warble

A fairly reedy warble emerged, which Goldie ignored.

From BBC ● Mar. 2, 2025

Then comes that "no no no no please don't" passage, when Barrymore's voice shudders with a tender warble.

From Salon ● May 1, 2024

A passing gravitational wave generally stretches one arm more than the other, causing light to warble out of the device in sync with the wave.

From Science Magazine ● May 16, 2023

In a high school gymnasium, three hours from Salt Lake and seven from Las Vegas, the throaty warble of a fiddle competed with the sound of cowboy boots squeaking on wood.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 27, 2023

When it saw Miss Peregrine, it tried to hop away, but the headmistress followed, making a low, vaguely threatening warble in her throat.

From "Hollow City" by Ransom Riggs

“Crying in a suit and tie,” she warbles, referring to her onstage look from a few years ago, then twisting the image into a joke with “But you should see the other guy.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 2026

“Today we recognize the men who’ve hacked the system,” says the narrator as a background singer warbles “hacked the system.”

From Washington Times ● Apr. 17, 2023

Through the commotion, Trippie commands attention with his vocals, vacillating between cartoonish warbles and metal screams in the blink of an eye.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 13, 2023

The site’s most famous species are the rose-ringed parakeets whose green feathers and high-pitched warbles are hard to miss.

From New York Times ● Dec. 28, 2022

It warbles as it reaches out one of its long limbs.

From "Wayward Creatures" by Dayna Lorentz

While in the sky, the singer warbled “What a Wonderful World” and flashed a daisy she’d brought along, then kissed the Earth when she and her all-female flightmates landed.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 26, 2025

To date, we’ve placed one order on Amazon: an irregularly oriented clothing-rod system that fits my old, warbled closet.

From Salon ● Mar. 29, 2025

RAYYAN, Qatar — Three different reporters got the microphone at various times and said they didn’t really have any questions, then warbled on with thanks and praise and pretty much euphoria.

From Washington Post ● Dec. 6, 2022

The area is home to woodpeckers like the red-breasted sapsucker and songbirds like the black-headed grosbeak, which whistles its warbled song in the shade.

From Seattle Times ● Jul. 15, 2021

Her silvery voice, dry with gray age, warbled a bit and missed more high notes than it hit.

From "Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy" by Gary D. Schmidt

Just a few tracks depart from the slow tempos and warbling vocals, and their difference makes them sound more exciting than they might in isolation.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 28, 2026

Yet seeing stadiums and bars packed with Latinos wearing the jerseys of their ancestral homes and warbling their national anthems during this World Cup has been a jolt of inspiration I wasn’t expecting.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 25, 2026

The frontman seems to somehow anchor the rhythmic chaos, warbling words that swerve wildly between incisiveness and irreverence; wisdom and wonderful nonsense.

From BBC ● Jan. 6, 2026

Like a trio of canaries in a coal mine warbling at the top of their lungs, three recent studies warn of various ways that global warming is drastically changing the planet.

From Salon ● Mar. 11, 2024

I tuned in to the creek’s gurgle, imagining a pristine river on a deserted island, its shore lined with orchids and gardenias, with birds warbling sweet melodies.

From "When I Was Puerto Rican" by Esmeralda Santiago