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

Their call for food was a sibilant chirr, and they gave it much oftener than any of the grown-up woodpecker notes.

From A-Birding on a Bronco by Merriam, Florence A.

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

There was no insect sound to chirr; No wind to make a little stir.

From The Garden of Dreams by Cawein, Madison J.

Now an uneasy head is thrust out, and now a whole tiny body, but it soon reënters in another quarter, and at length the stir and chirr grow still.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 92, June, 1865 by Various