Verb The baby burbled happily in her crib. Noun the burble of babies can be so endearing
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Award shows always seem to burble up just when the world’s attention is turned to particularly dire concerns and celebrities are left to justify their very public form of self-congratulations.Washington Post, 9 Mar. 2022 Some water, a pinch of salt—this is the kind of mixture that, under the right conditions, could give life a chance to burble into existence, Rivera-Valentín told me. Marina Koren, The Atlantic, 24 Nov. 2021 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 Shortly after burbling out his unhinged suggestions for investigating whether the coronavirus can be killed by mainlining household disinfectants or shooting burst of super light under the skin, Trump tried to walk that back.The Washington Post, 28 Apr. 2020 Behind the glass fronts are shelves of Mason jars in which Mr. De Smedt’s starters burble away.New York Times, 11 Apr. 2020 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 The others just continued to burble new expert warnings. Kyle Smith, National Review, 8 Apr. 2020 Curreri and Sproule had spent time in Nairobi, collaborating with Kenyan musicians, and a few songs are flecked with West African rhythms and burbling bass lines. Brendan Fitzgerald, Longreads, 14 Mar. 2020
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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 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 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 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 Whatever the season — from rainy spring to hot, dry summer — the brook provides a constant burble.Washington Post, 27 Sep. 2020 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 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 Tchaikovsky’s second movement depicts a waterfall in sonic burbles and cascades worthy of Berlioz. Scott Cantrell, Dallas News, 28 Feb. 2020 See More