trill
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Through evocative descriptions—the skylark’s trill “hovering in the quivering air,” or the sun rising over a “silvery, dew-thick cow meadow”—Ms. Haynes invites us to take part in the daily rhythms of our natural world.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026
As applause for her previous number, “Please, Please, Please,” faded and Carpenter sat down at the piano for her next number, someone in the crowd suddenly let out a loud trill.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 13, 2026
Under a starry sky in the Calakmul reserve, as unseen frogs chirp and insects trill, Medellín Legorreta patiently works to untangle a bat caught in a mist net.
From Science Magazine • Oct. 11, 2023
Music compositions by Eliza Thompson, the occasional trill of woodwinds between chapters, has the old-fashioned feel of a radio story hour, but sound design, which might have generated dimension and atmosphere throughout, is curiously absent.
From New York Times • Dec. 15, 2022
And then we heard the trill of music.
From "Nory Ryan’s Song" by Patricia Reilly Giff
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"O Captain! My Captain!" by Walt Whitman
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