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  • verb Present participle of drivel.

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Examples

  • He was disgusted with what he called the drivelling of some unhappy specimens of the

    Queechy, Volume I Susan Warner 1852

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • There was some dosey old tart drivelling on about blogs being bad?

    You Couldn’t Make It Up « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2009

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • The thing that strikes anyone most forcibly about the present government is their drivelling incompetence.

    Tony Blair: The Next Labour Prime Minister? 2010

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