gurgle
Example Sentences
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She expected to hear icebergs calving off the glacier—perhaps even the low, garden-hose gurgle of a subglacial river gushing out from underneath the glacier.
From National Geographic • Sep. 7, 2023
But the last time I called, he could only gurgle on the phone, having suffered a stroke.
From Seattle Times • Mar. 24, 2023
I see it in the hummingbirds flitting past my window, hear it in the gurgle of my emptying dishwasher and feel it in the vibration of the cellphone in my pocket.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 17, 2023
Sweeping the bar rapidly across the fretboard, he could conjure up a storm or make his instrument gurgle like water coming down a brook.
From Washington Post • Jan. 5, 2023
There was no sound in my cabin except the gurgle of the saltwater spring.
From "The Titan's Curse" by Rick Riordan
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