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burble

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verb

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of burble
Noun
The soundtrack of Niu Shack consists of the gentle swoosh of leaves and the burble of the nearby river, which forms a pool-like swimming hole just underneath the property. Dobrina Zhekova, Travel + Leisure, 24 Mar. 2024 All night long, the soundtrack of existence was the burble and splash of Hat Creek outside my window, but come dawn the birds took over. Sacramento Bee, 31 Jan. 2024
Verb
This feels partly tied to a burbling issue: The Leafs haven’t been as stingy defensively of late. Jonas Siegel, The Athletic, 30 Dec. 2024 The layered beat builds like a dream, swirling burbling synth melodies, breathy intonations, and pulsing rhythms into synchrony. Stephen Kearse, TIME, 9 Dec. 2024 See All Example Sentences for burble
Recent Examples of Synonyms for burble
Verb
  • The camera then zooms out of the hospital window, showing the family happily chattering as snow falls.
    Declan Gallagher, EW.com, 13 Dec. 2024
  • Louis Vuitton has launched the LV Biker MM, a new signature bag masterminded by artistic director Nicolas Ghesquière, and the chattering fashion classes are already angling to invest.
    airmail.news, airmail.news, 22 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • She was getting winded on our walk, and her prattle was broken up by heavy breaths.
    Joshua Cohen, The New Yorker, 13 Oct. 2024
  • The larcenous prattle is, in this sense, a typically Wiig-ian set piece: sunny, strained and flailing for dignity.
    Lili Loofbourow, Washington Post, 20 Mar. 2024
Verb
  • But when the disheveled, withdrawn ex-friend shows up in the locker room gibbering about an evil spirit, Sam is mortified, impulsively knocking to the ground the grungy-looking Mason jar that Tamira has been carrying around.
    Dennis Harvey, Variety, 18 Sep. 2023
  • For a while, police interest bent toward a Phud who had been warned he might be eliminated from the program, who had seemed almost exultant about the fire and gibbered gleefully about the media spotlight.
    New York Times, New York Times, 13 Apr. 2018
Noun
  • Worse, such jabber crowds out essential coverage of genuine threats to democracy and the visions of the two parties.
    Jennifer Rubin, Washington Post, 16 July 2024
  • Jacobs-Jenkins renders him as a wry, friendly figure who occasionally takes over the bodies of the other characters to explain what is happening beneath their jabber.
    Jesse Green, New York Times, 5 June 2023
Noun
  • But the Dutton nephew is not hearing any of that nonsense.
    Matt Cabral, EW.com, 23 Mar. 2025
  • The 38-piece capsule captures the show’s sense of kooky nautical nonsense, the lovable yellow sponge’s face crocheted into a pipsqueak-sized tote bag, printed onto swim trunks, and plastered on slingback espadrilles.
    Violet Goldstone, WWD, 20 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • Or if, in the case of Bumble’s Concierge service, two bots are chatting with each other while each person goes about their day, how will daters know if there is actually a connection based on who each of them really is?
    Myisha Battle, Time, 28 Mar. 2025
  • Fest latest: Glasgow Film Festival industry boss Samantha Andie Bennett chatted with Diana about a busy year.
    Max Goldbart, Deadline, 28 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • One of the most impressive aspects is a mix of its seasonal and weather systems, with spring buds, fall colors and blanketing snow, mixed with high winds and rainstorms pattering drops on my DualSense controller.
    Paul Tassi, Forbes.com, 27 Mar. 2025
  • In the run-up to evening events, the hotel’s long hallways had the vibe of a college dorm, with barefoot teens pattering from room to room.
    Dionne Searcey, New York Times, 25 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • Jaclyn’s secret tryst was discovered right away: Kate spotted Valentin leaving her room in the morning and then went and blabbed to Laurie, who was (understandably) upset.
    Dave Nemetz, TVLine, 23 Mar. 2025
  • The whole blabbing into a microphone is the easy part.
    Sherry Kuehl, Kansas City Star, 19 Feb. 2025

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“Burble.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/burble. Accessed 2 Apr. 2025.

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