How to Use gibberish in a Sentence

gibberish

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  • She was talking gibberish in her sleep.
  • One of the first things Doug Heil noticed was the gibberish on the screen.
    — Elie Dolgin, Discover Magazine, 22 July 2015
  • If this sounds like a bit like gibberish to you, that’s okay.
    — Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics, 5 Mar. 2021
  • These days, he's lost most of his language, and tries to tell jokes that come out like gibberish.
    — Megan Friedman, Country Living, 20 Mar. 2017
  • Like the series it's based on, Shaun the Sheep is mostly wordless, and the humans sound like gibberish to the sheep.
    — Marisa Lascala, Good Housekeeping, 29 Nov. 2022
  • If these words sound like gibberish, don’t fret: The concepts are easy.
    — Aliza Kelly Faragher, Allure, 31 July 2020
  • Camerota then went on to spell the gibberish the way Trump wrote it a few days ago — then joked about its origin.
    — Kristine Phillips, Washington Post, 4 June 2017
  • With that, the beautiful bird jumped off the low branch and walked off into an alder patch, tired of my gibberish.
    — Steve Meyer, Anchorage Daily News, 20 Mar. 2022
  • We gasp and type gibberish in our notes, and half-expect a chaplain to show up and marry them then and there.
    — David Oliver, USA TODAY, 6 Nov. 2020
  • That doesn’t mean these schools should get away with teaching gibberish.
    — Lauren Ritchie, OrlandoSentinel.com, 9 June 2018
  • In the clip, Kromsby fills in as the Cosby Show family’s new dad, but with a lot more gibberish.
    — Nick Vadala, Philly.com, 1 May 2018
  • If all of this sounds like gibberish to you or your child, chances are a Minecraft advent calendar is not the right option for you.
    — Katie Melynn, Peoplemag, 2 Dec. 2022
  • The computers were able to whip through hundreds of pages in minutes, but the result was gibberish.
    — Timothy Williams, New York Times, 11 June 2019
  • At a quick glance, the words on the big red billboard on Independence Boulevard just look like a bunch of gibberish.
    — Théoden Janes, charlotteobserver, 31 Jan. 2018
  • Even if someone broke into my home and found my list, that gibberish wouldn't make much sense to anyone.
    — Teresa Dixon Murray, cleveland.com, 10 Jan. 2018
  • The woman behind the counter stares at me blankly, unable to understand the gibberish that’s coming from my mouth.
    — Brad A. Johnson, Orange County Register, 27 Jan. 2017
  • But then Kirsten adds something else, a blend of gibberish and sentiment.
    — Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 17 Dec. 2021
  • The baby continues to ask his dad questions in gibberish and use his hands to convey his thoughts.
    — Kynala Phillips, Essence, 7 June 2019
  • But Kaycee, Nany and Kyle keep letting Nelson shout out gibberish.
    — Kyndall Cunningham, Vulture, 15 Dec. 2021
  • When your thoughts start to dissolve into a slurry of gibberish?
    — Jennifer Senior, New York Times, 22 June 2017
  • Random pecking at the keys of a typewriter will give you gibberish.
    — Will Stephenson, Harper's Magazine, 16 Aug. 2023
  • There is also a good old word that means incoherent prose or speech: gibberish, which has been around since 1557.
    — Stephen Miller, WSJ, 29 May 2018
  • Then Blake sent Tenser a link to a health website page filled with random words and phrases thrown together, like gibberish.
    — Scott Johnson, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 Dec. 2017
  • The president’s remarks on the subject barely rise above the level of gibberish.
    — Casey Newton, The Verge, 12 July 2019
  • Instead, the tunes will feature melodic human-sounding gibberish that still matches the overall tone of the song.
    — PCMAG, 15 Dec. 2022
  • But let the computer predict your words long enough, and eventually, the text will sound like gibberish.
    — Teresa Carey, Scientific American, 15 Oct. 2021
  • Tiny tots needn’t understand rhyming gibberish to love its feel — just like most market pundits.
    — Ken Fisher, USA TODAY, 17 Sep. 2017
  • The yellow, gibberish-spewing Minions from those movies have been used to sell Tic Tacs, paint and Chiquita bananas.
    — Ryan Faughnder, latimes.com, 5 June 2019
  • Foxx seemed frustrated at one point and jokingly pointed his bat in a quasi threatening way at the peanut gallery and yelled gibberish.
    — Madeleine Marr, miamiherald, 10 July 2017
  • The series provides a platform for junk science, gibberish, and unproven health claims from snake-oil-salesmen guests.
    — Ars Staff, Ars Technica, 26 Dec. 2020

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