garbling
- present participle of garble.
Example Sentences
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It uses a different mechanism than the Merck drug, which disables the virus by garbling its genome and has raised concerns about its potential to cause mutations in people’s cells.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 5, 2021
On the twice-as-expensive and open-back Ether Flows, the same can sometimes sound like distortion or garbling.
From The Verge ● Jul. 30, 2018
Kaling keeps garbling her line – “It’s amazing what can happen when you accept the love that’s given to you” – and apologises.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 15, 2018
Disembodied utterances jumped about the room, were piped out of different speakers and were sometimes superimposed, garbling any attempt at comprehension.
From New York Times ● Oct. 31, 2016
Later editions of her Surinam book were needlessly reorganized according to different classification systems, garbling and misrepresenting her findings.
From "The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science" by Joyce Sidman
