warble
verb (used without object)
to sing or whistle with trills, quavers, or melodic embellishments.
have warbled
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present perfectof warble.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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Leona Lewis, a former stage school and Brit School attendee, would surely still have warbled her way to some sort of success.
From The Guardian ● Feb. 14, 2019
Other poets have warbled the praises of the soft eye of the antelope, and the lovely plumage of the bird that never alights; less celestial, I celebrate a tail.
From Moby Dick, or, the whale by Herman Melville
That their land is bright and they weep no more, I have warbled from hill to hill, But my plaintive strains should have told before, They love, oh! they love you still.
From Heart Utterances at Various Periods of a Chequered Life by Eliza Paul Gurney
My wife has touched it on her harpsichord, and her little ones have warbled it.
From The Virginians by William Makepeace Thackeray
The Tail Other poets have warbled the praises of the soft eye of the antelope, and the lovely plumage of the bird that never alights; less celestial, I celebrate a tail.
From Moby Dick: or, the White Whale by Herman Melville
