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Grammar : Adj
Spell : ram-bling
Phonetic Transcription : ˈræm blɪŋ



Definition of rambling

Origin :
  • 1623, present participle adjective from ramble (v.).
  • adj disconnected, wordy
  • adj sprawling, spread out
Example sentences :
  • We had to keep watch all last night over the horses to keep them from rambling.
  • Extract from : « Explorations in Australia » by John Forrest
  • But this is rambling far from the momentous twenty-first of June, my day of triumph.
  • Extract from : « The Fortune Hunter » by Louis Joseph Vance
  • A girl, a well born girl, rambling the woods all night with her fiancé!
  • Extract from : « The Innocent Adventuress » by Mary Hastings Bradley
  • It was a rambling old place that seemed to have been cut out of a barn.
  • Extract from : « His Masterpiece » by Emile Zola
  • He was lying hard on the place of his pain and rambling in delirium.
  • Extract from : « The Manxman » by Hall Caine
  • She stared about in fear lest some one might be overhearing his rambling talk.
  • Extract from : « The Wall Street Girl » by Frederick Orin Bartlett
  • Sir Archy did not wait for the conclusion of this rambling reply.
  • Extract from : « The O'Donoghue » by Charles James Lever
  • After rambling about for half an hour, we entered the hall where the bank was held.
  • Extract from : « The Memoires of Casanova, Complete » by Jacques Casanova de Seingalt
  • The letter was a long and rambling one which need not be reproduced here.
  • Extract from : « Dave Porter At Bear Camp » by Edward Stratemeyer
  • Also, Juan, in his rambling way, spoke of grotesque animals.
  • Extract from : « Astounding Stories of Super-Science, June, 1930 » by Various

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