warbled; warbling
ˈwȯr-b(ə-)liŋ 
1
: to sing in a trilling manner or with many turns and variations
2
: to become sounded with trills, quavers, and rapid modulations in pitch
3
: sing
: to render with turns, runs, or rapid modulations : trill
1
: a swelling under the skin especially of the back of cattle, horses, and wild mammals caused by infestation with maggots of a botfly or warble fly
2
: the maggot of a warble fly
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Examples of warble in a Sentence
Noun (1)
whistled a cheerful warble as he strolled down the street
Verb
Birds were warbling in the trees.
He warbled his way through the song.
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Dylan Green, Vulture, 20 Feb. 2024
Phoenix, on the other hand, warbles and screeches through his numbers.
—Alex Abad-Santos, Vox, 4 Oct. 2024
Patrick Ryan, USA TODAY, 3 Oct. 2024
This is the iconic horror baddie he was meant to play, a deeply unnerving dollmaker who warbles with musical malevolence, confounds the law with his Zodiac-like ciphers, and lives for glam rock and killing sprees.
—Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 11 July 2024
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Noun
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
Phoenix, on the other hand, warbles and screeches through his numbers.
—Alex Abad-Santos, Vox, 4 Oct. 2024
Verb
Rita also sings a variety of jazz standards, and in one early scene, brings a crowd to tears warbling an original tune for her 9-year-old son (Elliott Heffernan).
—Patrick Ryan, USA TODAY, 3 Oct. 2024
This is the iconic horror baddie he was meant to play, a deeply unnerving dollmaker who warbles with musical malevolence, confounds the law with his Zodiac-like ciphers, and lives for glam rock and killing sprees.
—Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 11 July 2024
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“Warble.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/warble. Accessed 28 Nov. 2024.
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