bubble
noun
a nearly spherical body of gas contained in a liquid.
bubbled
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past participleof bubble.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof bubble.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
bubblenouna nearly spherical body of gas contained in a liquid.
Example Sentences
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The source of the stench was the canal itself, a stretch of sewage, chemicals and other unmentionables in “green water that hissed and bubbled like a witch’s cauldron.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 9, 2026
By depicting Oklahoma rez life through the eyes of the restless teenagers raised on movies that romanticize escaping home to find themselves, Harjo’s stories bubbled over with joy and ridiculousness.
From Salon ● Jul. 1, 2026
Sometimes called “massives,” these embryonic raves bubbled underground, often in former industrial districts with available, frequently forgotten spaces.
From Slate ● Jun. 25, 2026
“It bubbled up into one big cauldron of discontent.”
From Los Angeles Times ● May 1, 2026
Our next-door neighbor and her sons had set up a table on sawhorses nearby, and a caldron of water bubbled over the fire in the pit, tended by some people I didn’t recognize.
From "When I Was Puerto Rican" by Esmeralda Santiago
