gurgling rale

[ gûr′glĭng ]

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A coarse sound heard in auscultation over large cavities or the trachea when nearly filled with secretions.

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They boil the leaves of the guayusa tree in the gurgling centerpiece, and gently sip its tea-like drink.
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Oulson can be heard gurgling, gasping, his lungs crackling, the sounds of someone drowning in his own blood.
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There was a minute of silence save for the gurgling of liquid running out of a bottle into an eager mouth.
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Three more were followed by a low, gurgling scream that rose and wavered on the night air, dying slowly away.
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The gurgling of the little stream by which they walked was the only sound other than that of their footsteps that they heard.
The Adventure Girls at K Bar O|Clair Blank
The girl's earliest memories were of the cozy log-cabin upon the banks of the limpid, gurgling creek.
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She was waving a twig of lavender, and little Martha was making grabs at it, and laughing her gurgling laugh of babyish glee.
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