Example Sentences

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"I was just part of this greater thing, or place, or force, or energy," he drivels, like a semi-articulate hippy.

From The Guardian • Apr. 10, 2011

He desires to vomit; he drivels, and swallows his drivel, pretending to enjoy this little amusement.

From The Kreutzer Sonata and Other Stories by Tucker, Benjamin R.

I weep when I note how she drivels;   I sigh o'er her fake philanthropies; I am pained when I see how she frivols,   Like a kitten, with serious topics.

From Hermione's Group of Thinkers by Marquis, Don

The dog that has genuine rabies grows sullen, it hides in comers, and it snaps at everything presented to it A sticky, frothy mucus drivels from its mouth and its eyes become red.

From Essays In Pastoral Medicine by ?Malley, Austin

When charity drivels it ought to be turned off by justice!

From Hidden Hand by Southworth, Emma Dorothy Eliza Nevitte