BUBBLE in a Sentence

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For BUBBLE, below is one of 57 sentences:
But with Melanie, he bubbled over with talk and brought from his pocket everything from fishing worms to old strings to show her.

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 Meanings and Examples of BUBBLE
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
bubble
 n.  a thin sphere of liquid enclosing air or another gas
 n.  fantastic or impracticable idea or belief
Classic Sentence: (43 in 3 pages)
1  I am not a soldier and I have no desire to seek the bubble reputation even in the cannon's mouth.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XI
2  The sight of the MacIntosh house had pricked the last bubble of hope remaining to her.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXIV
3  Something in the last low interchange of words made a new fear and suspicion rise up in Scarlett's breast like a chill ever-swelling bubble.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLV
4  The bubble of suspicion in her breast was swelling larger now.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLV
5  The fire hissed in the waves; the same instant the ship shot by the bubble the sinking pipe made.
Moby Dick By Herman Melville
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 30. The Pipe.
6  While it hung there, the moon rose in the east, as big as a cart-wheel, pale silver and streaked with rose colour, thin as a bubble or a ghost-moon.
My Antonia By Willa Cather
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 4. The Pioneer Woman's Story: IV
7  For many minutes the struggle between the light bubble in which they floated and the swift current was severe and doubtful.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore Cooper
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 5
8  The mournful current moved slowly on, and from the water, shaded black, some white bubble eyes looked at the men.
The Red Badge of Courage By Stephen Crane
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 3
9  Everything is froth and bubble to you.
The Inspector General By Nikolai Gogol
Context  Highlight   In ACT III
10  As they progressed down the street, through the sucking mud, Scarlett bubbled over with questions and Peter answered them, pointing here and there with his whip, proud to display his knowledge.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VIII
11  Hot words bubbled to her lips and it was with difficulty that she checked them.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER IX
12  The words bubbled up faster than she could speak them.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLVII
13  But with Melanie, he bubbled over with talk and brought from his pocket everything from fishing worms to old strings to show her.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER LVI
14  She bubbled at Juanita, the president of the club, that she wanted to entertain them.
Main Street By Sinclair Lewis
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER X
15  Juanita Haydock bubbled over their Washington encounter, and took Carol to her social bosom.
Main Street By Sinclair Lewis
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXIX
Example Sentence:
1  The boys got wise to Jack's fondness for bubble gum.
2  This is the most anticipated public offering since the dotcom bubble burst four years ago.
3  A hypodermic needle and an air bubble can kill, but can you guarantee that kind of placement?
4  One of the results of the internet bubble is that certain inelastic inputs had highly inflated prices.
5  When the development bubble burst, federal regulators started probing the balance sheets of the biggest banks.
6  The play bubbled with songs and dances.
7  Examine the glass carefully for bubbles.
8  When water boils, bubbles rise to the surface.
9  As water begins to boil, bubbles rise ever faster to the surface.
10  Using black oxide is tricky that way; if you use too much, it will create black bubbles in the tub.
11  The main weapon of the vendor is his tongue: his stream of words builds castles in the air, blows up glistening bubbles and silences all doubt.
12  Amy's ebullient nature could not be repressed; she' was always bubbling over with excitement.
13  I heard the fan clicking and the bubbling of the hot-water kettle in the silence of the hall.
14  Ever present, they absorb the viscous lava of contempo culture through their pores, let it course through their veins ‘til a diffuse plexus of melodies and rhythms form, and then release the bubbly potion onto an unsuspecting audience.