babble
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Instead he softened the blow with corporate babble: “You were building the plane while you flew it.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 30, 2026
Behind me, a child began to giggle—then babble, then laugh again.
From Slate ● Mar. 29, 2026
Above us swallows dart through the air, Graeme takes a picture of a damsel fly and the brook to our side continues to babble.
From BBC ● Aug. 4, 2024
It frustrates smart readers because invariably the answer is "yes" yet the rationale is typically incoherent babble.
From Salon ● Mar. 5, 2024
I listen to the babble of the stream that runs alongside most of the trail and the chatter of birds.
From "Keeping Pace" by Laurie Morrison
But inside, alongside the sounds of teens going to class are the cries and babbles of babies.
From BBC ● Dec. 28, 2022
A pond babbles outside the window, and a garden of succulents climbs up to claim the wooden exterior walls.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 30, 2022
I listened to their babbles and tried to echo the sounds I heard.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 15, 2022
He seethes, raves, mumbles and babbles, summoning thunderstorms of eloquence from intimate whispers.
From New York Times ● Dec. 22, 2021
She babbles on about her classes while I ruin leaf after red leaf.
From "Speak" by Laurie Halse Anderson
I spent days pressing a light-up toy when we said his name to draw his attention and babbled incessantly in his face so he could copy my lip patterns.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2025
German reports said Arthur E was a diamond trader who had "babbled like a brook" after his arrest.
From BBC ● Sep. 6, 2023
Keona babbled wistfully to nobody in particular about Lahaina and things broken in the fire.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2023
Sophie babbled to herself on the floor beneath them.
From Slate ● Mar. 25, 2023
“On Earth. The receiving station on Earth,” babbled Powell.
From "I, Robot" by Isaac Asimov
In the book, most homes have parlor walls with huge video screens that broadcast streams of babbling commentary for both entertainment and manipulation.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026
The phrase echoed the one I had spoken years earlier to a babbling toddler in a Baltimore church.
From Slate ● Mar. 29, 2026
Briany was sitting on Raysa’s lap as they watched TV in the living room, babbling along as she listened to the couple talk, when Israel’s phone rang.
From Salon ● Mar. 24, 2026
"America is a big place with 350 plus million people all babbling over their identity and their agency and those struggles create interesting patterns," he says.
From BBC ● Mar. 11, 2026
I finally managed to stop myself from babbling.
From "Breaking Through" by Francisco Jiménez
Vocabulary lists containing babble
Instead of "Said": Words That Sound Like What They Mean
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Unit 4: Powerful Openings
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