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Synonyms for warbling


Grammar : Verb
Spell : wawr-buh l
Phonetic Transcription : ˈwɔr bəl



Définition of warbling

Origin :
  • c.1300, from Old North French werbler "to sing with trills and quavers," from Frankish *werbilon (cf. Old High German wirbil "whirlwind," German Wirbel "whirl, whirlpool, tuning peg, vertebra," Middle Dutch wervelen "to turn, whirl"); see whirl. The noun meaning "tune, melody" is recorded from c.1300. Related: Warbled; warbling.
  • verb sing
  • verb trill
Example sentences :
  • Very soon I heard a low, warbling sound which seemed quite near.
  • Extract from : « Green Mansions » by W. H. Hudson
  • Above him all the birds were warbling their morning song up into the blue sky.
  • Extract from : « What Sami Sings with the Birds » by Johanna Spyri
  • And whilst she was warbling the door of the salle opened and in walked Laurent.
  • Extract from : « Despair's Last Journey » by David Christie Murray
  • The swans are warbling your name and so are half a dozen pesky Yankee Parrotts.
  • Extract from : « The Long Roll » by Mary Johnston
  • It must be near to her: it was warbling there, perhaps she could grasp it with her hand.
  • Extract from : « Debts of Honor » by Maurus Jkai
  • There's a warbling waggoner in it, and his team jingling their bells.
  • Extract from : « The Violin » by George Hart
  • They are warbling words to music, but they are not singing, for the meaning is not there.
  • Extract from : « Spirit and Music » by H. Ernest Hunt
  • It was as if an angel had come to earth, and were warbling the airs of paradise.
  • Extract from : « The Rover of the Andes » by R.M. Ballantyne
  • Since it was Toners it would be the fathers side; not the warbling mothers.
  • Extract from : « Adrienne Toner » by Anne Douglas Sedgwick
  • But over all rang the warbling and chattering of birds, from out the forest shade.
  • Extract from : « The Quest » by Frederik van Eeden

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