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Meanings of burbling in English

Uttered with unrestrained enthusiasm.

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Examples for "gushing"
Examples for "gushing"
1
She let the gushing water wash away all the stress and bitterness.
Watch them die
2
The blood was gushing in red streams from his nose and mouth.
The Southerner: A Romance of the Real Lincoln
3
On Tuesday, we celebrated the sight of water gushing towards Theewaterskloof dam.
The South African
4
The wagon lumbered away with the sifting dust gushing from the wheels.
The Emigrant Trail
5
There was the water gushing, the sand sparkling and the sunbeam glimmering.
Twice-Told Tales
1
Tim Evans, however, was effusive in his praise for Majestic: Brilliant shop.
The Guardian
2
Today he had been unusually effusive and was probably regretting it already.
Under orders
3
Other attendees were effusive in their praise of Trump's actions so far.
Reuters
4
Michael Scott, performance director for the Great Britain squad, was equally effusive.
The Guardian
5
The eruptions of the Hawaiian volcanoes are thus of the effusive type.
The Elements of Geology
1
She had a low, burbly voice, and her colonial English accent gave her sentences a neighing cadence.
Girl, Interrupted
Usage of burbling in English
1
There's even a burbling fountain surrounded by grey pebbles and Japanese plants.
Breathe
2
A flurry of hissing and burbling among the dun-brown creatures answered her.
Orb Sceptre Throne
3
And then it lurched away, letting out a burbling shriek of pain.
Small favor
4
The burbling resolved itself as the single eye fixed on her face.
The Complete Alien Omnibus
5
Two bottles fell from a shelf; a lamp swayed, the burbling grew fainter.
The Great Book of Amber
6
When you come over, you must fly BOAC, Mac was burbling.
The new yorker
7
My friends gather round and breakfast in burbling, leaf-waving, buzzing communion.
Reach for Infinity
8
A bookcase and a table supporting a burbling coffee pot flanked the desk.
Ancient shores
9
The playing, all burbling, characterful woodwinds and straight-toned yet silky strings, is impeccable.
The Guardian
10
They ran to the door, leaving Dresler burbling and shivering in his hallway.
The marks of cain
11
She stared at the magazine, nausea burbling up in her stomach.
Heartless
12
They waved their clawed hands and wagged their ratlike heads, burbling.
Divide and Rule
13
On one occasion, words fail him, yet he proceeds, desperately burbling, pantomiming the lesson.
The new yorker
14
Either way, they are offset perfectly by low, burbling synths.
The Guardian
15
Clay's version is all twisted-up burbling euphoria, although he may be taking the Mickey.
Radio NZ
16
Or so Arthur could deduce from the sounds he heard burbling up the staircase.
The sherlockian
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