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- verb Present participle of
drivel .
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Examples
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He was disgusted with what he called the drivelling of some unhappy specimens of the
Queechy, Volume I Susan Warner 1852
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He was disgusted with what he called the drivelling of some unhappy specimens of the Church which had come in his way; he disbelieved the truth of what such men professed.
Queechy Susan Warner 1852
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He was disgusted with what he called the drivelling of some unhappy specimens of the Church which had come in his way; he disbelieved the truth of what such men professed.
Queechy 1854
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I'm the kind of drivelling idiot you make out, my actions are of no importance, either to you or to any one else. "
The Simpkins Plot George A. Birmingham 1907
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There was some dosey old tart drivelling on about blogs being bad?
You Couldn’t Make It Up « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2009
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I suppose I should have known you'd turn out to be one of those drivelling relativists who thought that war was a bad idea.
Unthinkable: Christopher Hitchens at heaven's gate | Editorial 2011
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They invaded first, they have never controlled South Ossetia, they threw grenades into basements full of Russian women and children, and I do believe the very people drivelling on about sovereignty are at this time still in Iraq, Afghanistan .... etc.
Ooo I`m Scared Newmania 2008
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That's because the DJs on Radio 1 think they are celebrities, and we want to hear them drivelling on about themselves.
Archive 2010-01-01 Brian Clegg 2010
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That's because the DJs on Radio 1 think they are celebrities, and we want to hear them drivelling on about themselves.
Why Radio One just isn't poptastic any more Brian Clegg 2010
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The thing that strikes anyone most forcibly about the present government is their drivelling incompetence.
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