Meaning & use
Yammered
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Talked loudly and persistently, often in a complaining or nagging manner (past tense of "yammer").
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He yammered on about his commute for the entire meeting.
The toddler yammered for attention until her mother finally looked up.
A note on using this word
Yammer comes from an old English word meaning 'to lament or complain,' and survives today mainly in informal speech.
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hushed
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