| 单词 | jabbering |
| 例句 | In the meantime, he mopped the bathrooms while Somkit sat nearby, jabbering away. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z Except for Stargirl jabbering in my ear, the usual raucous chatter was absent. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z As wizards and witches attempted to consult the papers before them, sundry pixies and fairies whirled around their heads, giggling and jabbering. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Cain has slipped away from the still-packed amphitheater, unnoticed by the jabbering crowd. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z If Ruth May had been feeling up to snuff she’d have already climbed aboard and started jabbering with the Fowles children in probably all those languages plus French and Siamese. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z This guy was real desperate for a friend because even though I wouldn’t say much back to him he kept jabbering away at me all through class. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z James has his hand under my elbow as support, and is jabbering a mix of garbled concern. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z “Enough jabbering about rules and monsters,” Grandpa said, standing up. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z The baby came to life then and she could hear it, could hear its hungry grunts, its gurgles and jabbering. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z The moment the cover had been removed, they had started jabbering and rocketing around, rattling the bars and making bizarre faces at the people nearest them. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z The cast was jabbering, tugging at their clothes, too excited about themselves to pay attention to anyone else. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z The chickens in the cages were alive and cramped, jabbering, in their boxy prisons. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z Instead of Rufus jabbering away at me a mile a minute in school he scooted around in his seat so all I could see was his back. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z She began to talk excitedly, jabbering the details. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z One pack of jabbering mutts charged across a field, threatening first to deafen him, then to trample him to death, then to tear him slobberingly, teeth-clickingly from limb to limb. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z It was smelly and very noisy because the occupants of these cages were all squeaking, squawking, jabbering, or hissing. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z On the other side of the room, Fleur was jabbering away in French to her mother. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z She’d piloted us expertly through a chaotic market, jabbering with street vendors. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z Mundín is jabbering away about the gun he got to hold. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z He had seen his fill of people eating and drinking and acting like clowns, jabbering like ... so that's it: jabbering, dropping clues. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z They talk loudly, jabbering away to each other in American. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z “So we probably shouldn’t be standing around jabbering at each other. Time to put our noses to the grindstone.” Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z I have to admit, that discouraged me at first: hearing the little kids jabbering away in Kikongo. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Pixies produce a high-pitched jabbering intelligible only to other pixies. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z But Poppy leaned across the aisle jabbering so fast, she could barely notice the color of the sky. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z The Sparra soldiers piled in on him, jabbering, clawing and pecking. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z Against the sound of the train clacking along, the waiters were jabbering the customers’ orders, the cooks operated like machines, and five hundred miles of dirty pots and dishes and silverware rattled back to me. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z She looked at the faces in the sea of pink-skinned people who stood around pointing at the captives and jabbering in their language as each of the slaves was described. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z In one of them there came a sound like a crowd of people talking, screaming, and jabbering, and I went in to see what was going on. This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Even Pollard, who had been jabbering gaily with reporters since his arrival, stopped talking. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z We pour out into a throng of people from all over the country, and everybody is jabbering about how it’s their first time off the surface. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z "I’m drinking everything mentioned however peripherally in every Pynchon book and jabbering a bit about what it’s like," reads the first post, in May of this year. Drinking with Thomas Pynchon 2014-06-25T04:00:00Z And the views, while spectacular, were marred by teeming people, jabbering away, taking selfies, staring at those selfsame selfies instead of staring at Half Dome, the valley, the falls. For hikers, Yosemite National Park rewards originality 2019-04-25T04:00:00Z At times, it’s true, the jabbering caricatures of conniving Southern women serve witless ends, as in “The Gnädiges Fräulein,” a freaky hootenanny with obscure meaning from 1966 that isn’t actually very funny. Theater: New Light, Long After His Sun Set 2011-02-13T01:06:05Z After dinner, we strolled through the center of Tarrytown, jabbering nonstop. Firefighter Chases Woman Down Street 2020-02-21T05:00:00Z Usually while I was jabbering at her because I loved talking, even then. ‘I stood there, mouth gaping, words stuck’: how a comedian cured her stammer 2018-12-08T05:00:00Z Neither the stylist nor hair-washing person were all that chatty; I learned nothing of their lives, and they seemed at most bemused by my own jabbering. The Beauty of Frugal Rome: Some of the Best Things are Free 2012-09-28T19:09:16Z “And yet, many of these same men expect none of those characteristics from Trump, who is a vain, cowardly, lying, vulgar, jabbering blowhard,” he writes. Perspective | The weird masculinity of Donald Trump 2020-07-15T04:00:00Z The two are jabbering away in the back of the car. Charlotte Church: my private life 2012-10-05T21:59:00Z I got onto an elevator and The Talker was still jabbering at me as the doors closed between us. Perspective | Carolyn Hax: His daughter is moving, and he feels like he’s been sent packing 2020-01-01T05:00:00Z What they cover up is Wilson's own rejection of a modernity that has replaced Dante's "common culture" with a jarring, jabbering diversity of tribal cults and personal belief systems. Dante in Love by AN Wilson ? review 2011-07-15T08:00:01Z I couldn't understand why no one named the misogyny they watched happily, usually jabbering at length about the artistry of the film and especially the director. Louis C.K. and Hollywood’s Canon of Creeps 2017-11-12T05:00:00Z The editors are like detectives, following phrases back to times when Anglo-Saxons were jabbering about peasants and overlords. Oxford Dictionary Adds 'Fo' Shizzle,' 'Masshole' and 'Hot Mess' 2015-06-24T04:00:00Z Indeed, as one friend told me this, the image of a jabbering woman being thrown into a dumpster came to mind. Darling Nikki 2016-12-27T05:00:00Z Having charmed moviegoers in two "Despicable Me" adventures, the jabbering, pill-shaped underlings known as minions are ready to take center stage in their own namesake movie. 'Minions' looks to master growing genre of animated spinoffs 2015-07-09T04:00:00Z Translation: close-ups of jabbering, screaming and retching, occasionally with a cockroach or tarantula scurrying across the face. Extreme haunted house: inside the real life kingdom of masochists 2015-10-30T04:00:00Z The man was jabbering loudly about his dinner plans — on his phone. Perspective | People can’t put their phones down, and it’s ruining museums 2018-05-07T04:00:00Z Often enough it is Mr. Morgan, but he gallantly allows himself to be upstaged from time to time by Seann William Scott, playing a jabbering narrative contrivance who steals a valuable baseball card from Jimmy. Movie Review | 'Cop Out': The Buddy-Police Recipe: Take Guns, Add Some Wisecracking, Stir 2010-02-25T23:21:00Z You never get to see it, but you assume that it’s just man-on-the-street, people just jabbering into a camera. ArtsBeat: Stephen Colbert on 'Network': Great Film, or the Greatest Film? 2011-05-19T15:14:27Z And I'd started to write when the telephone jerked awake, in a jabbering alarm, remembering everything. Poem by Ted Hughes tells of Sylvia Plath's suicide 2010-10-07T18:32:00Z To watch — and listen — to his films and “The Illusionist” is to be reminded of how much useless jabbering there is in movies. | 'The Illusionist': Conjuring a Magical Relationship 2010-12-23T22:41:33Z Their dialogue is a gobbledegook of science, philosophy, art, sex and the scatological, variously delivered in the cadence of serious drama, childish singsong or hysterical jabbering. Artist of the week 2010-08-04T16:33:00Z The jabbering multitude of voices, the need to make everyone around him laugh, all the time. Robin Williams appreciation by Nigel Planer: 'He wouldn't be happy until the furniture was laughing' 2014-08-17T04:00:00Z To mark the occasion — or really just because we’d been jabbering about our favorite movies — some friends recently invited us over for pizza and a screening. Perspective | Why our art critic can’t get enough of Fellini’s ‘8 1/2,’ and the dream scene that unlocks the secret to all human creativity 2020-02-18T05:00:00Z "Planet Sheen" spins off from the "The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius" with Jimmy's jabbering pal Sheen Estevez crash-landed on a faraway planet, where he is, advantageously, regarded not as strange but as alien. 'T.U.F.F. Puppy' and 'Planet Sheen,' premiering Saturday on Nickelodeon 2010-10-01T23:24:00Z The telephone was going to destroy personal interactions while people spent time jabbering on their phones. Are iPhones Bad for Kids? 2018-03-08T05:00:00Z Nguyen recalls at age 11 viewing “Apocalypse Now” and watching as American soldiers randomly murder “jabbering, incomprehensible Vietnamese.” Writer Viet Thanh Nguyen says he’s ‘A Man of Two Faces’ 2023-10-09T04:00:00Z There will be more jabbering Thursday, each team jockeying for what might be another historic final say. Despite being shorthanded, UCLA expects another classic clash against Gonzaga 2023-03-20T04:00:00Z “It was a perfect match of subversives,” the Oregonian wrote: “Wieden, the high-strung, jabbering, radical writer, and Kennedy, the taciturn, philosophical artist.” Dan Wieden, adman who coined ‘Just Do It’ for Nike, dies at 77 2022-10-07T04:00:00Z Eventually, I had to conclude — reluctantly — that it was indeed him, emoting from beneath pounds of ruddy latex and jabbering in an overblown accent traceable to somewhere in the vicinity of the Netherlands. Tom Hanks strikes out in 'Elvis.' It's the rare misstep that illuminates a great career 2022-06-27T04:00:00Z When it’s time to stop jabbering and start jabbing, he believes there will be a big difference against a fighter who’s had only about half as many professional fights. Tank vs talk: Gervonta Davis aims to quiet challenger Romero 2022-05-27T04:00:00Z The hospital sent trusted colleagues and supervisors to talk to unvaccinated colleagues, a strategy that Lubarsky said was “far more effective than me jabbering over an email.” Most California health workers got vaccinated, but holdouts could be fired 2021-10-01T04:00:00Z When I finally did, I peeked through the apartment door and saw a half-dozen people happily jabbering away. ‘Every Subway Trip Started With Me Taking the B or C to 59th Street’ 2021-08-08T04:00:00Z When mom called back to them, “You girls are starting to sound like a broken record,” the jabbering was replaced by confused silence. Perspective | Movie references aren’t the only allusions to be lost on other people 2021-08-01T04:00:00Z “Sen. Jefferson Smith” held the floor by jabbering away until he collapsed. Column: If Democrats really want gun control, Sen. Dianne Feinstein needs to stay in office 2021-03-29T04:00:00Z But there was too much of them hanging over the bakers, jabbering away, not being helpful and sometimes, one felt, being an actual hindrance. 'Great British Baking Show' 2020: We break down the season finale, snubs and surprises 2020-11-27T05:00:00Z The larger question is how much damage, direct and collateral, has been done to the sport since this jabbering over money went public, even if it ends with some semblance of a season. MLB’s labor battle may be nearing an end, but it will take a while to overcome the self-inflicted damage 2020-06-18T04:00:00Z "And yet, many of these same men expect none of those characteristics from Trump, who is a vain, cowardly, lying, vulgar, jabbering blowhard." Trump burned as "the least masculine" president in modern times by Naval War College professor 2020-05-25T04:00:00Z Jon Macks of Haymarket, Va., shared a story from his daughter-in-law, whose young daughters were jabbering away in the back seat of her car, endlessly hashing over the same subject. Perspective | Movie references aren’t the only allusions to be lost on other people 2021-08-01T04:00:00Z “I’m like an old auntie jabbering on, always promoting democracy and repeating its benefits,” he wrote in a 2014 article. China Is Aiming to ‘Break’ Detained Australian Writer, Lawyers Say 2019-12-01T05:00:00Z She told broadcasters that when she called Johnson’s cellphone in August, he passed the phone off to someone who started jabbering English in a Chinese accent to “mock” her. Can Boris Johnson be hurt by the accusations of American ‘special’ friend Jennifer Arcuri? 2019-11-18T05:00:00Z “I’m like an old auntie jabbering on, always promoting democracy and repeating its benefits,” he wrote in an article in 2014. Australian Writer Yang Hengjun Charged With Espionage in China 2019-08-26T04:00:00Z Visit by appointment or reservation only — and whatever you do, watch out for jabbering Buddhists in the trees. Lit Trips: Cruise around Big Sur for these literary adventures along the coast 2019-03-29T04:00:00Z The man trailed him, “jabbering in my ear,” Mr. Parker recalled in an interview, as he walked for blocks, trying to put distance between the harasser and his family. Sandy Hook Families Gain in Defamation Suits Against Alex Jones 2019-02-07T05:00:00Z Yet, as I got closer, I heard him jabbering away in seemingly native French to his female companion. Why Women Crave ‘French Style,’ and Men Want International Style 2019-01-22T05:00:00Z Jailed in the White House, hounded by investigations and jabbering himself in circles, he decided to insert himself into the Fox News coverage of New Year’s Eve. Opinion | Let’s ask the psychiatrists, Mr. President. But let’s start with yours. 2019-01-04T05:00:00Z His image alternates with a jabbering, era-appropriate collage: Muhammad Ali boxing, Billy Graham preaching, an ad for Mounds. The Enduring American Outrage of “Network” 2018-12-10T05:00:00Z The president, a Queens native, grew up immersed in the jabbering, elbows-out culture of talk radio, province of swaggerers like the sports host Mike Francesa. Trump to Skip Correspondents’ Dinner. But Talk Radio? He’s In. 2018-04-06T04:00:00Z As they usually do with bills like these, Republicans spent their time jabbering about abortion. Texas war on women just keeps going: GOP abortion foes embrace Energizer-bunny model 2017-07-27T04:00:00Z This year, he was an eager participant in the conditioning program at the team complex, running and lifting weights while jabbering alongside his teammates. Ravens’ Suggs ramps up intensity and workouts in 15th season 2017-06-15T04:00:00Z Across from her, a man in a wheelchair trembled violently and kept up a jabbering monologue. Therapy Cats for Dementia Patients, Batteries Included 2016-12-15T05:00:00Z Contrary to the jabberings of the embrace debate crowd on cable, there is no nobility to losing if you don’t have to. In the era of the NBA super-team, pinning your hopes on one star is deadly 2016-11-10T05:00:00Z Perhaps the moment was a parrot jabbering too fast in his ear. Javier Baez Is Conquered, This Time, in a Game Bursting With Pressure 2016-10-29T04:00:00Z He appreciated it all, though he toyed with his self-consciousness by sweetly excusing himself for jabbering away with personal reflections. Vin Scully’s Last Time on the Air for the Dodgers Is Another Solo Flight 2016-10-03T04:00:00Z At one point, he was so involved in such wonderful storytelling that he actually scolded himself, saying, “Now, stop jabbering, Scully, and get back to the ballgame!” Vin, don't go! Scully is as eloquent as ever in his farewell Dodgers broadcast 2016-10-02T04:00:00Z Suggs finally got back on the field Monday, and has been jabbering ever since. Healthy and slimmer, Suggs brings his swagger back to Ravens 2016-08-18T04:00:00Z Adams’ approach also includes lots of jabbering, another carryover from his previous assignment. UCLA hopes that former cornerback Ishmael Adams can make an impact at receiver 2016-08-09T04:00:00Z James is excitable by nature, so he’s sweating and jabbering before he even gets in the car. The BMW M2 is the perfect sports car for everyone 2016-06-07T04:00:00Z The three of us walked away jabbering giddily about how cool it was to have met the champ. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar: Muhammad Ali Became a Big Brother to Me 2016-06-06T04:00:00Z One day, she said, he walked her home from a skating rink, shadowboxing on the sidewalk and jabbering away. Muhammad Ali Remembered, by Those Who Knew Him as Cassius 2016-06-05T04:00:00Z This stunt did not happen in the one hour a week set aside for this “fun” you internet people are always jabbering on about. Please mock Trump: As Gawker proved, pranking the Donald is a perfect way to knock him down 2016-03-01T05:00:00Z I was a good bird,’ and he just tells me how his day went, just jabbering away.” Upper Peninsula woman shares home with rescued birds 2016-02-14T05:00:00Z Sometimes Allen imagined a variation in which the monkey is perched on your shoulder jabbering into your ear, constantly second-guessing and interrupting until you want to scream, “Somebody, shut up the monkey!” How To Calm Your Monkey Mind and Get Things Done 2015-08-14T04:00:00Z Two blocks away a bundled-up figure lay facing a wall, jabbering to himself in Arabic. San Francisco's gritty Tenderloin pushes back against tech-led gentrification 2015-07-20T04:00:00Z He carries yellow legal pads with him wherever he goes, “for a little jabbering,” and their contents are often turned verbatim into a posting. Bernie Sanders Wants to Be President, but He’s Already Facebook Royalty 2015-05-18T04:00:00Z It’s a total New Yorker cliché: jabbering on about how we sell our souls to pay the rent while pursuing our real dreams on the side. The Stoop and the Universe 2015-04-26T04:00:00Z What deceits might they deploy to scramble proud Americans into panting disarray, jabbering senselessly in countless different languages? HURT: An unfair trade for an undeserving deserter 2014-06-03T04:00:00Z “What are you jabbering like that for?” she finally said, exasperated. Seaver’s Double Duty for the White Sox 2014-05-05T00:54:34Z Our make-or-break-it tests must measure a student’s ability to write an elevated rendition of jabbering. The SATS Should Bring Back Analogies 2013-10-16T09:45:22Z Many babies don’t graduate from jabbering to meaningful extended dialogue until they are closer to 2 years old. Baby sign language more popular as parents aim to communicate 2013-07-28T21:35:06Z After 5 minutes of jibber jabbering around a topic, it is a signal. Uh-Oh! 15 Phrases That Tell You to Run 2013-06-09T19:17:37Z Mostly, they dismiss jabbering between fans as good-natured ribbing. At CenturyLink, plenty of drinking and trash talk but few bullies 2012-12-31T06:07:04Z "And it's a good gig," he goes on, jabbering with excitement. Car review: BMW 320d 2012-07-14T23:05:26Z When that didn't work once in the first quarter, he kept jabbering about a no-call on the last possession while lining up to shoot free throws on the current one. Rested Spurs win Game 1 over weary Clippers 108-92 2012-05-16T04:31:11Z You don’t mean to tell me they’d go on jabbering to one another in French if they could speak English! The Early Life and Adventures of Sylvia Scarlett 2012-04-26T02:00:17.327Z I suppose when the moon gets to the full we shall hear them jabbering out there till dawn. Rich Relatives 2012-04-05T02:00:45.670Z After leaving the dinghy in charge of a custom-house officer, they hustled their way through the jabbering crowd of blacks, and entered the chief streets of the city. A Desperate Voyage 2012-03-11T03:00:11.030Z The gypsy camp was certainly stirred up about something—little knots everywhere jabbering away in that outlandish lingo of theirs. The Motor Girls in the Mountains or, The Gypsy Girl's Secret 2012-03-07T03:00:15.897Z Those government people, they sit there in their suits and ties jabbering away, they never think of the workers. Rosenberg's Russia: On the election trail 2012-02-20T10:47:43Z Did you ever hear such a hollering and jabbering in all your life? The Early Life and Adventures of Sylvia Scarlett 2012-04-26T02:00:17.327Z "The saloon's full of jabbering Spaniards, and the messroom's over hot." For Jacinta 2012-01-27T03:00:20.840Z A group of these were gathered at the end of the camp nearest the young scout or spy, and he crept toward them, for they were jabbering loudly in Spanish. The Lost Gold of the Montezumas A Story of the Alamo 2012-01-19T03:00:22.827Z She seized the hand and, jabbering fifty words in the time for two, pushed Cartaret from his work. The Azure Rose A Novel 2011-12-31T03:00:18.657Z From every corner of the narrow, winding street sprang out half-clothed, jabbering Arab forms; gesticulating, fighting, jostling, they proffered their services in the task of unloading. By Desert Ways to Baghdad 2011-12-18T03:00:22.240Z When she came to herself she was back in her own bedroom, with a Brazilian doctor jabbering and mouthing over her symptoms. The Early Life and Adventures of Sylvia Scarlett 2012-04-26T02:00:17.327Z Here, then, were eight lively fellows seated "every-which-way" in that commodious wagon, and enlivening the time as they journeyed toward camp with much jabbering, and not a little loud singing of popular songs. The Hickory Ridge Boy Scouts: Under Canvas or, The Hunt for the Cartaret Ghost 2011-12-15T03:00:13.703Z In the darkening woods above him he heard the cry of a panther, and the alarmed jabbering of the monkeys in the trees above their most dreaded enemy. The Heart of Denise and Other Tales 2011-12-14T03:00:15.733Z Another and another followed, till we had counted seven in all; but from the constant jabbering they kept up it was evident they had not observed us. Wild Life in the Land of the Giants A Tale of Two Brothers 2011-12-12T03:00:34.923Z But to the jabbering press box workers and eaves-dropping fans in the vicinity, the action on the field below was a blur in the light of events in the Pacific. How the Washington Post covered the Pearl Harbor Redskins game 2011-12-07T17:27:00Z The meal was half over, when suddenly there was heard a loud jabbering noise above, and the party, looking up, saw several hideous faces peering over the ridges of the rocks. Perils in the Transvaal and Zululand 2011-12-02T03:00:22.447Z Hall was shown either jabbering or gesturing repeatedly throughout the game. Redskins-Cowboys best and worst 2011-11-20T22:14:23Z I am no more conscious of "jawing" than "jabbering," and if that is how I am to be spoken to——! The Travelling Companions a Story in Scenes 2011-10-12T02:00:49.553Z It was nearly filled with rough, unkempt fellows smoking, drinking, whistling, singing, shouting or jabbering, some in a standing, some in a sitting posture. Wild Wales The People, Laguage & Scenery 2011-10-09T02:00:29.740Z Then back they would come, chattering and jabbering, but ever ready to be off again if the donkey showed the least sign of movement. The Legend of the Glorious Adventures of Tyl Ulenspiegel in the land of Flanders and elsewhere 2011-10-04T02:00:19.193Z During our residence among a parcel of jabbering foreigners, my lady learned to despise the blessed manners and customs of her native country, and all those feelings which once made her so charming. Bungay Castle: A Novel. v. 1/2 2011-09-27T02:00:20.260Z Toots, evidently wondering what had happened, was jabbering excitedly, but Slim gave no sound. The Gray Phantom's Return 2011-09-22T02:00:27.150Z He drew his friend away from the immediate vicinity of a jabbering crowd, into a dark corner formed by one of the booths. The Tangled Skein 2011-09-21T02:00:29.687Z Foreign languages that we do not understand always seem jabberings, babblings, in which it is impossible to fix a definite, clear-cut, individualized group of sounds. How We Think 2011-09-16T02:00:18.973Z The Germans passed in search of an officer, excitedly jabbering about the "sheet," their angry expressions reverberating along the concrete, fading gradually into the hum of the lower town. Mortmain 2011-09-09T02:01:10.217Z They were holding a political meeting, I am sure, for they were all jabbering away to each other in the most excited manner, and each one had his breast bulged out, and his feathers ruffled. Music-Study in Germany from the Home Correspondence of Amy Fay 2011-09-07T02:00:17.597Z The woman, jabbering and shivering, opened the door of the tobacco store, pushed the officer inside and switched on the light above the counter. The Gray Phantom's Return 2011-09-22T02:00:27.150Z So I went out into the kitchen, which was really a back verandah closed in with native matting, and was full of smoke and jabbering boys. The Claw 2011-08-31T02:01:30.563Z For an instant the jabbering ceased—just long enough for the half dozen technical experts to sweep my mud-spattered khaki with scathing glances, snort and get under way again. Down the Yellowstone 2011-08-29T02:01:06.730Z They passed on, still jabbering, two bedraggled women and a baby were no novelty to them. The Wayfarers 2011-08-28T02:00:32.867Z I'm so durned lonesome among these jabbering Greeks I'm nearly froze stiff. The Other Fellow 2011-08-23T02:00:31.420Z That night there was a great jabbering of bad Spanish around the camp-fire. Hunting in Many Lands The Book of the Boone and Crockett Club 2011-08-20T02:00:11.973Z Jimmie, thinking he was winning an encore, started in with “Taffy was a Welshman, Taffy was a thief—” but this time he was summarily thrust from the room by an attendant—amid jabbering protests. Blue Robin, the Girl Pioneer 2011-07-28T02:00:09.363Z After a few moments the spook disengaged itself from me, and drew back to where it was before, screaming broken exclamations of meaningless rage, and jabbering savagely. A Book of Ghosts 2011-07-08T02:00:19.203Z He was surrounded by a group of his compatriots; some in European attire, others in blankets only, and red with ochre; some sitting, some standing, some running in and out, but all jabbering. The Fire Trumpet A Romance of the Cape Frontier 2011-07-05T02:00:23.353Z I found him up stream down on his knees, clawing at the ground, and jabbering away at a great rate. If Any Man Sin 2011-06-12T02:00:05.887Z A party of these nearly ran over him, rushing blindly forward, jabbering to one another. Gunpowder Treason and Plot And Other Stories for Boys 2011-06-08T02:00:16.797Z One of the Kootenai tribe came here this morning, and after jabbering Chinook with him, she told me Davy MacDougall was sick, and she was going to ride up there. Told In The Hills 2011-05-30T02:00:15.530Z He remembered passing Tikkanen, whose jabbering speech was said to be hard even for fellow Finns to follow, in the Garden hallway. Weight, Islanders? Captain, Retires 2011-05-27T00:42:26Z On my return to the camp, I discovered one of the station black boys, alongside the fire, jabbering and gesticulating wildly to an excited audience. A Crime of the Under-seas 2011-05-17T02:00:16.540Z "I thought I heard a jabbering going on before you called me, Margaret," said her uncle, savagely. A Romance of Toronto A Novel 2011-04-23T02:00:04.677Z Just then a flight of sea-gulls disporting on a rock in the bay sent up a wild, jabbering noise. She's All the World to Me 2011-04-09T02:00:16.923Z We were riding side by side, jabbering angrily, when I saw a ball of fire flashing down. The MS. in a Red Box 2011-04-07T02:00:20.313Z I hurried into the children's bedroom, David jabbering about something loudly and excitedly behind me. Four and Twenty Beds 2011-03-30T02:00:13.610Z It is late, it is nineteen-nineteen— go to sleep, his cries are a lullaby; his jabbering is a sleep-well-my-baby; he is a crackbrained messenger. Sour Grapes A Book of Poems 2011-03-25T02:00:10.780Z When I am at Merida or Badajoz I go to the mercado, and there in a corner stand the accursed gypsies, jabbering to each other in a speech which I understand not. The Bible in Spain Vol. 1 [of 2] 2011-03-23T02:00:19.910Z A jabbering ensued of directions asked and given, and they again drove on. Uncanny Tales 2011-03-22T02:00:16.307Z Acton ceased his jabbering in order to drink, and I tried to get in a word; but as soon as he had gulped his dram, he went on unheeding me. The MS. in a Red Box 2011-04-07T02:00:20.313Z Several people were out there putting on coats and hats and jabbering together in a foreign lingo. The Black Eagle Mystery 2011-03-07T03:00:12.497Z The jabbering of the people, though, was not entirely strange to his ears; he had heard its like from the habitans of Canada. The Road to Paris 2011-03-07T03:00:11.103Z He's too busy playfully jabbering at hitters when they step up to the plate during batting practice, or laughing and swearing with Felix Hernandez each time he delivers a steaming fastball. Mariners' two catchers weaving similar tales 2011-02-25T06:04:15Z "Most certainly," answered the girl, jabbering on with her false accent, and occasionally introducing a word of her native language. Harper's New Monthly Magazine No. XVI.?September, 1851?Vol. III. 2011-02-15T03:00:16.383Z The only sound heard was an occasional scream from one of the pet birds, or the jabbering of the monkeys, of which there had been five or six, of different kinds, on the galatea. Afloat in the Forest A Voyage among the Tree-Tops 2011-02-10T03:00:44.790Z He sits at the head of the ticket equivalent of a commodities trading desk, flanked by jabbering young men and women. Best Seats in the House 2011-02-04T20:47:11Z The excited motorman was jabbering curses upon the foolish conduct of students generally, and altogether too busy with his apparatus and too rattled to get down from the platform. Frank Merriwell's Return to Yale 2011-02-03T03:00:10.883Z If there was any one thing in the world he hated—so he said—it was girls' talk, this jabbering about nothing. Brenda, Her School and Her Club 2011-01-15T03:00:31.087Z Might all the jabbering have an effect on the Patriots' performance? Patriots shrug off trash talk from Jets 2011-01-13T04:39:04Z But it's hard to imagine a more effective way of destroying global faith in U.S. credit than to start jabbering away about a willingness to allow the U.S. to default on its debt. Key Republican: We can cut budget and grow economy 2011-01-05T14:24:00Z The messenger found the remainder of the witnesses jabbering away all together in the kitchen. The Village Notary 2011-01-03T03:00:57.863Z Near him, close to the window opening on the yard, two great devils of non-commissioned officers were jabbering in guttural French, mixed with Teutonic phrases. 813 2010-12-28T03:00:13.553Z In fact, nothing in their inky and jabbering life became them like their leaving of it. The Lighter Side of School Life 2010-12-24T03:00:31.150Z They were also heard talking together in a noisy, jabbering way; but no one could distinguish the words. British Goblins Welsh Folk-lore, Fairy Mythology, Legends and Traditions 2010-12-20T17:11:57.810Z It all seemed so quick and difficult, just a lot of jabbering. The Tower of Oblivion 2010-12-20T17:11:53.787Z And although the tone of the order’s language seems to confine possible personal calls to a meal break, it makes no overt distinction between an officer’s personal and professional jabbering and/or texting. Cellphone Policy Is Put in Writing 2010-04-08T20:43:00Z And if she has her way, everyone in Maine — and perhaps, eventually, the rest of the U.S. — will similarly think twice before jabbering away on their mobiles. How Safe Is Your Cell Phone? 2010-03-09T18:45:00Z "Every day brings more absurd, speculative jabbering," the official said. Greece may take more debt steps as EU visit looms 2010-02-28T16:13:00Z You wouldn’t walk into a party and start jabbering before you felt out the crowd and the mood. Social Media Decoded 2010-02-25T22:36:00Z He knew no one; and sudden burning thoughts flashing upon his heated brain, wrung from him jabbering exclamations, containing intensive words of agony or mirth. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 8 "Would it not be better for you to take yourself off, instead of standing there and jabbering?" The Patriot Piccolo Mondo Antico It seemed as if the racket would never end, but about midnight they went jabbering back to their camp. Pioneering in Cuba A Narrative of the Settlement of La Gloria, the First American Colony in Cuba, and the Early Experiences of the Pioneers He used no English, but the Chinese language, as he spoke it, was both dignified and musical, and not at all like the singsong jabbering I had heard on the streets and about the hotels. Drugging a Nation The Story of China and the Opium Curse The sign of its approach was that he kept continually talking, or rather jabbering, to no purpose. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. VIII From thence we went to a place where we heard a terrible noise, a medley of striking, jabbering, crying and laughing, shooting and singing. The Welsh and Their Literature from The London Quarterly Review, January 1861, American Edition Such a wonderful jabbering as these grandees made about these small matters! Maria Edgeworth It struck him that if a man isn't going to create something he may as well shut his mouth and leave off jabbering for a bit. Years of Plenty They were resting at the foot of a stony kopje, and as soon as I hove in sight they started up it like monkeys, screeching and jabbering all the time. Renshaw Fanning's Quest A Tale of the High Veldt Luji shared their fate, and the monkey very much frightened, jumped to his usual place on his shoulders, jabbering and grimacing. The Ruined Cities of Zululand He was jabbering excitedly to the little man at the desk, and he wore a uniform that was so plushily gaudy it was almost ridiculous. Rats in the Belfry Instantly he shrieked for joy, embraced Wallingford, kissed that discomfited gentleman upon both cheeks and fell upon his neck, jabbering in most broken English his joy at meeting his dear, dear friend once more. Young Wallingford Moe ignored the distraction, trotted nonchalantly to the center of the ring, and turned his bulging head to examine the spectators jabbering at his strange appearance. Thy Rocks and Rills There were all my Bushmen friends, the whole lot of them, jabbering in the most threatening manner; and, worse still, they’d all got their bows and were about to take pot shots at me. Renshaw Fanning's Quest A Tale of the High Veldt Breaking off a large bough, jabbering loudly, and making the most diabolical faces, it took aim at the young elephant, the wood hitting it a smart blow on the trunk. The Ruined Cities of Zululand We warned him to keep away, but he fell aboard us, and up climbed his jabbering red-caps. Rewards and Fairies "What's he jabbering about?" said Battle, with eyes fixed brightly on the two gaunt shapes. The Three Mulla-mulgars Then suddenly, upon the uproar of angry voices, jabbering monkeys, the rumble of the disappearing wagon, and the screeching of an owl in the tree-top, broke another sound. Dorothy on a House Boat But you can’t say anything of that sort with a lot of people jabbering and laughing, and nothing between you and them but an open door and ditto window. A Frontier Mystery “I do not know what girls are coming to in these days—jabbering nothing but English—a tongue only fit for baboons—and laughing at their elders.” Aletta A Tale of the Boer Invasion There was just the wild, angry jabbering of Japanese. Dave Dawson on Guadalcanal He was far, far different than the laughing, beatnik jabbering, youngster he had always seemed. Black Man's Burden What you jabbering about now? and what are you peering at with your bright eyes? Dorothy on a House Boat As we stop at occasional stations we see groups of happy country people, the women in jackets and white caps, the men in blouses, mounted in open cars, and laughing and jabbering without end. Punch - Volume 25 (Jul-Dec 1853) “There they are, jabbering English again—a tongue only fit for baboons.” Aletta A Tale of the Boer Invasion The chauffeur screamed in a high and peculiarly raucous voice and jerked away, jabbering in a vowelless and totally unfamiliar foreign tongue. Clean Break A crowd came stringing along, bags and bundles done up in gaudy handkerchiefs in their hands, laughing, jostling, jabbering together in low-class French. Cleek of Scotland Yard Detective Stories Thumping, pounding, poking him in the ribs and executing around him an impromptu war-dance, they swept Dale toward the bench, jabbering excitedly the while. Under Boy Scout Colors The jabbering began afresh, while a sais went off to fetch the colt. Barclay of the Guides There was a babble of tongues, jabbering in some unfamiliar language. Frontier Boys in the South Seas She would draw Shorty into the path a little ahead of Si, and walk alongside of him, pinching his arm and jabbering incoherent words which were meant for terms of endearment. Si Klegg, Book 3 (of 6) Si And Shorty Meet Mr. Rosenbaum, The Spy, Who Relates His Adventures The more unintelligible his jabbering, the more assured were the recipients of his power to bless. My Lady of the Chimney Corner Some are gibbering like fiends, others jabbering like idiots. Romantic Spain A Record of Personal Experiences (Vol. II) The servant, who was entirely out of my sight, began talking hurriedly, jabbering any nonsense, as though to cover what had happened. The House by the Lock He was jabbering at the Swede, who followed him, laughing bravely. The Monster and Other Stories And "hell to pay" there was, almost instantly—for before they had taken ten more steps, the cavern ahead was full of small, ghostly figures, jabbering in their shrill voices. Astounding Stories, July, 1931 Suddenly one of them got down on his knees and began a queer song-like jabbering in which his companion joined. The Mark of the Knife These words, which he accompanied with wild gestures, were followed by his usual indistinct muttering and jabbering. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume 2 Historical, Traditional, and Imaginative The creature who had been hit fell to his knees the while he made agonized tearing movements at his face and uttered shrill, jabbering yelps. Astounding Stories of Super-Science, December 1930 In sooth This scene is rich in Eden loveliness, And peace, and the rude din of jabbering crowds Unheard as when Earth's generations yet Lay in the womb of Time. Eidolon, or The Course of a Soul And Other Poems The main hall was a jumble of excitedly jabbering Star men when they arrived there. Lion Loose I know I was delirious for a long time; things seemed very hazy—a confused coming and going of the natives and the jabbering of their singsong voices. The Mark of the Knife And thus jabbering, fixing and pushing about the revolving shelf, over his hall door, Mr. Mansfield worked away at his trap. The Humors of Falconbridge A Collection of Humorous and Every Day Scenes Now came Dorion also, out of ammunition, yet not out of speech, excited, jabbering as usual. The Magnificent Adventure Being the Story of the World's Greatest Exploration and the Romance of a Very Gallant Gentleman He peered at the Indians, who now were jabbering among themselves and making lamenting sounds as they glanced about at the ruins of the ancient village. The Hohokam Dig He begins jabbering like a schizophrenic parrot reading a Sanskrit dictionary backward! Lighter Than You Think They were jabbering their outlandish tongue up and down the singsong scale as if here before them, sitting on the floor, were a new species of being, newly discovered and strange beyond imagination. The Mark of the Knife “I have been listening to the jabbering and screeches of the crowd until they seem only manikins.” The Bondwoman Three of the Indians stepped into the pirogue with him, jabbering excitedly, and, with Clark, went aboard the barge, where they made themselves very much at home. The Magnificent Adventure Being the Story of the World's Greatest Exploration and the Romance of a Very Gallant Gentleman Instantly he heard a familiar voice jabbering with his captors. The Web of the Golden Spider Larry, on the contrary, was all excitement, and never stopped jabbering with one person or another till the end of the journey. The Lightning Conductor Discovers America One night there was a jabbering and yelling round the stone house and I thought Red Knife had killed Ho Sen, for I saw him no more. The Mark of the Knife When they reached it, the jabbering hordes were almost upon them. In the Morning of Time But he was not confined long; the door was soon opened, and from the jabbering and gestures of the three mates he understood that he was to go forward. The Boy Scouts Book of Stories A half savage thing staggered to the threshold and faced him with strange jabbering. The Web of the Golden Spider Disconcerted, he went back into the cabin, to hold a council, apparently, from the way the jabbering broke forth. Tales of the Fish Patrol He himself was aware that he had been good, and behaved himself in every way as a child should do, as he was carried off crowing and jabbering in his mother's arms. The Marriage of Elinor The Bow-legs stilled their jabbering for a moment to stare with interest at this imposing figure. In the Morning of Time Mrs. Brown rubbed her neck, smoothed down her apron, and jabbering fiercely, came panting up to the children. Harper's Young People, February 24, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly They are jabbering away among themselves disputing, I should say, as to the best way to get at us.” By Conduct and Courage A Story of the Days of Nelson As he sat in a group of his fellow countrymen laughing and jabbering he made me feel distinctly like an outsider. One Way Out A Middle-class New-Englander Emigrates to America He looked up with vacant eyes, and clutched at the visitors' skirts, muttering and jabbering in idiot glee. The End of the Rainbow For some minutes the hordes of the Bow-legs clustered together, jabbering and waving their crude but massive clubs excitedly. In the Morning of Time Her swift glance flashed to the fireplace, then to the corner where Clopin still sat with his jabbering parakeets, then flashed back to Cleek, and she laughed in his face. Cleek, the Master Detective The natives got more and more excited, and kept jabbering together and pointing away along the coast; and I guessed that some of their own craft were coming to attack the ship. A Chapter of Adventures “No—two!” he snarled, flashing out at her and positively jabbering in his anger. The Scarlet Feather "Dear me! here I am jabbering away, and Mother must be gone." The End of the Rainbow A grave middle aged gentleman then came to the door from within the room and ended their jabbering at each other: he, in the English language, desired Alonzo to walk in. Alonzo and Melissa The Unfeeling Father At early morning on August 22nd, a great jabbering outside the ship, as though a colony of monkeys had encountered another babel, announced that we were at Malta. In Eastern Seas Or, the Commission of H.M.S. 'Iron Duke,' flag-ship in China, 1878-83 I was horrified when I came by and heard such a jabbering going on. The Kopje Garrison A Story of the Boer War They keep on jabbering, but don't seem to understand, and the boss is mad. Nobody's Girl (En Famille) I tried to swim, but my legs seemed to be weighted, while around me floated thousands of hideous jabbering things which I thought tried to lure me on to the rocks. The Birthright They passed on, still jabbering; two bedraggled women and a baby were no novelty to them. McClure's Magazine, Vol. XXXI, No. 3, July 1908. Once across the plank the men, after jabbering excitedly, came towards me at a quick run. 'Brother Bosch', an Airman's Escape from Germany The incessant jabbering which they had kept up from the moment they halted instantly ceased, and one after another a number of young warriors, perhaps twenty, rode out in single file upon the prairie. Seven and Nine years Among the Camanches and Apaches An Autobiography He stood for a moment as if he were gathering his energies to speak; but the words stuck in his throat, the sounds died away amidst the noise of an indistinct jabbering. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 17 But Eli made no answer, except to go jabbering as though he were mad. The Birthright He shivered, jabbering words he could not have recalled a minute later; once cursing himself for a coward, then calling himself a liar for having said it. Where the Souls of Men are Calling They then led me away, jabbering the most horrid threats in my ear, while others picked up my unfortunate cousin, and carried him after, groaning miserably. Athelstane Ford Then bounding across the intervening stretch of grass they wandered round and round the machine, jabbering and pointing out to each other various parts of the aeroplane that particularly struck their attention. Wilmshurst of the Frontier Force The others didn't seem very keen to follow him, but began jabbering away as hard as they could. The Submarine Hunters A Story of the Naval Patrol Work in the Great War Shrill shrieks from the figure at length drew its attention and a fortissimo of jabbering and arm-waving welcomed its nearer approach. The Tale of a Trooper "Hold your jabbering tongue," said the miller, turning round upon her fiercely. The Vicar of Bullhampton Do tell me what you’re all jabbering about and be quick! Dorothy on a Ranch The hall was packed with negroes, smoking, chewing, jabbering, pushing, perspiring. The Clansman An Historical Romance of the Ku Klux Klan What rite, what jabbering ceremony, what priestly ordinance, what legal mummery, stood between him and his claim to his father's name? A Son of Hagar A Romance of Our Time The jabbering rose into an impassioned chanting to Allah. The Tale of a Trooper Puck skipped hither and thither, chattering and jabbering as if begging them to forget their grief and crack some nuts for him instead. Two Little Travellers A Story for Girls The stranger hailed in Hindustani, and the natives stopped and began an excited jabbering all together, which the stranger answered in their own language. Fifty-Two Stories For Girls It was at this moment that the Eskimo guide came back, jabbering with delight, and with his white teeth shining, just as if 90 he had been as brave as Sate. Tommy Trot's Visit to Santa Claus Having been felled by the blow, and feeling himself out-matched by the Chinamen who had come jabbering to the scene, Chess had displayed much more helplessness than he need have shown. Ruth Fielding on the St. Lawrence The Queer Old Man of the Thousand Islands A wide, inclusive sweep of the arms was the only reply and the jabbering increased. The Tale of a Trooper Excitedly jabbering in his intense emotion the lookout frantically pointed in the direction of the sinking ship. Boy Scouts in the North Sea The Mystery of a Sub On the top of the crag the sea-fowl were jabbering, and the white sea itself was climbing on the beach. The Manxman A Novel - 1895 They immediately halted, and began jabbering away in loud voices. The Young Berringtons The Boy Explorers "One might know her coming were she a mile off, by the sound of her jabbering voice." The Crown of Success His interest was caught at times by the jabbering of assembling Turks in the hollow just over the scrub-covered rise. The Tale of a Trooper Then, glancing round to see that all was ready, he shouted an order to the head-man and the string of carriers moved away, jabbering and shouting, down the path into the dark gloomy forest depths. The Great White Queen A Tale of Treasure and Treason Through my ultroscope I saw sudden alarm on their faces, hesitation, a frantic officer in the control room jabbering into his phone. The Airlords of Han Cabby did not know the Arsenal and we took this native because, after infinite jabbering, he declared he knew it. The Incomparable 29th and the "River Clyde" "Thank you, but I'm very busy," replied poor Nelly, who wished that her jabbering visitor would leave her in quiet to work. The Crown of Success The searchlight switched off, the shells fell less frequently, the Oriental obligato fell away in a diminuendo of pathetic cries and a staccato of terrified jabbering. The Tale of a Trooper I prepared to leap down upon the beach, but in a second half-a-dozen willing pairs of arms were ready to assist me, and I alighted in the midst of a swarm of half-clad, jabbering natives. The Great White Queen A Tale of Treasure and Treason This sent a hum of excited jabbering through their ranks, and they fired no more. Pharaoh's Broker Being the Very Remarkable Experiences in Another World of Isidor Werner Both again give out their jabbering speech, accompanying it with gestures of menace. The Flag of Distress A Story of the South Sea The breeds fell asleep one by one; and for the first, the jabbering, the ki-yi-ing and the maddening stick-kettle were all stilled. Two on the Trail A Story of the Far Northwest Then he led him to a chair into which he thrust him and lashed his hands tightly to the back, Villamonte jabbering vehemently in Spanish the while. A Voyage with Captain Dynamite The whole company still squatted, eating and jabbering away, indifferent to every other sound. The Great White Queen A Tale of Treasure and Treason There was still more delighted jabbering and excited comment. Pharaoh's Broker Being the Very Remarkable Experiences in Another World of Isidor Werner They chase one another along the decks, accompanying their grotesque romping by cries equally grotesque—a hoarse jabbering, that sounds with weird strangeness throughout the otherwise silent ship. The Flag of Distress A Story of the South Sea Every coyote within hearing bristled with fear whenever Cripp's jabbering reached their ears. The Yellow Horde The little man jumped back as if he feared the boy was about to strike and dodged behind his men, jabbering rapidly in Spanish. A Voyage with Captain Dynamite Omar, himself fearing disaster, at last called to them, but jabbering among themselves in the highest spirits, each eager to set foot in the land of mystery, they took no heed of their guide's instructions. The Great White Queen A Tale of Treasure and Treason It was a general fouling match, and the jabbering was terrific. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 54, No. 334, August 1843 The decks were crowded with men, rough and dirty, jabbering and hastily eating their breakfast. A Confederate Girl's Diary Maybe it’s only half a dozen guys, but the photographers are pushing around trying to get shots and the reporters are jabbering. It’s like this, cat The poor chap has evidently gone mad and is jabbering some gibberish or other. Crown and Anchor Under the Pen'ant An immense amount of jabbering took place, and Desmond, who was closest to the circle of councillors, looked anxiously at their countenances to ascertain, if possible, what decision was likely to be arrived at. The Three Commanders Ethan then discharged one ball from the revolver, which added still more to their confusion, for they were jabbering like wild turkeys. Hope and Have or, Fanny Grant Among the Indians, A Story for Young People Their talk more resembled the jabbering of apes, who had unwisely intruded into a snuff-shop, than the conversation of four rational beings. The Boy Slaves We heard the vibrant jabber of monkeys from tree-tops, and each time a new tree fell there was more jabbering and more leaping away from tree to tree. Kari the Elephant There the streets are narrower and dirtier than anywhere else, and you see the yellow-faced folks stand jabbering at their doors—a very novel sight. A Boy's Voyage Round the World So, jabbering, biting, clawing, they fell asleep this night—squeaking, scratching, and snarling forth their wicked feelings even in their dreams. Chatterbox, 1906 Their voices were raised to a high pitch, and, jabbering in infuriated tones, they flourished their weapons in the faces of their two prisoners. Under the Rebel's Reign Still it was noisy, a perfect bedlam of jabbering foreigners, who crowded this busiest of busy streets as they crowded no other section of this cosmopolitan city. The Music Master Novelized from the Play Hardly had we gone two more blocks when the screaming and jabbering monkey fell upon us. Kari the Elephant She was in a tearing rage and jabbering excitedly in a language which I did not understand, while the artist was trying to quiet her. Side Show Studies They smiled a lot, jabbering in an unknown language. The Invaders They began jabbering away to us, but of course we could not understand a word they said. In the Wilds of Africa And on they went and came presently upon an excited, jabbering group at a little cleft in the hillside. Tonio, Son of the Sierras A Story of the Apache War There was a silence among them that contrasted strangely with the jabbering kept up by their Mexican allies. The Scalp Hunters I could not bear to listen to her strange jabberings. The White Chief A Legend of Northern Mexico The boatmen were jabbering and dodging and shouting. Gold Seekers of '49 Hussein-ul-Mulk and the two other Turks, unable to restrain their excitement, crowded round the pink-and-white Frenchman, jabbering volubly, but Mademoiselle and her father moved some slight distance away. The Albert Gate Mystery Being Further Adventures of Reginald Brett, Barrister Detective Through my remonstrances there broke a high-pitched voice jabbering something in Spanish of a sort. The Pirate of Panama A Tale of the Fight for Buried Treasure I saw one blow struck but it was not returned, the man hit merely looked dreadfully offended, and the jabbering and laughing went on in a second. From Edinburgh to India & Burmah I seem to loathe as much as I loved the jabbering idiot.” The White Chief A Legend of Northern Mexico He followed with the padrone behind the jabbering throng, and the two engineers came along at his earnest request. The Rainy Day Railroad War This is as good as spacemen get to be nowadays, careless, superstitious, jabbering among each other in languages I don't understand. The Burning Bridge "These natives are all jabbering French," complained Dalzell, as the chums set out to walk over the steep, well-worn roads, "but it isn't the kind of French we were taught at Annapolis." Dave Darrin on Mediterranean Service or, With Dan Dalzell on European Duty "What is the old priest jabbering about?" asked Captain Booden, impatiently; for he was in haste to "get his bearings" and be off. Stories by American Authors (Volume 4) Here and there among the crags jabbering baboons darted about, and great hawks sailed in circles above us. Impressions of South Africa A mumbling began among them and immediately it swelled into a jabbering chorus as the few who understood translated his words to the others. The Rainy Day Railroad War The young Navaho sprang forward, jabbering to his fellow tribesman. Bloom of Cactus They turned and twisted the coins in their hands, and compared them among one another, jabbering and apparently content. In the Forbidden Land The red men broke forth in a babel of excited jabbering and then they were crowding into the cave, hundreds of them it seemed, shrieking their rage as they attacked the hapless prisoners. Creatures of Vibration And if you try to stretch out and get some sleep, some ruffian begins singing in the next compartment, or the conductor keeps butting in and jabbering at you. A Book of Burlesques Then, after giving final instructions to Sergeant Ludwig and the various native non-commissioned officers, he ordered the jabbering men to march, with the carriers staggering on at the point of the bayonet. Witch-Doctors He found a land in the western seas, And Indians galore, With jabbering parrots in the trees, And sharks along the shore. The Peter Patter Book of Nursery Rhymes The four children, jabbering delightedly in their broken English, clambered upon four stools, and the widow sat upon another. The Woggle-Bug Book A vociferous jabbering followed the question, which, by Oolibuck’s interpretation, meant that their joy was utterly inexpressible. Ungava Having flint and steel, they made a fire, and while thus engaged were serenaded by the distant and dolorous howls of a hyena and the inharmonious jabberings of a jackal. The Settler and the Savage Around the launch was a flotilla of native canoes in charge of a small crowd of nude Kavirondo paddlers, jabbering at the prospect of a war expedition. Witch-Doctors One of the creatures, after examining me very carefully, uttered a peculiar cry, and then leaped to the bars and began jabbering at a great rate. The Dawn of Reason or, Mental Traits in the Lower Animals "Why, nearly the whole school is down there, and such jabbering you never heard," laughed Sid. Fred Fenton on the Crew or, The Young Oarsmen of Riverport School No amount of gesturing and jabbering could make them understand that it was necessary for the girls to return at once. The Blue Envelope Friends were meeting each other, and jabbering something which sounded at a distance like Glasgow-English, and like no known language when you were close enough to catch the words. The Chauffeur and the Chaperon The brig proved to be, as he had thought, of that nation; and such a jabbering and noise as saluted our ears I never have in all my life heard on board of a man-of-war. Will Weatherhelm The Yarn of an Old Sailor No; they were civil enough their way, and kept on jabbering at me, and saying something about Si wash, si wash. To The West Monkeys were jabbering overhead; tree-frogs were quacking; parrots were chattering and macaws were screeching more loudly than all, as they flew over the topmost boughs. The Wanderers Adventures in the Wilds of Trinidad and Orinoco There was a great deal of jabbering, vociferation, and action, but neither of them struck or hurt the other. True Blue I was awoke by a loud jabbering and swearing, and presently the sound of a gun came booming over the water. Salt Water The Sea Life and Adventures of Neil D'Arcy the Midshipman I never felt so pleased in my life, and the Chinamen seemed highly delighted, chattering and jabbering away like so many monkeys. Peter Trawl The Adventures of a Whaler The blacks, jabbering away as they were to each other, did not apparently hear it. Paddy Finn From the jabbering we heard around us, we found that the French prisoners had been brought on board, and Macquoid told us that every man who could be spared was employed in repairing the prize. Marmaduke Merry A Tale of Naval Adventures in Bygone Days The Frenchmen, who were supposed to be royalists, were jabbering away together, when one of our midshipmen, a sharp young fellow, cried out, ‘The chaps have national cockades in their hats.’ Dick Cheveley His Adventures and Misadventures Meantime, the seamen who had been stationed near began jabbering French, as they had been directed to do, throwing the Spaniards completely off their guard. Ben Burton Born and Bred at Sea Monkeys and baboons appeared scrambling among the rocks, or leaping from tree to tree, jabbering at the strangers visiting their territory. The Three Admirals There was a good deal of jabbering, and once more I saw, through a loophole out of which I was looking, the sable army approaching. Paddy Finn A volley of questions burst from the people in the boat; and all seemed jabbering and talking together. From Powder Monkey to Admiral A Story of Naval Adventure ‘Viva,’ cried the voice from the brig, and after this we heard the people on board her jabbering away among themselves. Dick Cheveley His Adventures and Misadventures Among them were Creoles, Blacks, Sambos, Indians—indeed, every hue was represented—all jabbering in loud voices. In New Granada Heroes and Patriots The tones in which the shouts and loud jabbering of the pirates were uttered showed that they were beginning to think that they had had enough of it. The Three Lieutenants They are very inquisitive, and, by their jabberings and pointings, incessantly, want Speke to show everything he possesses. Great African Travellers From Mungo Park to Livingstone and Stanley The scholars at Dean Colet’s school were, however, interdicted from this amusement, he considering it as tending only to idle jabbering. The Golden Grasshopper A story of the days of Sir Thomas Gresham He appeared to be highly pleased at seeing us, and began jabbering away in a language which neither Guy nor I could understand. Adventures in Australia Here, Cross, tell that jabbering Frenchman if he isn’t off, he’ll have to go back with a hole through the bottom of his boat. The Ocean Cat's Paw The Story of a Strange Cruise After a considerable amount of jabbering and talking, it was agreed that the task could be accomplished. The Three Lieutenants Perhaps that is why that jabbering Italian has taken a vow of affection for him which nothing can weaken. The Nabob, Vol. 2 (of 2) Then began a low excited jabbering, during which the mounted men sat fast, one of them holding the leash which restrained the dogs. First in the Field A Story of New South Wales She dropped half a needleful of stitches in her knitting, and told Tom she wished he'd hold his tongue, for he kept up such a jabbering that he made all her stitches run down. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 101, March, 1866 The noises were no longer sharp screams or hoarse coughs, but a kind of jabbering jargon, as if the apes were engaged in a family confabulation. The Castaways Stick him up, I say, you jabbering idiot.” Dr. Jolliffe's Boys “Is there a human being here who is not a jabbering idiot?” he cried in English. For Fortune and Glory A Story of the Soudan War I can read and write French fluently, though it doesn’t come quite so easy to speak it, and German, of course, is second nature after jabbering with Fraulein all these years. Tom and Some Other Girls A Public School Story Belay there with that jabbering, you youngsters; you don’t know what you are talking about. The Rover's Secret A Tale of the Pirate Cays and Lagoons of Cuba The Welshman paid no head to this warning, but rushed on, jabbering in Welsh to himself, and groaning, ay, and even sobbing now and then in his excitement. Sir Ludar A Story of the Days of the Great Queen Bess Again a minute of quiet, and once more the jabbering and shouting. The Journal of Negro History, Volume 3, 1918 One of their wives is discussing the E.C.U. and the S.S.C. with a hitherto silent curate, and the other is jabbering botany to a red-faced warrior. Facts About Champagne and Other Sparkling Wines Singalese and Hindus swarm up the gangways, and throw themselves with much jabbering on the traveller's possessions. From Pole to Pole A Book for Young People How well I remember the jabbering of the Frenchmen the first night as they handed the kegs over to us! Highways and Byways in Sussex From thence we went to a place where we heard a terrible noise, a medley of striking, jabbering, crying and laughing, shouting and singing. The Sleeping Bard or, Visions of the World, Death, and Hell He was jabbering to himself all the time as he stooped and picked up bricks and examined them closely, and glanced down to the spruit where Kornel was still working. Vrouw Grobelaar and Her Leading Cases Seventeen Short Stories Other boys had arrived during the incident, and were now pressing round, questioning and jabbering. Jack of Both Sides The Story of a School War A dozen of the Esquimaux had come to the doors of their huts, jabbering. Left on Labrador or, The cruise of the Schooner-yacht 'Curlew.' as Recorded by 'Wash.' It was the first clear utterance, after long decades of years, in which he had 'heard nothing but infinite jangling and jabbering, and inarticulate twittering and screeching.' Critical Miscellanies, Vol. 1, Essay 5, Emerson He was jabbering mystical gibberish which I couldn't understand and didn't want to understand, and rabble-rousing anti-Terran propaganda which I understood much too well. The Door Through Space When they were not jabbering about him at lunch, it was about the Mayflower, which apparently sailed from Plymouth for the purpose of supplying Americans with ancestors. Set in Silver But by what queer signs and by what sort of jabbering our little monkey had made his wishes known to his companions, only he and they knew. St. Nicholas Magazine for Boys and Girls, Vol. 5, January 1878, No. 3 We could hear them shouting, screaming, and jabbering, and the dogs barking. Left on Labrador or, The cruise of the Schooner-yacht 'Curlew.' as Recorded by 'Wash.' Foreign or half-foreign laboring folk came out, soldiers and sailor boys came, jabbering in a score of tongues. The Sagebrusher A Story of the West Elise aloft was jabbering patois at her dazed and startled mistress. An Apache Princess A Tale of the Indian Frontier Am able now to understand the astonishment of St. Paul when he found himself jabbering nineteen to the dozen in lingo, Greek to him till then. Gallipoli Diary, Volume I This was immediately followed by an immense amount of jabbering, as they gathered in little groups, no doubt discussing the merits of the action and the valor of the hero. St. Nicholas Magazine for Boys and Girls, Vol. 5, January 1878, No. 3 Instantly they began to crowd round him, a dozen jabbering all at once. Left on Labrador or, The cruise of the Schooner-yacht 'Curlew.' as Recorded by 'Wash.' Some of these were jabbering to each other, but nobody seemed to know what had happened. Secret History Revealed By Lady Peggy O'Malley Before they were off the ground in their vehicles, a violent dispute had begun, with a bedlam of jabbering and shrieking. Naudsonce If those two space idiots start jabbering again, call me. The Revolt on Venus I started the ball rolling in my own company and in about a minute there were fifty men around me all jabbering like magpies as to the result of this awful massacre. Danger Signals Remarkable, Exciting and Unique Examples of the Bravery, Daring and Stoicism in the Midst of Danger of Train Dispatchers and Railroad Engineers After much talking and jabbering by the French interpreters we finally got started, and we soon left L——h far behind. Into the Jaws of Death In the brief hush which came before the shouts and jabberings of many voices, Ruiz Rios's companion pulled him sharply by the arm, whispering quickly. Daughter of the Sun A Tale of Adventure It's just awful to hear him, Corporal M'Bean, jabbering away in that foreign talk, with that little black monkey moonshine. With Clive in India Or, The Beginnings of an Empire The sailors crept up one by one, but they only gathered in a jabbering knot, and scowled at the Englishman heavily. The Chequers Being the Natural History of a Public-House, Set Forth in a Loafer's Diary I stooped to drink of the wholesome spring Under the poplars whispering: Face to my face in that water clear— The Kelpie rider's jabbering leer! Ballads of Lost Haven A Book of the Sea Early in December, 1841, Mr. Bishop, hearing fearful screams, accompanied by deep and hoarse jabberings, apparently coming from the top of the house, rushed upstairs, whereupon all was instantly silent, and he could discover nothing. Animal Ghosts Or, Animal Hauntings and the Hereafter Lot darker, and they're jabbering among themselves in some lingo I never heard before. Time Crime It contained a French invalid who was jabbering away excitedly to himself, but I could not understand a single word. Sixteen Months in Four German Prisons Wesel, Sennelager, Klingelputz, Ruhleben But they answered him in a language he can't understand, d'ye see, and after some jabbering he makes them understand that he wants to go on board to see their captain. Days of the Discoverers Kavaalen, behind the wheel, turned around and began jabbering at Olsen, in the back seat, in something that sounded like Swedish. Murder in the Gunroom I shook him; he did not stir, only sat there jabbering and singing. Dead Man's Rock I didn't know what he was jabbering about, seeing I don't understand much French, but I guessed it was a submarine. The Moving Picture Boys on the War Front Or, The Hunt for the Stolen Army Films But, as I helped him up, and, striking a light, we began to look around the hole he had tumbled into, he gave a piercing shriek, and fell on his knees, jabbering with fear. Pieces of Eight Then at the season when the leaves are blood-red and bright gold came in from the woods Thorkel the German, smacking his lips and making strange faces and jabbering in his own language. Days of the Discoverers And you come jabbering near the door here like a blooming lot of old women.... The Nigger Of The "Narcissus" A Tale Of The Forecastle I couldn't see him any more; a jabbering crowd all round us was being kept at a distance by the muskets of the soldiers. Romance With a piece of the idol in his hand, he roused Kathlyn and shook the clay before her face, jabbering violently. The Adventures of Kathlyn Meanwhile, Tom had stopped jabbering, and had come nearer, looking on in awed silence. Pieces of Eight Laughing, jabbering patois, a dozen young imps forced their audacious attentions on the unprotected azure beauty. The Motor Maid "Here Dona Carlotta Sequiera has been jabbering at me in what I now find out to be French, but I am ashamed to say, I do not know thirty words of the language." The Actress in High Life An Episode in Winter Quarters The decks were covered with a jabbering turmoil of negroes with muscular arms and brawny shoulders. Romance The golden sands, the purple cliffs, the translucent blue of the heavens, and the group of picturesque rascals jabbering and gesticulating and pressing about their chief, made a picture Kathlyn was never to forget. The Adventures of Kathlyn The supers jabbering on the scene are there, children of presentiment and fear, to make us aware of a third, the mysterious one, whose name is not on the bills. Ancient Art and Ritual The others stood watching the advance, jabbering excitedly, with the volubility of so many monkeys. In the Roaring Fifties They were jabbering contentedly and both were as plump and happy in their foraging as a pair of young cubs. The Story of Grenfell of the Labrador A Boy's Life of Wilfred T. Grenfell I only saw him already there, sitting on his heels, jabbering and nodding at us like an enormous baboon. Romance The jabbering of the mahouts would have amused her at any other time. The Adventures of Kathlyn An ugly clamour of strident noises and hard, shrill voices, jabbering of vulgar, trivial things. Dangerous Ages Around this the slashers were ringed, jabbering and quarrelling in an excited manner. The King's Arrow A Tale of the United Empire Loyalists Towards evening, after passing the little village of Amboa, they came to a grove of peepuls filled with green parrots and monkeys screaming and jabbering as though engaged in a competition. In Clive's Command A Story of the Fight for India In an instant we were surrounded by fifty natives of the lower class, jabbering, jeering, screaming, and begging—all intent, as it verily seemed, on defeating my object. The English Gipsies and Their Language They could understand her, but she on her part could make little or nothing of their jabbering. The Adventures of Kathlyn "That child over there makes one feel so cheap and ridiculous, jabbering away." Dangerous Ages Presently Mrs. page came running out of the hut half dressed, and carrying her baby; she said she heard the blacks jabbering in the garden. The Book of the Bush Containing Many Truthful Sketches Of The Early Colonial Life Of Squatters, Whalers, Convicts, Diggers, And Others Who Left Their Native Land And Never Returned His guards pointed out the workers to one another, jabbering excitedly in the uncouth Kakisa. The Fur Bringers A Story of the Canadian Northwest Some of them went down into the steerage, and in five minutes there was a confused jabbering in every part of the ship. Outward Bound Or, Young America Afloat The little boy thought this a fine joke to play on them, to set them all "jabbering" so. The Seeker He smiled and held out his hand, but the men stopped short and eyed him doubtfully, jabbering among themselves. Round the World in Seven Days They were jabbering to one another at a great rate, trying on, putting off, and exchanging first one article and then another of the spoils they had won. The Book of the Bush Containing Many Truthful Sketches Of The Early Colonial Life Of Squatters, Whalers, Convicts, Diggers, And Others Who Left Their Native Land And Never Returned Just for a moment, then, his smiling eyes reassured the jaded, jabbering French-Canadian mother, who turned round with craning neck from the front of the car. The Indiscreet Letter "Now that I know what it's all about—" "For goodness' sake," growled Edgarton from his table, "how do you people think I 'm going to do any work with all this jabbering going on!" Little Eve Edgarton For us, the dressing of the wound kept us busy, and we paid little attention even when a fresh jabbering announced that the litter-bearers had arrived with Giuseppe. Sir John Constantine Memoirs of His Adventures At Home and Abroad and Particularly in the Island of Corsica: Beginning with the Year 1756 "Hold your jabbering tongues—!" cried Isaac, in vexation. Ella Barnwell A Historical Romance of Border Life What jargon is this?" he evidently tried to say, "that these people are all the time jabbering? St. Nicholas, Vol. 5, No. 4, February 1878 "What is Schmalz jabbering about now?" said one of the dug-outs. The Man with the Clubfoot Recovering from his alarm, he heard a low jabbering noise, and presently a light, which, it seems, had been extinguished by his clumsiness, was again approaching. Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 1 We entered the room and waited patiently until the operator looked up from the jabbering receiver. John Henry Smith A Humorous Romance of Outdoor Life I was standing by the entrance to the University building when out came an enthused group of jabbering German students, Carl in their midst. An American Idyll The Life of Carleton H. Parker With a vast heaving, jabbering, and shouting, our boat disengaged itself from the swarm of other craft. African Camp Fires Without that all drama would be an incomprehensible jabbering and gesticulating of mummers, fit only to be put on the London stage at the present moment. Wagner The young fellow from the Achilles was jabbering a bit again. A Dream of the North Sea Two officers were walking up and down the other side jabbering Latin words, laughing and talking all manner of nonsense—amid which I caught my name. London to Ladysmith via Pretoria Her swift glance flashed to the fireplace, then to the corner where Clopin still sat with his jabbering parakeets, then flashed back to Cleek, and—she laughed in his face. Cleek: the Man of the Forty Faces I am no more conscious of "jawing" than "jabbering," and if that is how I am to be spoken to—! Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 102, February 20, 1892 These were the most important personages, but they were backed by the whole population of the town, amounting to about three hundred men, women, and children, all talking, jabbering, and screaming. Poor Jack There was an awful scolding, jabbering, and flapping of wings, but no deaths—fortunately for Ham. Buffalo Roost I, Hopkins tells me, had got down on my knees in the crane cab, and was jabbering away cheerfully to myself. Widdershins I used to 'ear him jabbering to himself about it, dreadful nonsense it was he used to talk. The Hill of Dreams They now had no fear of harm at the hands of the simple though savage-looking men, who watched them from a distance jabbering excitedly. Nedra His own linguistic abilities being unequal to the occasion, he sends off somewhere for a dusky Hindostani, who shortly arrives and, in obedience to orders, forthwith begins jabbering at me in his own tongue. Around the World on a Bicycle - Volume II From Teheran To Yokohama You sink your clan; down goes your nation; you speak a world's language, jovially jabbering in the Lingua-Franca of the forecastle. Mardi: and A Voyage Thither, Vol. I Perhaps he expected the ghost of the M.P. to rise and conclude the debate with frightful jabberings of fleshless jaws and gestures of bony hands. The History of the Fabian Society Man, all men seem radically dumb; jabbering mere jargons and noises from the teeth outwards; the inner meaning of them,— of them and of me, poor devils,—remaining shut, buried forever. The Correspondence of Thomas Carlyle and Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1834-1872, Vol II. When I am at Merida or Badajoz I go to the mercado, and there in a corner stand the accursed gipsies, jabbering to each other in a speech which I understand not. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 5 Everywhere he heard the same "jabbering" tongue, that Norman French--French with a Danish accent, and he liked it little enough. The Rival Heirs; being the Third and Last Chronicle of Aescendune Squirrel munches under his tail canopy till I am out of sight, jabbering all the while. In the Footprints of the Padres Study the American girl, they have the most brilliant way of jabbering meaningless recitativos of any tribe on the face of the earth. What Dreams May Come There was a short, sharp argument, a simultaneous jabbering, as of a pair of monkeys. Children of the Ghetto A Study of a Peculiar People "What is the fellow jabbering about?" exclaimed the Alderman, whose mouth fell nearly to the degree that rendered the countenance of the valet so singularly expressive of distress. The Water-Witch or, the Skimmer of the Seas "Child, what are you jabbering about?" asked Aunt Maria. Overland The camp immediately was thrown into confusion for Da-Ming, the cook, and the burden-bearers were jabbering excitedly at the top of their voices. Camps and Trails in China A Narrative of Exploration, Adventure, and Sport in Little-Known China There women, young and old, crowded each other, jabbering like monkeys. The Doomswoman An Historical Romance of Old California He could hear them jabbering away at a great rate. The Adventures of Captain Horn Will you stop chewing chunks of indigestible language, and tell me what you are jabbering about? O. Henry Memorial Award Prize Stories of 1919 Garcia was jabbering prayers and crying aloud like a scared child, his jaws shaking as if in a palsy. Overland We were climbing a long mountain trail to a pass over eight thousand feet high and were near the summit when a boy dashed breathlessly up to the caravan, jabbering wildly in Chinese. Camps and Trails in China A Narrative of Exploration, Adventure, and Sport in Little-Known China Max turned his head toward the centre of the course, and saw Calli surrounded by a crowd of jabbering friends who were leading him toward us. Yolanda: Maid of Burgundy He was jabbering in his native tongue, with much gesticulation of his thin arms, and going into contortions at every dozen paces in a sort of pantomime to emphasize his words. O. Henry Memorial Award Prize Stories of 1920 From the kneeling eunuch came a shriek and moan and incoherent jabbering. A Williams Anthology A Collection of the Verse and Prose of Williams College, 1798-1910 There are Italian Row, and French Row, and Spanish Row, and Britain Row, with their crowds of buyers, sellers, and loungers, jabbering all the languages of the earth. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 19, No. 532, February 4, 1832 The mother scrutinized them closely, but the child appeared overjoyed to see them, and wiped away their tears with her little hand, and, jabbering in her unknown language, seemed begging them not to cry. Small Means and Great Ends D'you think I've nothing better to do than lie out here in a puddle of mud listening to you jabbering your beastly lingo? Action Front They were just a lot of idiots jabbering for amusement instead of putting their own hands into the dough. Folk-Tales of Napoleon The Napoleon of the People; Napoleonder But Mrs. Crump was jabbering to him most of the time. Polly and the Princess "I can't get on while you two are jabbering in that corner." M. or N. "Similia similibus curantur." The contentment and peace of many young minds have been utterly lost, sold for the absurd jabbering of old, ignorant, low-bred women, who pretend to read the future. Small Means and Great Ends Then Aditi's sounds were something like responses, rising as the internal sounds rose, and as they died away—a jabbering wail of an Eastern tongue. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume XXIII At sight of the white men they halted in relief, pointing back in the direction they had come, and jabbering excitedly in their native tongue. The Monster Men There was much jabbering in the Russian tongue, when Mr. Petrofsky and Mr. Androwsky took the others about the craft, explaining how it worked. Tom Swift and His Air Glider, or Seeking the Platinum Treasure She won't come here any more till you're kicked off the ranch, as near as I could make out her jabbering. Good Indian The officer approached the prisoners while Tarzan was still jabbering, and halted behind them, listening in perplexed interest. Tarzan and the Jewels of Opar Disconcerted, he went back into the cabin, to hold a council, apparently, from the way the jabbering broke forth. Tales of the Fish Patrol He almost dropped his rifle from surprise as a strange jabbering, identical with that of the apes, broke from Meriem's lips. Son of Tarzan The jabbering of Dutch brings to mind Demosthenes trying to outroar a stormy sea with his mouth full of pebbles. Letters from the Cape He knew us by our countenances to be Englishmen, and jabbering to us in his own language, swore we should be tied back to back and thrown into the sea. Gulliver's Travels When I come to, there was Vahna spread-eagled on top of the nugget, and the old fellow with a beak jabbering away solemnly as if going through some sort of religious exercises. The Red One Ever as they fled they cast fearful glances back of them, and finally they stopped near Clayton jabbering excitedly to him as though to warn him of approaching danger. Tarzan of the Apes Again the ape plucked at his shoulder, jabbering plaintively. Son of Tarzan Moving to and fro with strained exertion, jabbering all the while, they were, with their swaying bodies, black faces, and glowing eyes, like strange and ugly fiends jigging heavily in the smoke. The Red Badge of Courage Some people, sir, would have—' 'Some people would have spared themselves the jabbering of such a parrot as you,' interposed the dwarf. The Old Curiosity Shop It was nearly filled with rough unkempt fellows, smoking, drinking, whistling, singing, shouting or jabbering, some in a standing, some in a sitting, posture. Wild Wales: Its People, Language and Scenery When he arrived he found the entire tribe gathered jabbering about the dead body of his slain mother. Tarzan of the Apes He had gone but a short distance into the wood when he heard a great jabbering in a near-by tree. Son of Tarzan "I wish you would speak English instead of jabbering in your own language, which no one can understand," said Almayer, sulkily. An Outcast of the Islands They kept looking from the corpse to me and jabbering among themselves. Pellucidar He was deploring the dreadful predicament in which he found himself, in a house full of old women, jabbering French and Italian, and talking poetry to him. Vanity Fair Scarcely had half a dozen entered the building ere they came rushing out in wild, jabbering confusion. Tarzan of the Apes Upon the outside several hundred other baboons were tearing and tugging in his aid, and all were roaring and jabbering and barking at the top of their lungs. Son of Tarzan At this the hatchet-men set up a great jabbering with much laughter, loud and boisterous. Out of Time's Abyss We groped in the ruins and came upon this, and there he was, sitting in his bunk, surrounded by foam and wreckage, jabbering cheerfully to himself. Youth, a Narrative There was a jostling, jabbering, sombreroed crowd of Mexicans around the railroad station. Desert Gold Moving to and fro with strained exertion, jabbering the while, they were, with their swaying bodies, black faces, and glowing eyes, like strange and ugly friends jigging heavily in the smoke. The Red Badge of Courage Across the clearing he saw the jabbering horde watching. Son of Tarzan Now, this is my form"—he sprang to the door, and putting his two hands to his mouth he bellowed: "Stop your confounded jabbering down there! The Stark Munro Letters My head reeled with this jabbering and the close stench of the place; but I kept on, trusting to find presently some chance of a new development. The Island of Doctor Moreau The action was performed so suddenly, so adroitly, it made the Mexican such a weakling, so like a tumbled tenpin, that the shrill jabbering hushed. Desert Gold As he spoke, from the dark recesses of the woods we heard far away the jabbering cry of the ape-men. The Lost World The ape gave one look at the English lord, and then leaped toward him, calling out in excited jabbering. Son of Tarzan What now—what now to me Are all the jabbering birds and foolish flowers That clutter up the world? Renascence and Other Poems The Monkey-man bored me, however; he assumed, on the strength of his five digits, that he was my equal, and was for ever jabbering at me,—jabbering the most arrant nonsense. The Island of Doctor Moreau The terrific reverberation of Tantor's challenge sent the bulls scurrying to the trees, jabbering and scolding. Jungle Tales of Tarzan I could see, too, that they were excited; the watch hung under the weather rail jabbering like parrots; an uglier crew of sea lawyers never developed. Java Head Korak, returning from the hunt, heard the jabbering of the excited monkeys. Son of Tarzan All the time that this was taking place we were jabbering, each in his own tongue, neither we nor they understanding much that the other said. The Long Labrador Trail |
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