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Meanings of babel in English
Portuguese
torre de babel (Genesis 11:1-11) a tower built by Noah's descendants (probably in Babylon) who intended it to reach up to heaven; God foiled them by confusing their language so they could no longer understand one another.
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1
There was intense excitement in the room; all the noisy babel ceased.
2
Refreshments were brought in and the babel of tongues broke loose again.
3
The music and the babel of tongues had become murmurous and indistinct.
4
That was the word which again ran through the babel of conjectures.
5
The assembly began to break up amidst a babel of excited talk.
6
From the surly ones beyond an angry babel of protest went up.
7
This babel of inventors and pretenders amazed Bell and disconcerted his backers.
8
She found an excited crowd of travellers and a babel of noise.
9
They are all talking at once, and this is a perfect babel.
10
But the one voice that pierced the babel belonged to Donal Moloney.
11
There was an intense silence, and then a perfect babel of exclamations.
12
He must get away from this jostling crowd, this babel of voices.
13
They parted to give her passage, their babel immediately resuming after her.
14
And, stilled during his presence, babel broke out anew with his departure.
15
I heard a piercing scream that rose above that babel-oneshrill scream!
16
At the same instant arose a babel of cries, Oh, my angel!
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