babbling brook
Britishnoun
Etymology
Origin of babbling brook
rhyming slang
Example Sentences
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The big vistas gradually gave way to a sunny cruise alongside a babbling brook.
From New York Times • Mar. 2, 2023
“It takes me to a different place. I envision birds and a babbling brook, and Cupid zipping from cloud to cloud,” he says.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 15, 2023
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
When Ouiser sees squirrels running up and down a tree or hears a babbling brook, her ears perk up, he said.
From Seattle Times • Dec. 10, 2021
The birds had hushed their songs for their midday siesta, and the babbling brook at our feet had grown less garrulous, as if in sympathy with the rest of nature, when the torch was applied.
From Blazing The Way True Stories, Songs and Sketches of Puget Sound by Denny, Emily Inez
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