How to Use chatty in a Sentence

chatty

adjective
  • Their first meal together soon led to chatty walks in the courtyard.
    Erin Clack, People.com, 5 Nov. 2024
  • Shockingly, despite my constant eye rolling at the chatty new guy, my plan seemed to work.
    Laura Seldon, latimes.com, 25 May 2017
  • Try turning on the camera and forcing yourself to be chatty in Zoom meetings.
    Melissa Santos, Axios, 28 Oct. 2024
  • And taking the mystery out of the process with the help of short videos, chatty podcasts, and live programming on social media.
    Adam Shell, USA TODAY, 10 May 2017
  • Her chatty husband runs the register, ladling out generous servings of his wife's food over brown or bismati rice, and offering samples to entice passers-by.
    Janet H. Cho, cleveland.com, 31 May 2017
  • Killen comes from the world of commercials and, among other projects, worked on those Taco Bell ads featuring the famous chatty Chihuahua.
    Craig Tomashoff, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 May 2017
  • Thomas, the Johns Hopkins employee, is warm and chatty and dresses up her beige uniform with purple lipstick and glittery gold nail polish.
    Sophie Quinton, Washington Post, 29 Apr. 2017
  • Interruptions are the bane of workers in open-plan offices, with some resorting to headphones, busy lights and other paraphernalia to ward off chatty co-workers.
    Daniel Akst, WSJ, 19 May 2017
  • The interior of an aircraft is anything but silent, with noises ranging from chatty passengers to screaming children and, of course, the constant whine — of the engines.
    Christopher Elliott, The Seattle Times, 26 Apr. 2017
  • In a marked departure from his affable, chatty persona on the campaign trail, Macron has retreated from the press since becoming president.
    Ishaan Tharoor, Washington Post, 19 June 2017
  • Denton, 65, who lives next door to the Sullivans, said Justin Sullivan and the man he is accused of killing weren’t chatty neighbors.
    Michael Gordon, charlotteobserver, 27 June 2017
  • Our friendly, chatty waiter recommended the jambalaya as a popular entree.
    Suzanne Loudermilk, baltimoresun.com, 23 June 2017
  • At least until another tower passes it in height, the Wilshire Grand will stand as the imperfect emblem, the boisterous and chatty marker in the skyline, for this new city.
    Christopher Hawthorne, latimes.com, 24 June 2017
  • 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

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