are babbling
- present progressive of babble.
Example Sentences
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They listen patiently, even when they don’t understand what you are babbling about.
From Forbes ● Aug. 7, 2014
Can it be possible that they know what they are babbling?
From St. Nicholas, Vol. 5, No. 4, February 1878 by Various
A hundred hearts beat placidly on, Unwitting they that their warder's gone; A hundred lips are babbling blithe, Some seconds hence they in pain may writhe.
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 99, October 4, 1890 by Various
"Come, come," called Gud, shaking him by the shoulder, "you are babbling, speak up, what happened?"
From The Book of Gud by Hersey, Harold
Halcyons, who by the ever-rippling Waves of the sea are babbling, Dewing your plumes with the drops that fall From wings in the salt spray dabbling.
From The Frogs by Aristophanes
