How To Use prater In A Sentence
- Yorkshire abused by such a pitiful prater; and when wrought up to a certain pitch, she would turn and say something of which neither the matter nor the manner recommended her to Mr. Donne's good - will. Shirley, by Charlotte Bronte
- “This puts me in mind,” said I, “of an Irish pilot who asked the purser of a ship I formerly belonged to, to spare him an empty barrel to make his pig a hencoop, and he would give him a sack of praters for nothing at all, at all.” A Sailor of King George
- What! a speaker is but a prater; a rhyme is but a ballad. The Life of King Henry the Fifth
- He who joins in the mutiny is termed a good pilot and what not; they have no conception that the true pilot must observe the winds and the stars, and must be their master, whether they like it or not; — such an one would be called by them fool, prater, star-gazer. The Republic by Plato ; translated by Benjamin Jowett
- Zophar of Naamath reproached thee with being a prater; but none of these good friends lent thee a crown. A Philosophical Dictionary
- Cocksbod, said the steward, we have met with a prater. Five books of the lives, heroic deeds and sayings of Gargantua and his son Pantagruel
- Nothing about Appalachia makes it memorable or distinct, except perhaps the setting, though a reader can find the same setting for a religious dystopia in Lon Prater's 2005 short story, "Deadglass. Archive 2008-08-01
- Will he not be called by them a prater, a star-gazer, a good-for-nothing? The Republic by Plato ; translated by Benjamin Jowett
- John Prater, head of the largest North American pilot union, testified that financial pressures – especially if the economy worsens – threaten to inhibit safety programs at certain commuter operations. Airline Officials Tout Safety Improvements Among Commuter Airlines
- All enjoyed a meal catered by Prater's Barbeque and musical entertainment provided by the bluegrass and gospel group, the Buck Mountain Boys.
