gibbering

Example Sentences

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The music – arcing, frantic atonal guitar and gibbering backing vocals – sounds deranged; Bowie sings like a man on the brink of a nervous breakdown.

From The Guardian • Mar. 19, 2020

Being a good host doesn’t mean you have to spend two hours gibbering in horror, being glared at by innocent people just trying to enjoy a nice meal.

From Slate • Mar. 9, 2020

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

“Let us proceed under the assumption that the fairy folk do exist, and that I am not a gibbering moron.”

From "Artemis Fowl" by Eoin Colfer