gibbering

Example Sentences

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Another time, I had to rescue the late, great NME writer Steven Wells from the site, as he started gibbering like a hallucinating Vietnam war veteran.

From The Guardian • Sep. 19, 2020

Being a good host doesn’t mean you have to spend two hours gibbering in horror, being glared at by innocent people just trying to enjoy a nice meal.

From Slate • Mar. 9, 2020

Hermes leads them, gibbering like bats, past various underworld landmarks, the white rock of Leukas, etc., and on their way they pass the δῆμον ὀνείρων, which Homer leaves undescribed and unexplained.

From The New Yorker • Dec. 17, 2018

The men who leer after Candy are truly fatuous primates, fit for little but gibbering at the moon.

From New York Times • Jul. 16, 2018

"You're lucky he's not been reduced to a gibbering imbecile."

From "City of the Plague God" by Sarwat Chadda