nattering on with no clear purpose. Chatty women and strong, silent men 2017-06-22T04:00:00Z Santos nattered about friendly phone calls with a player from his Porto days. Portugal sidesteps Ronaldo’s legal woes at Confed Cup 2017-06-20T04:00:00Z Gone are Faith’s days of listening to her husbands natter on as she rolls her eyes toward the ceiling. The Art and Activism of Grace Paley 2017-05-01T04:00:00Z To the astonishment of everyone in the tech community, King Donald is still tweeting and nattering away on his Samsung Galaxy phone, an Android device that in security terms is the equivalent of emmental cheese. If Trump hates leaks, he needs to give up his phone \| John Naughton 2017-02-19T05:00:00Z “In the United States today, we have more than our share of the nattering nabobs of negativism,” he said in September 1970. Other presidents have battled the press. But never like Trump 2017-02-19T05:00:00Z It tasted pretty good, though while chewing on the meat the diner may get mental flashes of quivering whiskers and nattering orange teeth. Hot rat is so hot right now: Moscow falls for the rodent burger 2016-11-18T05:00:00Z The wife of a candidate for county commissioner in Travis County, Tex., looked at the camera dryly as her husband nattered incessantly about details of county policy. The Drama Down the Ballot: 2016’s Other Wild Races 2016-11-06T04:00:00Z And nothing quite ruins a good story like the teller nattering on about the beauty of storytelling. Review: ‘Kubo and the Two Strings’ strums stop-motion wonder 2016-08-16T04:00:00Z Honey is talkative and she often natters on, sometimes reflecting honestly on her life — her marriage as a teenager, the children that she lost to sickness and war whom she still mourns. 'My Love, Don't Cross That River': Touching scenes from a 75-year Korean marriage 2016-06-23T04:00:00Z Agnew drew attention with his regular broadsides against the media, calling them "nattering nabobs of negativism." Trump Bans Washington Post From Covering His Campaign 2016-06-14T04:00:00Z In the spirit of looking cooperative, Ms. Mills did on occasion natter away, filling time with utterly irrelevant factoids about State Department org charts and her interest in Haiti and food security. Clinton’s Lawyer, Under Oath 2016-06-02T04:00:00Z Clocks should be seen to be stopped for goal celebrations, substitutions, natters before set-pieces, rolling around and whenever the ball goes out of play. Premier League 2015-16 review: Our writers’ best and worst 2016-05-15T04:00:00Z It complements, rather than replaces, sitting down for a good old natter with them, mind. 20 of the best iPhone and iPad apps and games this month 2016-05-04T04:00:00Z Of course, I didn’t want to be a nattering nabob of negativism, so I made sure to throw in categories like “Best Line” and “Best Scene” to keep me on the side of the angels. My Job: Watch ‘Downton Abbey.’ Poor Me. 2016-03-10T05:00:00Z “Women are better at representing other women because women natter more than men, and women understand them better,” says Judge Faisal Orani, fresh from sentencing a whisky-drinker to 80 lashes. One step forward, one step back 2016-03-08T05:00:00Z Turabi, with his Ph.D. from the Sorbonne and cheerful, nattering oratory, set out to make to make the African nation the incubator for a new Islamic order. Bin Laden's Will Shows a Terror Leader Left Behind by Contemporary Jihad 2016-03-08T05:00:00Z Dodge mumbles humorous, pointed asides to himself and tries to ignore his nattering wife, Halie, who converses piercingly with him from her perch upstairs. Review: Family secrets dug up in harrowing ‘Buried Child’ 2016-02-17T05:00:00Z The nattering nabobs have looked at how effortlessly Trump has roiled the political order and decided: Hey, I can do that. Donald/Kanye 2020? Trump kicks off an era of rich vanity candidates. 2015-12-28T05:00:00Z It’s a noisy town square, and we its nattering peasants, though instead of dry goods and groceries, what’s for sale is our very selves. Is Mark Zuckerberg Ready for Facebook Parenthood? 2015-11-14T05:00:00Z BST07:49 Rosberg’s start engineer and race engineer are in deep discussions, nattering away as the team congregate around the grid. F1: Singapore Grand Prix – as it happened 2015-09-20T04:00:00Z Doctorow listened graciously and politely as I nattered, but I could see he was ready to get going. EL Doctorow opened a magical new door in American literature 2015-07-23T04:00:00Z When the Haggler jumps in a taxi in New York City these days, the driver is often nattering away on a cellphone. Hey, Driver: Hang Up the Phone, Turn Off the TV and Step on It 2015-05-23T04:00:00Z I wish I had the strength of mind never to extend an invitation to guilt, that nattering scold, to dine with me. I’m a professional food writer and I love 7-Eleven’s Go-Go Taquitos 2015-04-22T04:00:00Z That reluctance has been nurtured by what a former vice president called “the nattering nabobs of negativism,” information hijackers and truth-bending alchemists who have no use for intelligent decisions arrived at through personal perspectives. Quora Question: In Our Partisan Politics, Will There Ever Be Another 'Great Speech'? 2015-03-29T04:00:00Z Rosberg’s start engineer and race engineer are in deep discussions, nattering away as the team congregate around the grid. F1: Singapore Grand Prix – as it happened 2015-09-20T04:00:00Z Harper is the lightning rod for all nattering at the Nats. ‘This is who Harp is’ 2015-03-28T04:00:00Z For cabbies, this is against the law, even if they use a hands-free connection, so the nattering is usually furtive. Hey, Driver: Hang Up the Phone, Turn Off the TV and Step on It 2015-05-23T04:00:00Z In the evening the Luthan’s ladies gather for spirited natters in the restaurant, free to sit wherever they want, rather than in a “family section” shielded from the men-only area by screens. No men allowed! 2015-02-26T05:00:00Z Although the campaign was a hit, inspiring much nattering and meme making on social media, Vaughan says the company is done advertising. Cash Is for Losers! 2014-11-20T05:00:00Z We’ve all learned to recognize, roll our eyes at, and forget about people talking into their Bluetooth headsets, but as I wandered around nattering aimlessly with a small rock in my ear, people noticed. Moto Hint review: is there a future for the Bluetooth headset? 2014-10-09T04:00:00Z I love the bizarre surrealism of the nonsense the Monty Python boys are nattering on about, yet they act with the most straight faces, as if speaking about politics. Monty Python's greatest skits 2014-06-22T04:00:00Z It’s high time that the booming niche of nattering negative technology nabobs gets disrupted! The emperor of “disruption theory” is wearing no clothes 2014-06-16T04:00:00Z To Mr. Geithner, the nattering naysayers raising alarms about the financial system’s soundness were a bigger problem than the one that they were trying to draw attention to. Fair Game: A New Light on Regulators in the Dark 2014-02-22T15:18:43Z Why does the conscious mind disconnect so completely from the external environment while the brain keeps nattering on? New Hypothesis Explains Why We Sleep (preview) 2013-07-22T11:15:05.697Z But Lucy, clueless, starts nattering at her anyway — about school and switching majors. When Hollywood Wants Good, Clean Fun, It Goes to Mormon Country 2013-05-23T11:01:10Z And many of those green-fingered chatterboxes didn't stop at a quick natter. The gardeners who talk to plants 2013-05-05T10:20:02Z The president has taken it on the chin for the better part of two weeks, pummeled by the political world's nattering classes for not being peppy enough in his first debate against Mr. Romney. City Room: The Day: As the Yankees Go, So Goes the Nation 2012-10-16T13:18:25Z Back when Spiro Agnew went after the “nattering nabobs of negativism,” most people got their news from three networks and a handful of national newspapers. The Media Equation: Challenging the Claims of Media Bias - the Media Equation 2012-09-30T23:56:15Z "Diplomats will natter away about it all month over cappuccinos in Turtle Bay," he wrote. IHT Rendezvous: Guns, Bullets, Human Rights on Agenda at Arms Treaty Talks 2012-07-03T11:42:19Z I’m sure there will be a bunch of nattering back and forth, but I’m more concerned about the game than anything else.” Valve's 'Dota 2' Free-to-Play, Includes In-Game Store And Steam Workshop 2012-06-03T15:25:42Z James, University of Bristol, via text: "Also sat in Wills Library currently trying to locate Geoff for a natter about the cricket." England v West Indies 2012-05-19T13:30:34Z Though you are indeed the fairest of women, those men only natter you; they do not love you. One of Cleopatra's Nights and Other Fantastic Romances One of Cleopatra's Nights?Clarimonde?Arria Marcella?The Mummy's Foot?Omphale: a Rococo Story?King Candaules 2012-04-08T02:00:23.693Z I am nattering on about this border fence, partly because it is a visual marvel, something like a stockade, and also because, as the guard demonstrated, it calls for a decision. Nogales, Mexico: A Few Steps, and a Whole World Away 2012-02-23T22:07:18Z The lays of the scalds are largely made up of nattering phrases, though among them are woven in allusions to historic facts that are of great value. Canute the Great The Rise of Danish Imperialism during the Viking Age 2012-02-23T03:00:38.817Z Poking at his devices, he reminded me of a child obliviously amusing himself while the grown-ups natter on around him. The Machine That Makes You Musical 2011-11-25T16:54:52Z Sure, the U.S. still excels in the nattering and chattering technologies, like Facebook and Twitter. Beyond Apple: Why Do Most U.S. Tech Stocks Get So Little Respect? 2011-10-12T23:36:28Z Blatchford was conked in the back of the head by a vice presidential bullet, momentarily becoming, in Spiro-speak, a “nattering nabob of negativism.” The Lethal Serve in Doubles Tennis: There?s In, Out and ?Look Out!? 2011-08-28T18:32:12Z Of course, despite the “nattering nabobs of negativism,” the new technology did spark change, although not always in the ways that people expected. 'Quality Control in K-12 Digital Learning': A Stimulating, Quality Read 2011-08-17T17:33:52Z It was the papacy that made the first move to establish such relations: in 1019 Archbishop Lifing brought a message back from Rome replete with good advice which seems to have nattered the young Dane. Canute the Great The Rise of Danish Imperialism during the Viking Age 2012-02-23T03:00:38.817Z The doctor is a dear, but he natters me; I am not clever, I wish I were. Blue Robin, the Girl Pioneer 2011-07-28T02:00:09.363Z American diplomats, generals and journalists nattered about my preference for purple socks, noted that I wore my hair longer than a U.S. Nguyen Cao Ky, South Vietnam Leader, Dies at 80 2011-07-23T21:25:11Z Such nattering discourse seemeth light, when we remember our manifold transgressions, and our many occasions for forgiveness. Mercedes of Castile The Voyage to Cathay 2011-06-14T02:00:24.670Z "It is far more 'natter' than 'knit'," says Judith Ackrill, 62. Knit and natter 2011-06-13T23:00:42Z Mr. Southwode's detail, while it interested her terribly, and in a sort nattered her, also reduced her to a very low feeling of downheartedness. A Letter of Credit 2011-05-20T02:00:40.410Z Might he forget where he is and start nattering to one of the bridesmaids, maybe even pull on a pigtail while the bride and groom are saying their vows? Royal wedding page boy excitement 2011-04-26T11:40:03Z She was kind and conciliating; her attentions nattering to one like myself. Lily Pearl and The Mistress of Rosedale 2011-04-05T02:00:12.720Z I was hoping to have the honor of making his acquaintance, nattered as I was by all you told me about him.' The Knight Of Gwynne, Vol. II (of II) 2011-04-04T02:00:06.657Z One morning in Canberra in the winter of 2006-07, Trescothick and I were standing together by the hotel breakfast room toaster having a natter. Mike Selvey on the pressure of touring 2011-03-25T00:06:01Z My vanity might possibly be nattered by your expressions of compliment to my understanding, if your proposals did not more clearly manifest a mean opinion of it. Benjamin Franklin Representative selections, with introduction, bibliograpy, and notes 2011-03-08T03:00:46.777Z He was an empty vessel of the culture, filling his cheerless hours with self-help advice, national fads, and the constant natter of the news. Lessons of the Martin Luther King Assassination 2011-01-17T05:00:00Z What will these two charmers be nattering on about to each other this evening, I wonder? West Ham v Newcastle ? live! 2010-10-23T15:51:00Z Speaking of Suspenders: Didn't that nattering scarecrow Larry King already retire? This touching moment was brought to you by ... 2010-10-16T21:19:00Z Even as parents lament the increased stress, they ratchet up the stress by constantly nattering about it. A Hectic Month for Applicants 2010-10-06T11:00:00Z The nattering of birds, the audible proximity of the highway, the glaring sun? Why You Can't Putt: I'm Cursed 2010-09-22T04:00:00Z The justification of concierge medicine is the same voodoo economics spiel that we were given with the “trickle down” theory of prosperity from Reagan, Bush and the nattering nabobs. Having Your Own Doctor On Call 2010-08-26T18:08:00Z They nattered away like cleaning ladies over how to clear up after the great bankers' ball. I long for a real Labour voice to slam this City-fearing trio \| Simon Jenkins 2010-03-30T19:30:00Z "This is very nattering indeed, Mr. Charles," said the editor at length, "and I attach great weight to the opinion of Mr. Trevor Smith, who is an able and promising member of my staff." The Call of the Town A Tale of Literary Life The suggestion was too nattering to the chief’s vanity, and too well adapted to efface the mortification of his recent defeat, to be rejected. Hair-Breadth Escapes The Adventures of Three Boys in South Africa The fact is, these English fellows have a nattering, insinuating way of their own there's no coming up to. Jack Hinton The Guardsman "You are very wrong then, for you should have heard something excessively nattering," was her reply. One Of Them The spoiled children of fashion, the reckless adventurer, the bankrupt speculator, the nattered beauty in all the pride of her loveliness, the tarnished virtue in all the effrontery of conquest! The Daltons, Volume II (of II) Or,Three Roads In Life A month after the wedding, the low fore-headed, who knew how to natter such a father-in-law, kills him now in order to become in possession of his property. Why a National Literature Cannot Flourish in the United States of North America “Of me!” said Jack sarcastically, “your Mr. Houston would doubtless feel nattered at being compared to a weather-beaten miner.” The Award of Justice Or, Told in the Rockies A Pen Picture of the West There is something nattering in the personal devotion which seems to spring from pure good-will, that insensibly raises one in his own esteem. Jack Hinton The Guardsman In his Malcontent he probably drew a nattering likeness of his inner self: yet the most compassionate reader of the play would experience little pity in seeing the Malcontent hanged. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 20, No. 122, December, 1867 But she was a little nattered by the compliment. Not Like Other Girls Had Cripps only known what care and diligence was being bestowed on him that afternoon he would assuredly have been highly nattered. The Fifth Form at Saint Dominic's A School Story She could not have been expected to possess the necessary insight and I doubt whether she would have known how to be nattering enough. Chance A Tale in Two Parts He had not forgotten Alethea, however, and he nattered himself that he was as true in his allegiance to her as he had been before. John Deane of Nottingham Historic Adventures by Land and Sea He believes it to have been but a whim of his sweetheart—the caprice of a woman, who has been so much nattered and admired. The Death Shot A Story Retold Had not the Britons during this contest received so many lessons of humanity, I should natter myself that this might teach them a little. The Medallic History of the United States of America 1776-1876 You are young; you have a deesposeetion good; you are handsome—” “O–oh, Monsieur Parole,” I exclaimed at his nattering category of my attributes, almost blushing. She and I, Volume 2 A Love Story. A Life History. They are neither large nor water-tight, but I natter myself they are airy and command an extensive view. Kilgorman A Story of Ireland in 1798 O Roman Plebs! lay this nattering unction to your soul—we did not do that! The Continental Monthly, Vol. 2, No. 2, August, 1862 Devoted to Literature and National Policy We were observant of details and appearances, and we could one and all “natter” over our small grievances without wearying of the subject, and without ever speculating on their causes, or devising remedies for them. Six to Sixteen A Story for Girls I say his to you, because it has some bearing on one of the natters discussed in our last letters; that is, whether I should leave the pulpit. Autobiography and Letters of Orville Dewey, D.D. Edited by his Daughter But to these nattering appearances it was dangerous to yield implicit confidence. The Life of George Washington, Vol. 4 Commander in Chief of the American Forces During the War which Established the Independence of his Country and First President of the United States But I set no count on his nattering so long as I could keep him alive. More Tales of the Ridings And so on, nattering at each other like cave men puzzling over a walkman, until Alan was called upon to settle the matter with the authoritative answer. Someone Comes to Town, Someone Leaves Town Presented myself to his Excellency the Pasha Ismael, by whom I was received in a very nattering manner, and presented with a suit of his own habiliments. A Narrative of the Expedition to Dongola and Sennaar Under the Command of His Excellence Ismael Pasha, undertaken by Order of His Highness Mehemmed Ali Pasha, Viceroy of Egypt, By An American In The Service Of The Viceroy The man who told a woman that a critic had pronounced her singing "heavenly" had good intentions but he was not entirely accurate in changing to that nattering term the critic's actual adjective "unearthly." Public Speaking The prospective occupation of Toulon gave occasion for a yet more nattering evidence of the esteem in which he was held. The Life of Nelson, Volume 1 The Embodiment of the Sea Power of Great Britain But thou must equally avoid nattering men and being vexed at them, for both are unsocial and lead to harm. Thoughts of Marcus Aurelius Antoninus "And that's twopence," cried a voice which seemed to come from the chimney, in a whining tone, like some nattering, discontented old body going over her grievances. Old-Fashioned Fairy Tales But, men will talk to your wife, and natter her. Advice to Young Men And (Incidentally) to Young Women in the Middle and Higher Ranks of Life. In a Series of Letters, Addressed to a Youth, a Bachelor, a Lover, a Husband, a Father, a Citizen, or a Subject. It did not natter her, or minister to her self-respect. Sevenoaks "I suppose I should feel nattered that a suggestion from little me--" "A suggestion from little you would, I fancy, go a long ways with many people." Half A Chance While he on his side was nattered and astonished by her attitude towards him, as Ashe's wife, she would surely dislike and try to trample on him. The Marriage of William Ashe As a natter of fact, however, the boy's taste is being constantly vitiated and exploited by the great mass of cheap juvenile literature. A Gunner Aboard the "Yankee" She looked so cool, so handsome, so little yielding at that moment, that, in addition to gratitude and nattered vanity, Warkworth was suddenly conscious of a new stir in the blood. Lady Rose's Daughter Enchanted with this result, he overwhelmed Tumanama with nattering promises to prevent the cacique from interfering with any of the Spaniards' allies in that neighbourhood. De Orbe Novo, Volume 1 (of 2) The Eight Decades of Peter Martyr D'Anghera Mine is a nature susceptible and sensitive, yet, I natter myself, incapable of harbouring sentiments unworthy of a gentleman and a soldier. Ailsa Paige Even the words of this gutter filth he sought to construe into something nattering to himself. O. Henry Memorial Award Prize Stories of 1921 With the requisite ceremonious unceremoniousness so popular at present, I took a chair behind him, and annoyed him every moment by remarks upon his wife; of course all highly nattering to both. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 10, No. 275, September 29, 1827 "I thank your father for the nattering compliment; but I think he must be needing glasses." Polly and the Princess "Ha' a drop o' warm broth?" said Lisbeth, whose motherly feeling now got the better of her "nattering" habit. Adam Bede Television, on the other hand, natters on into the night, long after you have fallen asleep. A Brief History of the Internet Phone-phreaks talk PATHOLOGICALLY—why else are they stealing phone-codes, if not to natter for ten hours straight to their friends on an opposite seaboard? The Hacker Crackdown, law and disorder on the electronic frontier I am thinking, I believe, of the song, "An old woman clothed in grey, Whose daughter was charming and young, And she was deluded away By Roger's false nattering tongue." The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 5 The Letters of Charles and Mary Lamb, 1796-1820 A mercantile city of Græco-Gauls had become Latinised, bureaucratic, and nattered itself that it was like its new parent on the Tiber. In Troubadour-Land A Ramble in Provence and Languedoc I will coax none, natter none—not even the Supreme! Alton Locke, Tailor and Poet An Autobiography Indeed, at least one of the characters was nattered by the celebrity given him. Modern Italian Poets Essays and Versions She chaffed him, criticised him, admired him, absorbed him and nattered him in a breath. Fortitude You have the nattering tongue and eyes of your sex, Capt. A Heart-Song of To-day He refused also the nattering offer of entering the Church of England and of receiving a comfortable "living." English Literature Its History and Its Significance for the Life of the English Speaking World Their vanity, ferocity, sense of latent and fettered power, pride of numbers, and physical strength, had been nattered and pampered by those who now only talked of grape-shot and bayonets. Alton Locke, Tailor and Poet An Autobiography But the fact is, I never flattered Ferries as he expected; it is not my way to natter any one; and consequently he took a dislike to me. Peter's Mother The Whigs were defeated, sure enough; but whether because we were pardoned—though the idea is sufficiently nattering to my vanity—is more than I shall venture to decide. Personal Memoir of Daniel Drayton For Four Years and Four Months a Prisoner (For Charity's Sake) in Washington Jail This contrast was very marked in England fifty years ago, and was comparatively unknown in our own country—though to-day we can hardly lay to our souls the nattering unction of such a difference. Hawthorne and His Circle A sinister smile plays hide-and-seek around the thin, pale lips, while the movement betray a flexibility of mind that is not nattering to the possessor. Marguerite Verne "It was a great job to get that to fit," said the Colonel, nattered in spite of himself. A Romance of Billy-Goat Hill He now bitterly condemned himself for having been too harsh in the wholesome truth he had brought home to the nattered girl. From Jest to Earnest She was nattered with the pleasant fiction that she had restored the ancient Salon of France on a nobler basis. The One Woman There are but two objects of attack—his proposed social elevation, the nattering title, and the peace of mind and future of the daughter, this lovely veiled Rose! A Fascinating Traitor An Anglo-Indian Story We nattered ourselves that he had forgotten our co-existence with him upon this planet. The Fool Errant Being the Memoirs of Francis-Anthony Strelley, Esq., Citizen of Lucca She means it, I believe; but she does natter him so that it would make me sick, if it didn't make me so wretched! Magnum Bonum "I am sure I am very much nattered by Miss Tracy's kindness," put in Eustace; "but is the match solely between ladies?" My Young Alcides He had a pathetic way of looking at her with a doglike worship, as though conscious of his defects, which pleased and nattered her own sense of the perfection of beauty. The One Woman Anyway, she smoothed me and nattered me, till I ended by agreeing that she has no choice but to remove instanter from the Terrace, and forbid me her abode! Dynevor Terrace: or, the clue of life — Volume 1 Unfortunate captives, who nattered the child, and feigned love for it, so as to move the father's heart, and instil into it a little compassion for their misfortune! Empress Josephine An historical sketch of the days of Napoleon They are always lions, who seemed to be tamed when perpetually nattered. Berlin and Sans-Souci; or Frederick the Great and his friends He nattered Eustace to curry favour with him and his father. My Young Alcides A nattering distinction, which he seldom lavished upon his visitors. The Honor of the Name "They are nattering for the immediate issue," he recorded in his diary, "but the fearful condition of them is that success would open to a far severer trial than defeat." Rise of the New West, 1819-1829 They suspected that Barbe nattered and soothed 'her boy,' as she termed him, with hopes, but they owed much to the species of authority with which she kept him from forcing himself upon them. Two Penniless Princesses
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