- present participle of bubble.
Example Sentences
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The pair took a beat through bubbling titters from the audience before knowingly yelling, “Happy Pride everyone!”
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 8, 2026
A quick blueberry sauce bubbling away on the stove while the bread pudding cools.
From Salon • May 25, 2026
The pies are, mostly, worth it: bubbling cheese, fine aroma of basil or oregano, oven-darkened yeasty crusts.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026
In the dark recesses of the U.S. economy, price pressures are bubbling up and foretelling another wave of inflation.
From MarketWatch • May 13, 2026
He did it slowly, to make Hord think he was up to something with the water pail, and to distract attention from the cooking-skin bubbling by the fire.
From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver
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