as in splashed
to flow in a broken irregular stream
the tiny stream gurgled down the rocky slope and joined the larger river at the bottom of the hill
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Recent Examples of gurgled
Serene spa music, a blend of classical piano and loudly chirping birds, trilled in the background as the machine sloshed and gurgled.
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Deborah Vankin, Los Angeles Times, 6 Apr. 2026
Luis was dressed in his hospital pyjamas; his pained breathing fogged his mask while the oxygen canister gurgled and whirred.
—Literary Hub, 16 Mar. 2026
Deborah Vankin, Los Angeles Times, 6 Apr. 2026
Luis was dressed in his hospital pyjamas; his pained breathing fogged his mask while the oxygen canister gurgled and whirred.
—Literary Hub, 16 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for gurgled
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Thirteen minutes later, after their heat shield endured reentry temperatures of some 5,000 degrees, the spacecraft safely splashed down.—
William Harwood,
CBS News,
16 Apr. 2026
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The mission, which served as a critical test flight ahead of a moon landing targeted for 2028, ended April 10 when the astronauts aboard the Orion vehicle splashed down in the Pacific Ocean near San Diego.—
Eric Lagatta,
USA Today,
16 Apr. 2026
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The Earth Tone Collection currently offers several neutral colors—desert sand, warm beige, dune taupe, washed khaki, dusty olive, soft clay, muted terracotta and light stone—and the clients can create other custom colors.—
Angela Velasquez,
Footwear News,
10 Apr. 2026
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Hands washed, face refreshed, maybe a little skincare moment.—
Meredith Lepore,
Travel + Leisure,
9 Apr. 2026
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The prospect has been lighting up meteorology forums and bubbled into the mainstream consciousness this week with the release of an outlook by the European Center for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts indicating that sea surface temperatures could exceed the seasonal average by 2 degrees Celsius.—
Alex Wigglesworth,
Los Angeles Times,
9 Apr. 2026
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Anxiety over Curry’s return has bubbled for a while.—
Noah Furtado,
Houston Chronicle,
5 Apr. 2026
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Bristowe shared a video of herself in a post-op bra with drains attached, as fluid dripped through tubes.—
Rachel Raposas,
PEOPLE,
7 Apr. 2026
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Essential Drip Glossy Balm in the shade skinny dripped and the brand's Mélange à Trois Blush & Highlight Stick in the shade sweet talker to apply her look in the car.—
Chanel Vargas,
InStyle,
3 Apr. 2026
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Tents rippled in the breeze, and children played on the sand against a backdrop of shattered buildings.—
Wafaa Shurafa,
Los Angeles Times,
10 Apr. 2026
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The town’s operating premise is that what happened to Roosevelt in the Badlands eventually rippled out over the rest of the nation.—
Beverly Gage,
The Atlantic,
5 Apr. 2026
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Despite being an oil-producing country experiencing modest economic growth, young people say the benefits have not trickled down beyond the elites.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
16 Apr. 2026
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The Wild responded with Yurov’s second goal in as many nights, a close-range shot that trickled past Ducks goalie Lukas Dostal.—
Jess Myers,
Twin Cities,
15 Apr. 2026
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“Gurgled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gurgled. Accessed 17 Apr. 2026.
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