Example Sentences

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The developed world may think it has cracked the problem, but trouble is gurgling away underground.

From Nature • Jun. 13, 2012

After dusty decades on the back shelves of gourmet shops, the liquid is gurgling forth as the drink of the hour, dampening demands for the vodka-and-tonic and the glass of white wine.

From Time Magazine Archive

Bacon is sizzling on the stovetop; the coffeepot is gurgling in its corner.

From "I Can Make This Promise" by Christine Day

“The lapping of water. It is gurgling by, and little waves leap. I can hear them on the outside.”

From "Dracula" by Bram Stoker

Many are cheerful when a sparkling rill of pleasure is gurgling in their hearts, or when prosperity encircles them, or looms up gorgeously in their prospective vision.

From Nurse and Spy in the Union Army The Adventures and Experiences of a Woman in Hospitals, Camps, and Battle-Fields by Edmonds, S. Emma E.