burble

Example Sentences

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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

All of those gambits are there, but they spring from and burble back to a larger, overarching scheme.

From New York Times • Jul. 25, 2020

The girls listened, but in the constant burble of jungle noises, it was hard to hear anything unusual.

From "Beauty Queens" by Libba Bray