as in quavering
to sing with the alternation of two musical tones
the skylark warbled prettily outside our window
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for warbling
Verb
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The blast furnace of volcanoes has fallen silent, replaced by birdsong trilling from the branches and echoing through a garden of exotic stone.—
Roger Naylor,
AZCentral.com,
29 Aug. 2025 -
Expect to marvel at saddles blanketed in blueberries and multi-hued wildflowers, marmots trilling their warnings, ibex perched on rocky spines, and neon critters that wiggle and hop underfoot.—
Wendy Altschuler,
Forbes.com,
16 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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What makes these moments so powerful is the level of creativity, production, and storytelling quality that fans bring to their creations, transforming casual fandom into shared content that feels polished, inventive, and culturally resonant.—
Forbes.com,
Forbes.com,
11 Sep. 2025
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Led by scientists at the National Synchrotron Light Source II (NSLS-II) at Brookhaven National Laboratory, the team used a technique called resonant inelastic X-ray scattering (RIXS).—
Aman Tripathi,
Interesting Engineering,
11 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Ditto the auxiliary singers, particularly Greene, who paired a deep, sonorous bass range with enthusiastic dance moves that underlined the across-the-board camaraderie.—
Bob Gendron,
Chicago Tribune,
20 July 2025
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On Pressing Onward, Freedia is creating her own religious experience of sorts — one that marries the powerful peaks and sonorous valleys of gospel with the irrepressible, relentless energy of bounce.—
Joe Lynch,
Billboard,
23 June 2025
Adjective
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His flow, while indeed reminiscent of Max B, has its own melodic pocket that could easily fit in the context of jazz or pop music.—
Jeff Ihaza,
Rolling Stone,
12 Sep. 2025
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Tintinnabuli was inspired, in part, by Pärt’s interest in much earlier styles of Christian music, including Gregorian chant – the single-voice singing of Roman Catholicism – and Renaissance polyphony, which weaves together multiple melodic lines.—
Jeffers Engelhardt,
The Conversation,
10 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Pálmason’s follow-up to his austere 19th-century drama Godland is a constantly surprising film with an immaculate sense of framing and pacing—and an evocative, dulcet piano score by Harry Hunt—dotted with idiosyncratic flights of fancy that never detract from the central emotional authenticity.—
Jill Goldsmith,
Deadline,
5 Aug. 2025
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This time, the message is accompanied by a one-minute countdown clock and the dulcet sounds of Frank Sinatra’s vocals.—
Maggie Fremont,
Vulture,
18 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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This is especially appealing to syndicators, fund managers, and portfolio builders who want unified management across multiple markets.—
Matt Emma,
USA Today,
12 Sep. 2025
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That said, the idea is visually appealing, and some specific applications have made heavier use of the concept.—
Cameron Kaiser,
ArsTechnica,
12 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Room for two, a supple ride, a gorgeous view over a curved hood, perfect flow of air up and over the windshield and cockpit with virtually no backsplash to disrupt pleasant conversation, and the ability at any time to experience a rush of power and speed when the moment calls.—
Mark Ewing,
Forbes.com,
14 Sep. 2025
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Enfield is a pleasant, unremarkable suburb of north London.—
Michael Cox,
New York Times,
14 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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The rhythmic beat takes us on a love story full of sensuality, something that these Colombian and Colombian-Mexican groups handle perfectly.—
Tere Aguilera,
Billboard,
12 Sep. 2025
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This rhythmic driving can create new forms of order that are impossible to achieve in equilibrium, revealing phenomena beyond the reach of conventional phases of matter.—
Georgina Jedikovska,
Interesting Engineering,
11 Sep. 2025
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“Warbling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/warbling. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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