warble
verb (used without object)
to sing or whistle with trills, quavers, or melodic embellishments.
were 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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As a youth, he was enchanted by those sirens of British socialism, Beatrice and Sidney Webb, who were warbling their Fabian lays over the bleaching bones of Karl Marx.
From Time Magazine Archive
The birds too were warbling forth a happy song; not, however, with the full swelling chorus of spring, but yet sufficiently to give cheerfulness to the otherwise silent woods.
From The Log House by the Lake A Tale of Canada by William Henry Giles Kingston
Birds of beautiful plumage still lingered in the woods, and were warbling their farewell notes previous to their return to a more southern latitude.
From Pencil Sketches or, Outlines of Character and Manners by Eliza Leslie
The setting sun was sending shafts of ruddy gold between the slender stems of the young ash-trees; the wild flowers seemed to be smiling at me; and birds were warbling sweet melodies.
From Mauprat by Stanley Young
The sun was just setting, and behind us the dark outlines of the trees stood out against the orange-colored sky, while hundreds of birds were warbling and twittering around.
From Adventures of a Young Naturalist by Parker Gillmore
