warble
verb (used without object)
to sing or whistle with trills, quavers, or melodic embellishments.
are warbling
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present progressiveof warble.present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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The context of the numbers isn’t conveyed, so there’s little attempt at understanding characters who are warbling or belting their predicaments.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 11, 2021
They are warbling away, but getting the words wrong.
From The Guardian ● Dec. 23, 2012
Birds are warbling in the leafy trees; gardens are overflowing with roses and carnations; fields and mountain slopes are ablaze with color; and a sunny sky smiles dreamily upon the glories of a summer day.
From Our Holidays Their Meaning and Spirit; retold from St. Nicholas by Various
The swans are warbling your name and so are half a dozen pesky Yankee Parrotts.
From The Long Roll by Mary Johnston
A gentle wind is rushing through it now; the faint murmur of some "hidden brook," singing its "quiet tune," fall upon the ear; some happy birds are warbling in the thickets.
From Mrs. Geoffrey by Duchess
