How to Use gurgle in a Sentence

gurgle

verb

• The water gurgled through the pipes.
• I was so hungry that you could hear my stomach gurgling.
• As the fly gurgled across the river erupted but the fish - a big one - missed the fly.
  — Chris Santella, chicagotribune.com, 5 Sep. 2017
• Salma gurgled and grinned, her big blue eyes fixed on him.
  — Washington Post, 2 Aug. 2019
• Sewage gurgled up through the pipes of their bathroom sinks, shower and bath tub, the suit says.
  — Aimee Green, OregonLive.com, 30 Jan. 2018
• These kids smiled, giggled and then their tubes gurgled to show what’s at stake here.
  — James Hohmann, Washington Post, 23 June 2017
• There, water gurgled in a fountain, a bird twittered in a cage, and the smell of Chinese herbs filled the air.
  — Moises Velasquez-Manoff, WIRED, 8 May 2018
• Other signs to look out for are pale or blue skin and choking or gurgling sounds.
  — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 5 Sep. 2023
• The submarine gurgled past Lt Cdr Firdaus and the two divers towards the three men.
  — Rahul Singh, Quartz India, 23 June 2019
• In the cute video, Nicholas, dressed in a blue T-shirt and shorts, wandered around making gurgling noises.
  — Jen Juneau, PEOPLE.com, 25 June 2019
• Its unwanted H2O is to gush and gurgle its way through the city’s sewers.
  — Martin Weil and Justin Wm. Moyer, Washington Post, 9 June 2017
• The boardwalk trail carries me across the middle of a lake for an up-close view of a row of gurgling waterfalls.
  — Rick Steves, Chicago Tribune, 4 July 2023
• In the neonatal ward, newborns gurgled in the arms of their mothers, who wore bright red head scarves that stood out against the whitewashed walls.
  — David Zucchino, New York Times, 12 Sep. 2019
• The steam had been gurgling, boiling, building up beneath the surface for more than two decades.
  — Tod Leonard, sandiegouniontribune.com, 16 June 2018
• My feet were throbbing, my jeans were soaking wet from the rain, and my stomach was both gurgling and cramping.
  — Rachel Chang, Travel + Leisure, 31 Oct. 2023
• The spare bathroom had no problems, but the downstairs one gurgled and was running slow, but no backup.
  — Janet B. Carson, Arkansas Online, 19 Aug. 2023
• Across a gurgling brook, up a muddy slope, over mossy tree limbs, through a tangle of brambles and vines, the dogs covered acres of terrain.
  — Bernhard Warner, New York Times, 11 Nov. 2023
• The ocean, suffocated in oil from the biggest spill ever (at that time), gurgled.
  — Arlene Martinez, USA TODAY, 23 Apr. 2020
• The Mediterranean gurgles with toxic runoff from rotting garbage.
  — New York Times, 3 Dec. 2019
• On the living room floor next to gurgling Illyria, Jamil shows photos of his father with a bullet hole in his head.
  — Alison Bowen, chicagotribune.com, 9 May 2017
• Beneath the shady canopy of cottonwoods and willows, the San Pedro River flowed shin-deep, gurgling through smooth rocks.
  — AZCentral.com, 5 Dec. 2019
• The engine gurgles happily in Normal mode, and really clears its throat in Sport and Sport Plus.
  — Charles Fleming, latimes.com, 26 Jan. 2018
• The baby makes gurgling noise at one point when Mallard announces that one lawmaker’s time to speak in the debate has expired.
  — Julia Webster, Time, 22 Aug. 2019
• The sun beat down, the mercury climbed, and the calm, green Sacramento River gurgled its invitation.
  — Adam Skolnick, New York Times, 10 Sep. 2016
• Monsoon rains have finally passed and floods blocking the lone dirt road have retreated enough for a small truck to climb these Himalayan foothills to a gurgling spring.
  — Martha Irvine and Dar Yasin, The Christian Science Monitor, 21 Nov. 2023
• But if emotions were gurgling within, Earnhardt has suppressed them well so far.
  — Brant James, USA TODAY, 30 June 2017
• As the boat made its way back to land, the heads started vocalizing, making what Ronje describes as gurgling grunts.
  — Michael Greshko, National Geographic, 18 July 2017
• As the boat made its way back to land, the heads started vocalizing, making what Ronje describes as gurgling grunts.
  — Michael Greshko, National Geographic, 18 July 2017
• Wade’s gurgling pompadour matches well with his roly-poly physique and go-with-the-flow personality.
  — Hugh Hart, Los Angeles Times, 15 Nov. 2023
• Only a year ago, streams of lava gurgled from Hawaii's Kilauea volcano, blocking roads and inching across fields.
  — Sarah Gibbens, National Geographic, 30 May 2019

Last Updated: 27 Jun 2024