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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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Examples for "Tower of Babel"
Examples for "Tower of Babel"
1
There could have been nothing like it since the Tower of Babel.
The Happy Foreigner
2
Where could this Tower of Babel, this crazy cacophony of tongues be?
The Irish Times
3
The tech industry is doing its best to topple the Tower of Babel.
The Irish Times
4
The largest miniature represents the building of the Tower of Babel.
Studies from Court and Cloister: being essays, historical and li...
5
Elevators haven't quite been installed in the Tower of Babel yet.
Wired
Usage of babel in English
1
There was intense excitement in the room; all the noisy babel ceased.
A Sweet Girl Graduate
2
Refreshments were brought in and the babel of tongues broke loose again.
The Camp Fire Girls Do Their Bit; Or, Over the Top with the Winn...
3
The music and the babel of tongues had become murmurous and indistinct.
Arms and the Woman
4
That was the word which again ran through the babel of conjectures.
Wolf Breed
5
The assembly began to break up amidst a babel of excited talk.
Smith and the Pharaohs, and other Tales
6
From the surly ones beyond an angry babel of protest went up.
Uncle Sam's Boys in the Philippines; or, Following the Flag agai...
7
This babel of inventors and pretenders amazed Bell and disconcerted his backers.
The History of the Telephone
8
She found an excited crowd of travellers and a babel of noise.
Lady Merton, Colonist
9
They are all talking at once, and this is a perfect babel.
In the Reign of Terror: The Adventures of a Westminster Boy
10
But the one voice that pierced the babel belonged to Donal Moloney.
The Irish Times
11
There was an intense silence, and then a perfect babel of exclamations.
The Great Secret
12
He must get away from this jostling crowd, this babel of voices.
The Stillwater Tragedy
13
They parted to give her passage, their babel immediately resuming after her.
Star-Dust: A Story of an American Girl
14
And, stilled during his presence, babel broke out anew with his departure.
If Winter Comes
15
I heard a piercing scream that rose above that babel-oneshrill scream!
The House of the Wolf: A Romance
16
At the same instant arose a babel of cries, Oh, my angel!
The Chauffeur and the Chaperon
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Babel across language varieties
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