warble

"None of you should be here," Harry said with an audible warble to his voice.

From BBC ● Feb. 12, 2026

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

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

The words had an underwater warble and there was still a tinny ringing in his ears, but he could hear.

From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor

“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

Amid crunchy guitars and percussive hits of piano, Yachty’s Auto-Tuned warbles provide textured backing vocals for Webster, singing an ode to one of the cheaper pieces of jewelry ever coveted in a pop song.

From New York Times ● Jan. 12, 2024

“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

"What an exciting day!" she warbles as she attempts to straighten her wig, which has listed severely to the right.

From "The Hunger Games" by Suzanne Collins

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

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

Alarms for the new quake came less than an hour after a quake alarms warbled in a nationwide earthquake simulation marking major quakes that struck on the same date in 1985 and 2017.

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 19, 2022

Maurine Kornfeld stood on the deck of the Rose Bowl Aquatics Center and, smiling over her teammates, warbled her response: “Thank you, all. Thank you, all,” she sang.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 27, 2021

The voice was distant, warbled, like an echo in a long tunnel.

From "The Maze Runner" by James Dashner

Just a few tracks depart from the slow tempos and warbling vocals, and their difference makes them sound more exciting than they might in isolation.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 28, 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

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

It sounded strange, like a song out of time — Melanie said she intended it to hearken to the 1930s — sung with what could now be called a warbling “indie girl voice.”

From New York Times ● Jan. 24, 2024

Outside the hospital, I heard the warbling of a bird, and it was such a familiar warble that I stopped and listened for its source.

From "Walk Two Moons" by Sharon Creech