It amazes me every time I come to stay here how loud and chattery the birds are. |
At village level, La Maison à Colonnes occupies the oldest building in the resort, dating from the 17th century, and offers hearty soups, omelettes, pastas and plats du jour in a steamy, low-beamed, chattery environment. |
Besides, he looked kind of odd in a room full of chattery people. |
The hyperactive editing plays like a visual correlate of the jittery, chattery talk of educational officialdom that's supposed to keep museumgoers mentally engaged. |
The conceit of adapting a fairy tale to reflect on racial history promises much, but Oyeyemi's attraction to the fantastical yields prose that becomes chattery and undisciplined. |
What comes as a surprise is how bereft the chattery, clear-eyed Sylvia is when Henry disappears. |