How to Use babble in a Sentence

babble

verb
  • He'll babble on about sports all night if you let him.
  • Her cousins were babbling in an unfamiliar dialect.
  • Pay no attention to her. She's just babbling.
  • Let’s hope Merkel is right, and that Trump is merely babbling.
    John Cassidy, The New Yorker, 18 Jan. 2017
  • From rushing mountain streams to babbling creeks and the forks of the Tug River, this bringer of life is all around.
    Sara Sidner, CNN, 25 Mar. 2023
  • Our brooks will babble in the courts, Seeking damages for torts.
    Elizabeth Kolbert, The New Yorker, 11 Apr. 2022
  • Our brooks will babble in the courts, Seeking damages for torts.
    Elizabeth Kolbert, The New Yorker, 11 Apr. 2022
  • Our brooks will babble in the courts, Seeking damages for torts.
    Elizabeth Kolbert, The New Yorker, 11 Apr. 2022
  • Our brooks will babble in the courts, Seeking damages for torts.
    Elizabeth Kolbert, The New Yorker, 11 Apr. 2022
  • Our brooks will babble in the courts, Seeking damages for torts.
    Elizabeth Kolbert, The New Yorker, 11 Apr. 2022
  • Our brooks will babble in the courts, Seeking damages for torts.
    Elizabeth Kolbert, The New Yorker, 11 Apr. 2022
  • Our brooks will babble in the courts, Seeking damages for torts.
    Alex Traub, New York Times, 28 May 2021
  • Our brooks will babble in the courts, Seeking damages for torts.
    Elizabeth Kolbert, The New Yorker, 11 Apr. 2022
  • Noisli can simulate the sound of a café or a babbling brook.
    David Pierce, WSJ, 3 June 2018
  • The twins like to babble and laugh with each other before falling asleep.
    Suzy Khimm, NBC news, 20 Dec. 2023
  • Weddings are held on the bank of a babbling creek or in the main lodge, where dinners and receptions take place.
    Kelsy Chauvin, Condé Nast Traveler, 9 Nov. 2023
  • Kingston then points an open hand to the TV and babbles some more as if to hypothesize on the next season.
    Amir Vera, CNN, 7 June 2019
  • Toward the end of the conversation Kingston calms down, babbles some more and laughs.
    Amir Vera, CNN, 7 June 2019
  • Kids and adults of all ages are invited to dip their hands and toes into our babbling stream.
    charlotteobserver, 29 May 2017
  • Babies babble and make faces and gestures, and the people who love them respond in kind.
    Jenny Gold, Los Angeles Times, 26 June 2024
  • Babies babble and make faces and gestures, and the people who love them respond in kind.
    Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 3 July 2024
  • But now, a new study shows that baby parrots do babble.
    Grrlscientist, Forbes, 21 June 2022
  • The bomb was meant to impress and would usually be met with wide eyes, drooling, and babbling.
    Time, 21 Aug. 2023
  • Now more than 7 months old, Kora giggles, babbles, sits and rolls over.
    The Washington Post, OregonLive.com, 29 Apr. 2018
  • This stunning 215-foot-tall limestone arch was carved over many years by babbling Cedar Creek.
    Erin Gifford, Southern Living, 26 Oct. 2024
  • In the clip, Sidibe can be heard teaching her children how to sing as the twins babble along in their little seats with their names printed on the front.
    Emma Aerin Becker, People.com, 26 Dec. 2024
  • Aside from those key words, your child’s speech at 12 months will mostly be limited to babbling sounds.
    Maureen Ryan, Parents, 24 July 2024
  • The Dure River babbled below my window at night, and at breakfast the hallways were laced with the heady scent of nutmeg.
    Lorna Parkes, Travel + Leisure, 16 Oct. 2023
  • Much to my surprise, Hunter rolled around in the crib, babbling to himself, and fell back asleep for another 45 minutes.
    Lindsey Benoit O’Connell, Good Housekeeping, 3 May 2019
  • As infants, pygmy marmosets babble the way human babies do, both to get their parents’ attention and to learn the group dialect.
    Jessica Camille Aguirre, Smithsonian Magazine, 6 Jan. 2025

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