warble
verb (used without object)
to sing or whistle with trills, quavers, or melodic embellishments.
is warbling
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present progressiveof warble (3rd person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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Fast forward six years, and Julie Andrews is warbling that the hills are alive.
From The Guardian ● Feb. 27, 2020
The bird of paradise is warbling; will they not hear?
From Bahá’u’lláh and the New Era by J. E. (John Ebenezer) Esslemont
The ocean-tide 's swelling, its fury is quelling, In salute of thunder proclaiming your due; And, methinks, that the hum of a welcome is come, And is warbling the Jorram to you.
From The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume III The Songs of Scotland of the Past Half Century by Charles Rogers
In the swamp, in secluded recesses, A shy and hidden bird is warbling a song.
From Poems By Walt Whitman by William Michael Rossetti
IV In the swamp in secluded recesses, A shy and hidden bird is warbling a song.
From Our American Holidays: Lincoln's Birthday A Comprehensive View of Lincoln as Given in the Most Noteworthy Essays, Orations and Poems, in Fiction and in Lincoln's Own Writings by Robert Haven Schauffler
