Example Sentences

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When he meets adults he stares at them and takes them in, then kindly smiles and gurgles and lets them pat him, ruffle his hair, and take his face in their hands.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 26, 2025

On a visit to a Texas ostrich farm, the researchers recorded 11 types of calls, ranging from high frequency peeps and gurgles in baby ostriches to low frequency boos and booms in adult males.

From Science Daily • May 23, 2024

They also sound very different — while humpback whales are known for their haunting songs, gray whales make gurgles, grunts and croaks.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 5, 2024

They spent the night in cabins with no doors or windows, the better to let nighttime mountain breezes and the gurgles of the river lull them to sleep.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 27, 2023

Out in the kitchen, the coffeepot gurgles, and the smell of afternoon espresso snakes its way through the house.

From "Merci Suárez Changes Gears" by Meg Medina