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Recent Examples of warble
Noun
Enigma transmissions, in Morse code, were identified by their stereotypical military format, while the distinctive warble of the SZ42’s radioteletype signals was instantly recognizable.—IEEE Spectrum, 4 Feb. 2025 Diddy’s beat warbles like sheet metal slammed against the ground while Usher sings about maintaining a relationship that’s beginning to fall apart.—Dylan Green, Vulture, 20 Feb. 2024
Verb
Peggy Seeger’s 1957 recording of it is a brisk, warbling take with arpeggiated acoustic guitar — a classic example of the kind of carefree-songbird tunes from the early folk revival.—Ben Sisario, New York Times, 24 Feb. 2025 To lend the appearance of vitality, junk cars driven by mannequins populated the parking lot to the backdrop of warbling holiday tapes played on low-fidelity loudspeakers.—Douglas C. Towne, The Arizona Republic, 18 Dec. 2024 See All Example Sentences for warble
Popular in the Motor City region for more than four decades, Franks always draws adoring crowds to savor his sophisticated melodies and witty, sometimes risqué lyrics.
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Duante Beddingfield,
Freep.com,
10 Aug. 2025
Steep, wide banks, not yet filled out by native plants and wildflowers, already greet passersby with a melody of birdsong.
Liverpool’s forever No 20 was celebrated in song before, during and after the game.
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James Pearce,
New York Times,
16 Aug. 2025
While working on his as-yet-untitled debut album, Benjamin was heavily involved in Bieber’s SWAG, co-writing and/or co-producing 11 songs and featuring on the title track alongside Cash Cobain.
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