burble
verb (used without object)
to make a bubbling sound; bubble.
burbles
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present tense formof burble (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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Birds sing and the Lukaya River burbles along the valley floor.
From Barron's ● Nov. 26, 2025
“If you want to get metaphysical about it, it’s layers of human experience that may still be reverberating,” she said, thinking about the prehistoric ooze that burbles under Wilshire Boulevard.
From New York Times ● Apr. 30, 2024
One line of evidence came from isotope measurements of helium that burbles up in Tibetan springs.
From Science Magazine ● Jan. 9, 2024
The creek, a tributary to the wild Chinook-bearing Chehalis River, burbles beneath the ridge.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 23, 2023
Emasculated by dams and diversion canals, the lower Colorado burbles indolently from reservoir to reservoir through some of the hottest, starkest country on the continent.
From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer
