burble
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Even when he was trying to sound upbeat, the river of resentment would burble up in his mannerisms and his peevish voice.
From Salon ● Jan. 23, 2024
Much of the stream called Little Brook flows below the pavement in Seattle’s Lake City neighborhood, emerging for just a moment to burble through a small park shadowed by apartment buildings.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 19, 2022
Larry Gaines removed his gray sweatshirt, rolled up his sleeve and whispered above the otherworldly burble of chiming slot machines that drifted in from the casino floor.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 19, 2022
Though Sirwan means “shouting river,” its sound was reduced to an indifferent burble.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 24, 2021
“I’ll change; just let it burble here. If you smell something burning, take it off the burner. Let it sit.”
From "Saints and Misfits" by S.K. Ali
Birds sing and the Lukaya River burbles along the valley floor.
From Barron's ● Nov. 26, 2025
One line of evidence came from isotope measurements of helium that burbles up in Tibetan springs.
From Science Magazine ● Jan. 9, 2024
The creek, a tributary to the wild Chinook-bearing Chehalis River, burbles beneath the ridge.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 23, 2023
And, as the siblings talk and talk, their complex past burbles up.
From New York Times ● Nov. 18, 2021
I don’t know if anything I said made sense, but somewhere between the gray sidewalk and the gray sky, a laugh burbles out of me.
From "The Benefits of Being an Octopus" by Ann Braden
A stone fountain burbled softly in his Japanese-inspired peace garden.
From BBC ● Jan. 10, 2026
Alabama and Texas A&M illustrated one of the byproducts that have burbled up out of college football’s ever-shifting ecosystem.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 9, 2022
A multi-tiered fountain burbled away in the front garden.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 16, 2019
It's like the ugly reality that was being daintily concealed in the '80s has burbled up and consumed us all.
From Salon ● Mar. 23, 2019
A yellow brook burbled through a mountain pass.
From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy
The answers, though, seem largely incidental beside the pageantry of haute cuisine and burbling table talk.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 17, 2026
Meghan is a wealthy American woman living a royal dream, if you ignore the geyser of British tabloid bile constantly burbling in the background of her life.
From Salon ● Aug. 27, 2025
Traditionally a celebration dish in Korea, this kalbijjim feels like a labor of love burbling on your table; it’s so good that I can see why my Korean friends say soup season is year-round.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 24, 2024
Before the war, the area abutting the school had been a little park, complete with burbling fountain.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 24, 2024
We flew up and our feeds were burbling all sorts of things about where to stay and what to eat.
From "Feed" by M.T. Anderson
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