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
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 Afterwhiles by James Whitcomb Riley
There was no insect sound to chirr; No wind to make a little stir.
From The Garden of Dreams by Madison J. Cawein
It was a hot humid night, with the chirr of queer insects outside mocking with weary iteration the lusty snores of the weary farm hands.
From Blacksheep! Blacksheep! by Meredith Nicholson
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 Florence A. Merriam
