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 β Apr. 30, 2026
Behind me, a child began to giggle—then babble, then laugh again.
From Slate β Mar. 29, 2026
Standing at the mouth of the tunnel, the constant babble of cascading water dominates the senses.
From Los Angeles Times β Apr. 27, 2025
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 β Aug. 4, 2024
Cressida begins to babble in a high- pitched voice about fur undergarments, how essential they are during the cold months.
From "Mockingjay" by Suzanne Collins
I listened to their babbles and tried to echo the sounds I heard.
From Washington Post β Feb. 15, 2022
HAYNEVILLE, Ala. — What babbles behind Marilyn Rudolph’s house in the rural countryside is no brook.
From New York Times β Jan. 12, 2022
As he babbles "cat" and "duck", I wish I could hear him without the whistling.
From BBC β Jan. 3, 2022
Finally, most baby babbles seem to lack communicative purpose.
From Science Magazine β Aug. 19, 2021
But Mags tugs on my sleeve and babbles on until I’ve given the awl to her.
From "Catching Fire" by Suzanne Collins
Meanwhile, Whoopi stepped up the blotting, offering comforting words to Jones while Behar babbled on in her own defense.
From Los Angeles Times β Dec. 11, 2025
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 β Oct. 23, 2025
Lutnick showed up on CBS' "Face the Nation" and babbled so incoherently about robots and manufacturing and "tiny screws" that you had to wonder if someone put something in his morning coffee.
From Salon β Apr. 7, 2025
German reports said Arthur E was a diamond trader who had "babbled like a brook" after his arrest.
From BBC β Sep. 6, 2023
I babbled incoherent thanks to God and collapsed.
From "Life of Pi" by Yann Martel
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 β Aug. 13, 2026
Haden Pentecost, 41, was working on a flight from California to London when he started to become agitated and was described as "sweating" and "babbling".
From BBC β Aug. 22, 2025
That is not to say it would have been particularly shrewd for the president to have wandered into the Rose Garden and started babbling about what a “very fine person” Luigi Mangione is.
From Slate β Apr. 1, 2025
Nearby Antonovich Trail, a popular trek for locals, meanders along a babbling Walnut Creek, shaded by fig, coast live oak and eucalyptus trees.
From Los Angeles Times β Aug. 22, 2024
Ivy heard Evan babbling from where she knew he was set up in his high chair, stuffing his face with Cheerios.
From "Ivy Aberdeenβs Letter to the World" by Ashley Herring Blake
Vocabulary lists containing babble
Instead of "Said": Words That Sound Like What They Mean
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