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How to use burble in a sentence

12 example sentences · noun, verb

Burble means a bubbling, gurgling sound, as of a creek. Example: “She burbled on, as if I cared to listen.”

Examples of burble by meaning

nounA bubbling, gurgling sound, as of a creek.

  • She had reared him as a gosling; and whenever he approached, he would let fly a low contented burble and sidle his neck around her thighs.1988, Bruce Chatwin, Utz, London: Jonathan Cape, →ISBN; republished London: Vintage Books, 2005, →ISBN, page 50

nounA gush of rapid speech.

  • He could hear the music in the distance, and the burble and laughter from the library, and a high ringing in his own ears.2004, Alan Hollinghurst, chapter 3, in The Line of Beauty […], London: Picador, →ISBN

verbTo bubble; to gurgle.

  • The stream burbled as it flowed past.1997 June, Field & Stream, volume 102, number 2, page 138

verbTo babble; to speak in an excited rush.

  • She burbled on, as if I cared to listen.
  • “No way this one’s going to miss us this time,” burbles one bebooted doomsdayer to another.1995 December 21, Tony Chamberlain, “We all love snow games: Some take time to play; others seize chance to panic”, in The Boston Globe...

More sentences with burble

  • More winter means more opportunities for burbling pots of comfort, like my classic beef Bourguignon.2026 February 4, Melissa Clark, “Six More Weeks of Stews”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC. From the entry beef bourguignon
  • 'I created the Event Horizon to reach the stars!' burbles Sam Neill's astro-boffin.2007 March 25, Mark Kermode, “2007: a scorching new space odyssey”, in The Observer. From the entry astro-boffin
  • His choices included the small, burbling Alto fountain at Arcadia in Chelsea and the EcoSmart Fire Aspect, a flueless fireplace, at ddcnyc.com .2009 August 27, Tim Mckeough, “Creating an Oasis of Calm”, in New York Times. From the entry flueless
  • I shouldn't be burbling about in these deityforsaken newsgroups but here I am, a big fan of the most AWESOME SCI-FI COMEDY ever.1994, dh...@daniel.drew.edu, “Red Dwarf Anyone???”, in rec.arts.sf.tv (Usenet). From the entry deityforsaken
  • “Perfectly splendid,” Miss Flower burbled on.1974, Pamela Sykes, Phoebe’s Family, Nashville, Tenn.: Thomas Nelson Inc., →ISBN, page 52. From the entry fish and chips
  • The phenomenon may seem like a random burble of the internet’s id, but Alvarez has been making similarly entrancing—if mostly nonmusical—work for the past few years.2023 September 27, Spencer Kornhaber, “The Weirdos Living Inside Our Phones”, in The Atlantic. From the entry id
  • For it is of their nature that the jabberwocks of historical and antiquarian research burble in the tulgy wood of conjecture, flitting from one tum-tum tree to another.1936, J. R. R. Tolkien, Beowulf: The Monsters and the Critics, Norwood, Pa.: Norwood Editions, published 1976, page 6. From the entry Jabberwock

Meaning of burble

  1. noun A bubbling, gurgling sound, as of a creek.
  2. noun A gush of rapid speech.
  3. noun The turbulent boundary layer about a moving streamlined body.

Full definition of burble

Questions about burble in a sentence

How do you use burble in a sentence?
Burble is used as a noun and verb. For example: “She burbled on, as if I cared to listen.”
What is a short sentence with burble?
““Perfectly splendid,” Miss Flower burbled on.”
What does burble mean?
Burble means a bubbling, gurgling sound, as of a creek.

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