babbling

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You can skip evolution - babbling is the serious stuff.

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  • But for now everyone was babbling, and Linda was taking notes for all she was worth No question Earth survived by dumb luck. —  AnalogSFF,May2007
  • She was babbling, she knew she was babbling, and she'd keep babbling, because then maybe she wouldn't cry. —  Michaels, Kasey - Too Good To Be True.html
  • They were not babbling, as they do in an evening flight from the fields to the sea, but chuckling and talking low to themselves. —  THE ISLAND OF SHEEP
  • Spidal said Lenahan "was kind of babbling," raving about God and accusing Spidal and his roommates of various crimes, such as spying on him through the door and tapping his phone conversations.
  • You can skip evolution - babbling is the serious stuff. —  THE INTELLIGENT SINGAPOREAN
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