gibbering

Example Sentences

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But one glance at Gammell’s hollow-eyed ghouls, shrieking skeletal brides, and gibbering specters told any kid that here was something that danced right on the edge of taboo.

From Slate • Aug. 6, 2019

You need confidence to celebrate yourself so explicitly, and the Oscars are a gibbering mess.

From The Guardian • Feb. 23, 2019

Hermes leads them, gibbering like bats, past various underworld landmarks, the white rock of Leukas, etc., and on their way they pass the δῆμον ὀνείρων, which Homer leaves undescribed and unexplained.

From The New Yorker • Dec. 17, 2018

“He sprawled on the floor, a gibbering, horror-stricken wretch, and confessed his sin,” Riis wrote.

From New York Times • Feb. 9, 2018

The sounds were muffled, but continued: the haunted wind lamenting, the house shuddering, an increasing assortment of shrieks, screams, howls, and wild bursts of gibbering laughter.

From "Fablehaven" by Brandon Mull