warble

A fairly reedy warble emerged, which Goldie ignored.

From BBC ● Mar. 2, 2025

By spotlighting her child’s untrained warble, Perry is attempting to demonstrate the human stakes of that undertaking while showing us that, as a record maker, she’s living by her own advice.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 20, 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

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

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

Most times I’ve heard Shaw sing, her voice was a smooth, unadorned ribbon of sound, given to elastic leaps, slopes and decorative warbles.

From Washington Post ● Jan. 31, 2023

It warbles as it reaches out one of its long limbs.

From "Wayward Creatures" by Dayna Lorentz

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 quake alarms warbled in a nationwide earthquake simulation marking major, deadly quakes that struck on the same date in 1985 and 2017.

From New York 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

“Who can tell me how many apples I have here?” warbled Teacher on day six.

From "The House of the Scorpion" by Nancy Farmer

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

The role is played by Sierra Boggess, whose exquisite warbling turns a long-dead character into a central figure.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 28, 2023

Cage the Elephant, which was formed in 2006 in Bowling Green, Ky., is known for its psychedelic sound, distinct echoes of past rock eras and Mr. Shultz’s warbling, sometimes abrasive voice.

From New York Times ● Jan. 8, 2023

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

From "The Cricket in Times Square" by George Selden