babble
verb (used without object)
to utter sounds or words imperfectly, indistinctly, or without meaning.
has been babbling
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present perfect progressiveof babble (3rd person singular).present perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that began in the past, has continued continuously, and is still in progress.
Example Sentences
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I see now that no one has been babbling to you.
From The Hour and the Man, An Historical Romance by Harriet Martineau
My servant has been babbling; our marriage is discovered, without my consent.
From The Love-Tiff by Molière
I see,—Ferdy has been babbling of his visions and his dreams.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 02, No. 11, September, 1858 by Various
Mrs. Lutwidge has been babbling, that she will go to Portsmouth with the Admiral; who says, he shall be so fully employed that he cannot be much with her.
From The Letters of Lord Nelson to Lady Hamilton, Vol. I. With A Supplement Of Interesting Letters By Distinguished Characters by Horatio Nelson
