babbling

The gates happened to have been manually disconnected at the time for maintenance, and the dam was actually just a narrow, 20-foot-high structure holding back a babbling brook.
America’s Drinking Water Is Surprisingly Easy to Poison|by Peter Elkind and Jack Gillum|March 17, 2021|ProPublica
Language was no barrier; just about every tongue on the planet was babbling away, caught up in the elaborate mystique of a cult.
Sherlock Holmes Vs. Jack the Ripper|Clive Irving|November 16, 2014|DAILY BEAST
I realize now that I spoke to her in paragraphs, babbling on and on, while she talked sparingly but concisely.
Marilyn and Me: On the 50th Anniversary of Monroe’s Death|Lawrence Schiller|August 5, 2012|DAILY BEAST
Children splash around in the babbling river where the infection began, women washing and bathing on rocks in the sun.
United Nations Still Denies its Troops Brought Cholera to Haiti|Jonathan M. Katz|April 4, 2012|DAILY BEAST

There was no babbling brook in the background—just the sound of New York traffic.
Wedding Bells at N.Y. City Hall|Jessica Bennett|July 25, 2011|DAILY BEAST
But that arch-fiend had been deserted by the majority of his followers, and he was babbling of suicide to his fellow Brahmins.
The Red Year|Louis Tracy
He broke off in his speculations, for the notary was babbling something again.
Jack Harkaway's Boy Tinker Among The Turks|Bracebridge Hemyng
Her presence gave importance to everything,—the song of a bird, the opening of a humble little flower, the babbling of water.
Unveiling a Parallel|Alice Ilgenfritz Jones and Ella Marchant
But the Dean had fallen on his knees before her, and was babbling out prayers for pardon and vows of reform.
Punch, Or The London Charivari, Vol. 99., December 27, 1890|Various
Then he saw a little blue flower, shaped just like a bell, hanging on a stem over a small babbling brook of water.
Uncle Wiggily's Travels|Howard R. Garis

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