warble

A fairly reedy warble emerged, which Goldie ignored.

From BBC ● Mar. 2, 2025

“We’d like to thank everyone for being here tonight,” he said in a muffled warble.

From New York Times ● May 17, 2024

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

Between his deep croak, Hannah’s squeaky warble, and the fact that they were making up words on the fly Coal began to giggle.

From "Boy 2.0" by Tracey Baptiste

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

I'm not quiet, but my voice still warbles.

From Salon ● May 21, 2023

“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

“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

What would “White Lotus” be without its titillating score and those warbled “ooh-loo-loo-loo’s?”

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 3, 2025

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

On Thursday night, after 11 p.m., as lights warbled on the dark port water, police with masks loaded the accused onto vehicles and drove them to jail.

From New York Times ● Jun. 16, 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

Fidelito chirped and warbled about rotting whales all the way back to the factory.

From "The House of the Scorpion" by Nancy Farmer

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

I was floating in a fog of colors and smells and warbling birds and voices singing, “I like you, and you, and you, and no one else but you, and you, and you.”

From "When I Was Puerto Rican" by Esmeralda Santiago