How to Use chatty in a Sentence

chatty

adjective
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  • The same wit and chatty style of the podcast infuse the book.
    — Washington Post, 14 Aug. 2020
  • Neil was the chatty singer, Chris the deadpan synth boy.
    — Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 4 May 2024
  • The Dregs members and crew seemed quite chatty, though not to me.
    — Mike Oliver | Moliver@al.com, al, 10 Aug. 2019
  • The chatty neighbors tell him a woman across the street is 107.
    — Bruce Selcraig, San Antonio Express-News, 4 Apr. 2021
  • There was a pair of chatty fish, too, and a hapless couple in a tiny dinghy.
    — David Lyman, Cincinnati.com, 5 July 2018
  • Or be the chatty co-worker and (briefly) distract a friend.
    — Shani Harmon, Forbes, 12 Apr. 2022
  • And while Brown didn’t seem all that chatty Tuesday, his agent was.
    — Dieter Kurtenbach, The Mercury News, 13 Aug. 2019
  • The once ever-chatty doyenne would remain silent up to 22 hours a day.
    — Jill Tucker, San Francisco Chronicle, 8 June 2021
  • The chatty grandfather gave the doctors and nurse a huge wave.
    — Washington Post, 21 Jan. 2022
  • No to the Zoom call with that chatty Cathy acquaintance.
    — Karen Karbo, refinery29.com, 20 May 2020
  • If there's one thing Star Wars does well, it's make droids look helpful—and a bit chatty.
    — Gear Team, Wired, 14 Jan. 2021
  • The bright lights and chatty reporters didn't bother him at all.
    — Kirby Adams, The Courier-Journal, 17 Dec. 2019
  • His chatty nerdiness could be a bit much, even around NASA.
    — David Whitley, orlandosentinel.com, 10 May 2019
  • No selfie sticks, no pushy crowds, not even a chatty guide.
    — Jenna Scatena, Condé Nast Traveler, 30 June 2020
  • Saipov was chatty during the ride, which lasted more than an hour on the way to Far Rockaway in Queens.
    — Peter Martinez, CBS News, 2 Nov. 2017
  • Ogawa’s mode for The Nosebleed is at first almost chatty.
    — Helen Shaw, Vulture, 1 Oct. 2021
  • When a chatty member of Congress left the room, a swarm of reporters would form and trail them down the hallway.
    — Tal Kopan, SFChronicle.com, 13 Nov. 2019
  • But although the flora was silent, the fauna was chatty.
    — Washington Post, 22 Oct. 2021
  • And if the choices are a chatty seatmate or one with bad body odor, 74% are going to take the talker.
    — Chris Morris, Fortune, 12 Dec. 2022
  • The chat can go on for as long as the chattiest participant wants to blab on.
    — Nicole Nguyen, WSJ, 25 Mar. 2020
  • The young men, mostly dressed in black civilian clothes, are relaxed and chatty.
    — Sam Kiley, CNN, 28 Oct. 2022
  • The students, who until that point had been chatty because their teacher wasn’t in the room, went silent.
    — Sanam Yar, New York Times, 31 Oct. 2019
  • For instance, in the first piece, the chatty and long-married Karen notices that the Savoy-Plaza that was once across the street has been demolished.
    — Helen Shaw, Vulture, 28 Mar. 2022
  • Over lunch, sitting next to Bill, Jenny was sunny and bright and chatty at first.
    — Robert Kolker, New York Times, 20 July 2023
  • There was about a day and a half of work with Jackson in the riggings where the actor was a true pro, but not exactly chatty.
    — Bryan Alexander, USA TODAY, 14 May 2021
  • Booth, a charming and chatty Brit who lives near the base of Mont Blanc, has ridden the Colombiere more than 50 times and wasn’t even breathing hard.
    — Steve Wartenberg, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Nov. 2022
  • In the interview with Oprah, Markle was not afraid to participate when the talk took on the chatty tone of gossip.
    — Doreen St. Félix, The New Yorker, 8 Mar. 2021
  • Perhaps that’s why my second-grade teacher taped my chatty mouth shut and put a dunce cap on my head.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Mar. 2021
  • For the 30-minute drive to the airport, the driver was chatty, engaging with Zach about nothing, really.
    — Stephanie McNeal, Glamour, 5 Sep. 2024
  • Per her description, Posy is the kinder of the sisters, and overly chatty — often putting her foot in her mouth and oversharing.
    — Rebecca Aizin, Peoplemag, 18 Sep. 2024

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