burble
Example Sentences
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Even when he was trying to sound upbeat, the river of resentment would burble up in his mannerisms and his peevish voice.
From Salon • Jan. 23, 2024
Much of the stream called Little Brook flows below the pavement in Seattle’s Lake City neighborhood, emerging for just a moment to burble through a small park shadowed by apartment buildings.
From Seattle Times • Sep. 19, 2022
First one manatee surfaces, making that now-familiar burble as it takes a deep breath.
From Washington Post • Mar. 25, 2022
All of those gambits are there, but they spring from and burble back to a larger, overarching scheme.
From New York Times • Jul. 25, 2020
The girls listened, but in the constant burble of jungle noises, it was hard to hear anything unusual.
From "Beauty Queens" by Libba Bray
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