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Example sentences for "gurgling"

Lexicographically close words:
gurdy; gurgite; gurgle; gurgled; gurgles; gurl; gurls; gurly; gurnard; gurnards
  1. When I inserted the spigot I still heard a gurgling sound, as of the rush of water through a narrow passage.

  2. The work was commenced, and the liquor was running out, making a gurgling noise, when down came the collector with a numerous posse at his heels!

  3. Pulling open the door with difficulty, he seated himself on the cellar stairs to watch a delightful new spectacle--frothing, gurgling water making its way across the floor towards the stairs.

  4. As he passed the cellar door he heard a soft gurgling and promptly changed course.

  5. The bird frequents the most picturesque streams, perching on the dry boulders, with the water gurgling and splashing about him.

  6. The hoarse gurgling call of the capercailzie fell through the pine-glades.

  7. In its extremity it made no further effort when she drew close: only a gurgling sob showed its broken heart, and great tears fell from its violet eyes.

  8. A thin voice was in her ears that was not the lap of the tide or the cluck of water gurgling in and out of holes and crannies.

  9. It had its full effect on Herr Carovius: his unleashed laughter was immediately converted into a gurgling titter.

  10. For an instant the unfortunate wretch sank despairingly on the wet and rugged floor of the cave; then a terrible gurgling beneath his feet warned him of the approaching torrent, and, collecting all his energies, he scrambled up the incline.

  11. The only sounds that broke the silence were the gurgling of the water below him, and the Tap tap, Tap tap, of Pine's hammers at work upon the new partition.

  12. He tried to shout, but was capable of nothing more than a gurgling grunt.

  13. The Swede prostrate against the wall wriggled and emitted a low gurgling noise through his gag.

  14. The stout man bent double in profound bows, dropping his hat to the very ground, gurgling something almost inarticulate with excitement: "Mrs. MacAllister!

  15. And the sweat came out on Harvey's forehead as the stuff poured out, gurgling enticingly as it broke from the bottle's mouth.

  16. Cyril obeyed, and took up his position on a stone in the gurgling stream, to stand listening to the soft patter of the mules within, and to the faint whispers which came time after time from where he had left the colonel and John Manning.

  17. When the flood began pouring into the cave-trough and gurgling down the pipe, Johnny fixed his eyes upon the hole through which his ball had taken its unlucky leap, and stared with anxious expectation.

  18. The thin pole would tip up with a jerk, and he would sink gurgling and coughing to his death.

  19. Heads kept bobbing up like corks, and sinking with a gurgling noise.

  20. The sharp bows cleaved the lumpy water, sending it gurgling to the paddles that slashed it, and whirled it aside.

  21. Upon our gaining the Harvey however the scene somewhat changed; the river here bore the appearance of a mountain trout-stream, sometimes gurgling along with a rapid current, and sometimes forming large pools.

  22. The men pulled hard, but the doctor shook his head and laid down his gun, for the pig's snout disappeared with a horrible last gurgling wail.

  23. But the little stream's gurgling whisper was the only voice, and in all the weird jungle there was no movement but for the unfolding of the vegetation where they had passed.

  24. Torture, burning, or the cool wash of a black wave gurgling over one's head?

  25. I must have seemed some water monster to the poor beaver; for there was a scurrying, scampering and gurgling off into the river.

  26. Somebody shouted an answer, and the steamer swung out, lifting a row of wet plates out of the water and burying them again with a gurgling splash.

  27. Part of it poured over the forward head ledge into the open well, and the rest sluiced foaming down the slanted deck to lee, through which she lurched clear, with the water splashing and gurgling inside her.

  28. The combers still came surging after them crested with glittering froth, though they no longer broke about the rail, and there was a constant gurgling and splashing of water inside the lurching vessel.

  29. There was water below him, but there was less than he expected, and he could not hear any more pouring in, though he recognized that this would have been difficult on account of the gurgling and splashing that was going on.

  30. By degrees the struggling grew less violent--and a gurgling sound succeeded the moans of the Jewish lady.

  31. The miscreant, mortally wounded, rolled over on the grass with a gurgling sound coming from between his lips; and Jack Rily was immediately upon him, brandishing the fatal weapon.

  32. Shah de Perse instantly jumped himself to the Major's knee and broke forth, in response to a savant rubbing of his soft little jowls, into his gurgling purr.

  33. But the lad had no life left in him, and lay like a log there, while each wave that struck and rolled hissing and gurgling through the channels between the rocks seemed to drag at him and seek to suck him down into the darkness.

  34. They got into the skiff, threw off the line, and pulled back to the Fort House; that is, Field pulled and Colman lay in the stern and listened to the water gurgling under the boat.

  35. A slight gurgling also came from the bed, where Dr.

  36. The light and the chimes both faded away, the window reopened, and a soft gurgling came from the bathroom.

  37. It was evident that something displeased him, but who would have dreamed that it was the gurgling mite in the flannel blanket?


  38. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "gurgling" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
    Other words:
    babbling; gurgle; lapping; splashing