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
“I thought someone else would answer the call,” Ms. Prohaska, 51, said in an interview in her house on City Island in the Bronx, over the burble of hundreds of gallons of aquarium water.
From New York Times • Mar. 17, 2023
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
That’s Mom’s idea of cooking: Let it burble but don’t let it burn and let it sit.
From "Saints and Misfits" by S.K. Ali
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