babbling brook
Britishnoun
Etymology
Origin of babbling brook
rhyming slang
Example Sentences
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Maybe that's why he opened their 1990 interview with a babbling brook of bilge about how dishonest the press is.
From Salon ● Jan. 7, 2023
“It’s the rhythm of a babbling brook, it’s the rhythm of a season, it’s the rhythm of a doe bouncing down the glen,” McLean said.
From New York Times ● Feb. 12, 2022
Block the sonic intrusions out with soothing sounds ranging from a babbling brook to rumbling clothing dryers.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 4, 2021
I learned quickly that this was not going to come together in the half hour that old Bob Ross took to create one of his babbling brook masterpieces.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 18, 2020
Thomson, Spring, 644: "divided by a babbling brook;" and Horace, Od. iii.
From Select Poems of Thomas Gray by Carruthers, Robert
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