warble

Then comes that "no no no no please don't" passage, when Barrymore's voice shudders with a tender warble.

From Salon ● May 1, 2024

Their beautiful warble is a quintessential Australian sound and, as predators of many pests, they are vital to the country's ecosystems.

From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2023

A passing gravitational wave generally stretches one arm more than the other, causing light to warble out of the device in sync with the wave.

From Science Magazine ● May 16, 2023

In a high school gymnasium, three hours from Salt Lake and seven from Las Vegas, the throaty warble of a fiddle competed with the sound of cowboy boots squeaking on wood.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 27, 2023

They had lost the ability to enunciate words but could still mimic a range of human vocal sounds, from a child's high-pitched warble to a man's deep tones.

From "The Hunger Games" by Suzanne Collins

“Crying in a suit and tie,” she warbles, referring to her onstage look from a few years ago, then twisting the image into a joke with “But you should see the other guy.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 2026

“Today we recognize the men who’ve hacked the system,” says the narrator as a background singer warbles “hacked the system.”

From Washington Times ● Apr. 17, 2023

Through the commotion, Trippie commands attention with his vocals, vacillating between cartoonish warbles and metal screams in the blink of an eye.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 13, 2023

The site’s most famous species are the rose-ringed parakeets whose green feathers and high-pitched warbles are hard to miss.

From New York Times ● Dec. 28, 2022

“So what do a blackbird’s wails and warbles have to do with finding our way out of the library?” said Akimi.

From "Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library" by Chris Grabenstein

To date, we’ve placed one order on Amazon: an irregularly oriented clothing-rod system that fits my old, warbled closet.

From Salon ● Mar. 29, 2025

“Dreamt for Light Years in the Belly of a Mountain,” a set of uncannily warped pop gems and warbled solitary hymns, had performed much like its predecessors: critically praised, commercially stillborn.

From New York Times ● Aug. 22, 2023

RAYYAN, Qatar — Three different reporters got the microphone at various times and said they didn’t really have any questions, then warbled on with thanks and praise and pretty much euphoria.

From Washington Post ● Dec. 6, 2022

A little later, before launching into Paul Simon’s “The Boxer,” she warbled, “I can’t believe this is happening.”

From Seattle Times ● Oct. 31, 2021

He warbled something that sounded like a Barry Manilow song as he ferried the empty barge back across the river.

From "The Lightning Thief" by Rick Riordan

As they watched themselves warbling, a camera captured the full array of their facial expressions—moans, groans and self-conscious laughter.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026

The frontman seems to somehow anchor the rhythmic chaos, warbling words that swerve wildly between incisiveness and irreverence; wisdom and wonderful nonsense.

From BBC ● Jan. 6, 2026

The warbling never improved, but it was heartening to see someone get over their paralyzing self-consciousness.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 21, 2025

Like a trio of canaries in a coal mine warbling at the top of their lungs, three recent studies warn of various ways that global warming is drastically changing the planet.

From Salon ● Mar. 11, 2024

But now here she was crying and warbling like an Italian nightingale!

From "The Cricket in Times Square" by George Selden