skirl

Example Sentences

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Bringing Scotland to the Pacific Northwest for over 75 years through the skirl o’ the Pipes and Drums, the beauty of Highland Dancing, the brawn of Scottish athletics, and the sharing of clan history!

From Seattle Times • Apr. 26, 2024

Thousands of Scotland fans are in London ahead of their Euro 2020 match with England - but the skirl of the bagpipes has largely been drowned out by a 1970s disco classic.

From BBC • Jun. 18, 2021

"It had all the strange, wild, emotional force of the skirl of a bagpipe," wrote Herbert Warren Wind.

From Golf Digest • Apr. 13, 2020

It is often referred to as a skirl.

From Washington Times • Jan. 31, 2017

Voices would skirl up in the darkness: one person singing a lullaby, then another person, until everyone was asleep.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann