chirr
Example Sentences
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A pensive stillness passed while they listened to the hushed chirr of insects in the trees that surrounded the cemetery like an embrace.
From "The Serpent King" by Jeff Zentner
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The soldier stood erect, gray-faced and immovable, his eyes fixed, his teeth set, his hand gripping the pike, till the insects, reassured, began to chirr close about him.
From The Yoke A Romance of the Days when the Lord Redeemed the Children of Israel from the Bondage of Egypt by Miller, Elizabeth
Hark to the grackles' chirr Whene'er an elm-bough swings!
From In Divers Tones by Roberts, Charles George Douglas, Sir
The crickets' chirr 'neath brier and burr, By leaf-strewn pools and streams, When Autumn stands 'mid the dropping nuts, With the book, she shuts, Of dreams.
From The Garden of Dreams by Cawein, Madison J.
And so I reach, Dear Lord, to Thee, And do beseech Thou givest me The wee cot, and the cricket's chirr, Love, and the glad sweet face of her.
From Riley Love-Lyrics by Vawter, Will
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.