warble
verb (used without object)
to sing or whistle with trills, quavers, or melodic embellishments.
was warbling
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past progressiveof warble.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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They were all supposed to be listening to a Christmas broadcast by Mrs. Weasley’s favorite singer, Celestina Warbeck, whose voice was warbling out of the large wooden wireless set.
From "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" by J.K. Rowling
A Synthetic Music machine was warbling out a super-cornet solo.
From "Brave New World" by Aldous Huxley
At the same instant she hears a thrilling song from a tree, which was warbling like a bird.
From Basque Legends With an Essay on the Basque Language by Wentworth Webster
Her great brown eyes looked into mine and inspired me with such confidence that soon I was warbling as freely as if I were at home alone.
From Geraldine Farrar The Story of an American Singer by Geraldine Farrar
At one corner a street singer was warbling, stopping frequently to cough the lava dust from his throat or shake it from his beloved mandolin.
From Aunt Jane's Nieces Abroad by L. Frank (Lyman Frank) Baum
