Literary notes about Chatter (AI summary)
In literature, the word "chatter" serves as a versatile device that both enlivens dialogue and vividly depicts physical and emotional states. It is often used to illustrate light, continuous banter or the idle back-and-forth of conversation that fills social gatherings, as when characters engage in effortless, even if trivial, talk [1][2]. At the same time, it can describe involuntary bodily reactions—such as teeth chattering from cold or anxiety—adding a deeply sensory dimension to a character’s experience [3][4]. Whether highlighting the charm of daily interactions or underscoring a moment of vulnerability and disquiet, chatter becomes a subtle yet powerful way for authors to convey mood and social dynamics within their narratives [5][6].
- Vassenka Veslovsky kept up alone a ceaseless flow of cheerful chatter.
— from Anna Karenina by graf Leo Tolstoy - There were daring proposals and locking refusals, and gossip and chatter, and jests and merriment.
— from The Hungry Stones, and Other Stories by Rabindranath Tagore - "Nay," said the woman, "I feel so anxious, my teeth chatter, and I seem to have fire in my veins."
— from Household Tales by Brothers Grimm by Jacob Grimm and Wilhelm Grimm - His blood rises at every instance of insolence and cruelty, even where he himself is no way concerned; and ingratitude makes his teeth chatter.
— from The Expedition of Humphry Clinker by T. Smollett - As for your chatter, I don’t know that I mind it—I’ve got so used to it.” Which was Marilla’s way of saying that she liked to hear it.
— from Anne of Green Gables by L. M. Montgomery - Now I am sad and cannot chatter any longer.
— from Complete Original Short Stories of Guy De Maupassant by Guy de Maupassant
