chirr
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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
I heard the death-moth tick and stir, Slow-honeycombing through the bark; I heard the crickets' drowsy chirr, And one lone beetle burr the dark— The sleeping woodland seemed to purr.
From Shapes and Shadows by Madison J. Cawein
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 Will Vawter
There was no insect sound to chirr; No wind to make a little stir.
From The Garden of Dreams by Madison J. Cawein
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