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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

A Bunsen burner’s hissing blue flame was making a round-bottomed bottle full of purple goop burble and bubble.

From "The Smartest Kid in the Universe" by Chris Grabenstein

Birds sing and the Lukaya River burbles along the valley floor.

From Barron's ● Nov. 26, 2025

“If you want to get metaphysical about it, it’s layers of human experience that may still be reverberating,” she said, thinking about the prehistoric ooze that burbles under Wilshire Boulevard.

From New York Times ● Apr. 30, 2024

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

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

After Justice Arthur Engoron handed down that hefty penalty in the fraud case, Eric Trump burbled some nonsense about how his dad had created the skyline of the city.

From Salon ● Feb. 29, 2024

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

Fatigue and desperation burbled up as people searched vainly for food, gasoline and power when nearly every storefront was dark.

From New York Times ● Oct. 2, 2018

After all the ringing, her voice burbled out: “You got Josie! Well, not actually, because you really just got my voicemail. But leave a message, and I’ll call you back!”

From "The School for Whatnots" by Margaret Peterson Haddix

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

At a nearby downtown square in Tel Aviv, people come every evening to light candles crowding the circular rim of a burbling fountain, or to lay flowers in tribute to the missing.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 24, 2023

Majestic vistas, burbling brooks and sanguine festival goers are the hallmarks of the Telluride Film Festival, a showcase for the most prestigious films of the year.

From New York Times ● Sep. 4, 2023

Jesper said as they raced over the roof, catching glimpses of the elegant courtyards below, each built around a burbling fountain and dotted with rustling ice willows.

From "Six of Crows" by Leigh Bardugo