How to Use burble in a Sentence

burble

1 of 2 verb

• The baby burbled happily in her crib.
• At some point, while the rice is still burbling away, the timer for the chicken goes off.
  — Amiel Stanek, Bon Appetit, 9 Jan. 2018
• From the widening gash, molten rock burbled and splashed, then shot dozens of feet in the air.
  — Author: Amy B Wang, Anchorage Daily News, 8 May 2018
• Above, the tall spruce tossed in the wind; below, the current burbled around my knees.
  — John Lahr, Esquire, 16 June 2016
• White House aides burbled that these remarks would play well to The Base.
  — Charles P. Pierce, Esquire, 12 Jan. 2018
• Use one to lift the dough from its mixing bowl and the second to push the dough onto the burbling stew.
  — Sheri Castle, Charlotte Observer, 30 Jan. 2024
• Against the wall near the burbling koi pond, a laurel hedge stands in for the nonexistent lawn.
  — Catherine Romano, WSJ, 12 July 2019
• The Tar Pits burble up remains from the Late Pleistocene.
  — Scott Ostler, San Francisco Chronicle, 24 Feb. 2018
• Leaks formed in that gap, with some of the water burbling up into the river.
  — Washington Post, 20 June 2018
• They can be assembled and cooked while the stew is burbling!
  — Charlyne Mattox, Country Living, 14 July 2023
• Behind the glass fronts are shelves of Mason jars in which Mr. De Smedt’s starters burble away.
  — New York Times, 11 Apr. 2020
• Late last year, a red badge burbled to the surface next to millions of iPhone users’ Settings apps.
  — John Herrman, New York Times, 27 Feb. 2018
• High in the Himalaya, near the base of the Gangotri glacier, water burbles along a narrow river.
  — National Geographic, 9 Dec. 2019
• Hit the start button and enjoy the refined, burbling exhaust note.
  — By Brian Melton, star-telegram, 2 Aug. 2017
• In her right ear, the news broadcast burbled its comforting hum.
  — Andrew Liptak, The Verge, 8 Dec. 2018
• There’s nobody else in here, just me and my spongy slice — crisp crust, squishy center, cheese burbling up like browned lava.
  — Kara Baskin, BostonGlobe.com, 3 July 2018
• Student debt has been burbling among Democrats as an election year issue for some time.
  — Edward Lotterman, Twin Cities, 30 June 2019
• On the road, its Performance Blue paint is as in your face as its popping and burbling active exhaust.
  — Mike Sutton, Car and Driver, 30 Mar. 2020
• On the tidy Pearl Street Mall, crowds were gathered by burbling fountains to watch buskers, jugglers and flame-swallowers.
  — Tony Perrottet, New York Times, 31 Aug. 2016
• The coops are adjacent to a patch of artificial grass and a burbling fountain.
  — Henry Alford, The New Yorker, 23 Mar. 2018
• The paint-and-decal scheme, the wheels and tires, the suspension settings, the front and rear aero aids, and a burbling V-8 noise all combine to enhance the Darlington 500 effect.
  — David E. Davis Jr., Car and Driver, 1 Mar. 2023
• The thaumaturgic melting pot burbled away in Alexandria until the city fell to Muslim armies in 641 ad.
  — Kent Russell, Harper's Magazine, 11 May 2022
• All around us mudpots burbled and columns of steam shot skyward, powered by the heat of nascent volcanoes.
  — Peter Kaminsky, New York Times, 5 Mar. 2018
• This is a narrow path full of greenery, shaded by oak trees, with a burbling creek keeping you company.
  — Karin Klein, Orange County Register, 3 Apr. 2017
• Others walked around Adi’s tomb, chanting; holy water burbled up from deep within the mountain.
  — Tim Neville, New York Times, 29 Jan. 2018
• Most games, the noise burbles in the background, obscured by the team’s propulsive offense and smothering starting pitching.
  — Andy McCullough, latimes.com, 15 June 2019
• The greens are braised in a burbling stock of seasoned ham stock made from Burgers’ Smokehouse ham, garlic, onions, jalapenos, vinegar, honey, salt and pepper.
  — Jill Wendholt Silva, kansascity, 29 Aug. 2017
• Lush cedars and eucalyptus sway above us lazily, while water burbles from the mouths of fish and ancient Roman gods.
  — Hazlitt, 22 Mar. 2023
• Whether or not the math quite works out, these are the references that burble to the surface while watching Stein’s family drama of money and secrets long buried.
  — cleveland, 22 May 2020
• Near the site, fissures in the rock reveal places where hot water has burbled to the surface, carrying minerals that hardened into rivulets of crystal.
  — Gregory Barber, WIRED, 19 July 2023

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burble

2 of 2 noun

• Leslie Run burbles along the bottom of the hill where the Murphys live.
  — Emily Cochrane, New York Times, 15 Feb. 2023
• The flat-four engine really puts out such a growl, burble.
  — Casey Williams, chicagotribune.com, 5 Apr. 2018
• This was supposed to be a getaway with nothing to distract us but the burble of the water, the wind in the trees, a stack of novels and a 1,000-piece puzzle.
  — John Kelly, Washington Post, 4 Aug. 2019
• Highway cruising speeds are met with silence: The VR6 emits a hushed burble, and wind noise is kept to a minimum.
  — Martin Padgett Jr., Car and Driver, 15 June 2020
• Is there music more beautiful to the ears, while driving, than the burble coming from the exhaust pipes?
  — Los Angeles Times, 11 Oct. 2019
• Whatever the season — from rainy spring to hot, dry summer — the brook provides a constant burble.
  — Washington Post, 27 Sep. 2020
• The burble of her voice and that of the Volkswagen's engine also harmonized in a strangely soothing way.
  — Steve King, Condé Nast Traveler, 9 Feb. 2020
• This structure is what gives bread dough the strength and elasticity to capture all the bubbles and burbles produced by yeast in order to grow fluffy, chewy, and light when baked.
  — Sohla El-Waylly, Bon Appétit, 13 Apr. 2020
• There is still a muted eight-cylinder burble, but one that only raises its voice toward the far reaches of the gas pedal's long travel.
  — Mike Duff, Car and Driver, 27 Sep. 2022
• Ford adds drama with a synthetic soundtrack of a big-engine burble that's been smoothed into a warble.
  — Eric Tingwall, Car and Driver, 7 July 2021
• Brooklyn has learned to communicate in burbles over the trach tube in her throat, flapping her hands to greet visitors.
  — Caroline Chen / Bloomberg, Time, 9 Jan. 2018
• Now new research finds the fizz of a thawing glacier can be distinguished from the burble of a softening iceberg, and that these telltale sounds are more intense in places where ice is melting faster.
  — Stephanie Pappas, Scientific American, 29 May 2018
• Fiber optics, however, provided a dense line of points from all along their length, helping scientists spot the small burbles.
  — Maya Wei-Haas, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 June 2023
• These sorts of transmissions often feel their best when the gas pedal is pressed hard, but the GT500 is perfectly happy to amble along with the engine making a comforting burble from under the hood.
  — Peter Valdes-Dapena, CNN, 29 Oct. 2019
• There are several causes, but most commonly air pockets are the culprit, bubbles in between the tomatoes, that burble up as the contents reach 220 degrees.
  — sacbee, 29 Aug. 2017
• Tchaikovsky’s second movement depicts a waterfall in sonic burbles and cascades worthy of Berlioz.
  — Scott Cantrell, Dallas News, 28 Feb. 2020
• Being a habitat requires a water source too, so Williams installed a fountain against the house, half hidden by pots of reeds and the long graceful branches of a Waverly sage, its constant burble a soothing garden song.
  — Los Angeles Times, 10 Mar. 2022
• The music drones and burbles, tinkles and undulates, taking its time and lingering over instrumental stretches.
  — New York Times, 5 Apr. 2018
• The music drones and burbles, tinkles and undulates, taking its time and lingering over instrumental stretches as if people are still willing to experience a whole album from start to finish.
  — Jon Pareles, New York Times, 14 Mar. 2018
• This lack of ambient music and general buzz sets the scene for what is to come: an enveloping serenity, where the daily soundtrack is the gentle burble of traditional water features winding through 21 acres of manicured grounds.
  — Cnt Editors, Condé Nast Traveler, 15 Dec. 2022
• The term, ‘problematic,’ which the WRU uses like part of a ritualistic formulae, is postgraduate humanities burble, the hocus-pocus gesture of a shallow, paraprofessional idiom that avoids candor.
  — Matthew Carey Salyer, Forbes, 17 Feb. 2023
• If anything, this little burble of content suggests that no political faction’s stranglehold on storytelling is absolute or unchallengeable.
  — Michael Brendan Dougherty, National Review, 29 Apr. 2020
• Luckily, the electric powertrain—which utilizes GM's Ultium battery technology—eliminates the traditional burble of a gasoline engine, allowing engineers to focus on dampening other noises instead.
  — Drew Dorian, Car and Driver, 22 July 2022
• Leslie Run burbles along the bottom of the hill where the Murphys live.
  — Emily Cochrane, New York Times, 15 Feb. 2023
• The flat-four engine really puts out such a growl, burble.
  — Casey Williams, chicagotribune.com, 5 Apr. 2018
• This was supposed to be a getaway with nothing to distract us but the burble of the water, the wind in the trees, a stack of novels and a 1,000-piece puzzle.
  — John Kelly, Washington Post, 4 Aug. 2019
• Highway cruising speeds are met with silence: The VR6 emits a hushed burble, and wind noise is kept to a minimum.
  — Martin Padgett Jr., Car and Driver, 15 June 2020
• Is there music more beautiful to the ears, while driving, than the burble coming from the exhaust pipes?
  — Los Angeles Times, 11 Oct. 2019
• Whatever the season — from rainy spring to hot, dry summer — the brook provides a constant burble.
  — Washington Post, 27 Sep. 2020
• The burble of her voice and that of the Volkswagen's engine also harmonized in a strangely soothing way.
  — Steve King, Condé Nast Traveler, 9 Feb. 2020

Last Updated: 5 Sep 2024