charred

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In an endless column, several hundred taxis churred past the gleaming Montevideo office building that houses the U.S.

From Time Magazine Archive

They churred excitedly when someone discovered a large scorpion—and muttered with disappointment as the lucky finder nipped off the stinger and ate the rest of the creature!

From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer

The old-fashioned clock by the elevator churred as its gears began to turn.

From "The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm" by Nancy Farmer

Night-hawks churred as they beat on noiseless wings above the beds of bramble and bracken.

From The History of Sir Richard Calmady A Romance by Malet, Lucas

The only sound at all—and that was fitful—came from a fern-owl which, from a thorn-bush above me, churred softly and at intervals his content with the night.

From Lore of Proserpine by Hewlett, Maurice Henry