How to Use burble in a Sentence

burble

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
  • When the conditions are ripe for romance - no rain, dark skies, kill the moonlight - thousands of the fireflies will flirt on a verdant tract of land laced with hardwood trees and a burbling river.
    Andrea Sachs, chicagotribune.com, 15 June 2017

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