- present participle of gurgle.
gurgling
Example Sentences
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There were gurgling, cooing, month-and-a-half old newborns in Brooklyn and Westchester who had never known the soul-emptying pain of a crushing Knicks defeat.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 9, 2026
Soon Conor’s two preoccupations will unite in an offbeat way when a bug gets crushed in his slow-acting printer while it’s gurgling out a portrait.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 8, 2026
"There was a bubbly gurgling sound from Victoria," she told the court.
From BBC ● May 2, 2025
One Reddit user described the gurgling sound as an “alien trying to escape me,” and pain like a heart attack that goes away with a fart.
From Salon ● Sep. 8, 2024
I wish the gurgling were there again, gasping hoarse, now whistling softly and again hoarse and loud.
From "All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel" by Erich Maria Remarque
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