gabble
verb (used without object)
to speak or converse rapidly and unintelligibly; jabber.
were gabbling
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past progressiveof gabble.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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Ruth slipped away easily after that, for the other girls were gabbling so fast over the invitation for the early summer vacation, that they did not notice her departure.
From Ruth Fielding At Sunrise Farm What Became of the Raby Orphans by Alice B. Emerson
Nothing imparted—nothing acquired—talking without ideas:—if any thing like thought in my mind, it was not on the subjects on which we were gabbling.
From Life of Lord Byron, Vol. 3 With His Letters and Journals by Thomas Moore
Nothing imparted— nothing acquired—talking without ideas:—if any thing like thought in my mind, it was not on the subjects on which we were gabbling.
From The Works of Lord Byron: Letters and Journals. Vol. 2 by Rowland Edmund Prothero, Baron Ernle
Voices were gabbling noisily and quite a crowd was gathered at the main entrance.
From The Spoilers of the Valley by Robert Watson
A minute since they were gabbling, one against another, of future deeds of prowess--of dazzling achievements; now not one among the startled herd had courage to sacrifice himself--to save his lord from the dilemma.
From The Curse of Koshiu A Chronicle of Old Japan by Lewis Wingfield
