trill
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Birdsong all around the world, they say, is made up of combinations of these motifs - three types of trill, three types of whistle, chaotic notes and harmonies.
From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2026
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
They wove through the crowds, and Emily felt a trill of anticipation.
From "Book Scavenger" by Jennifer Chambliss Bertman
More complex compositions - with ultrafast trills and combinations that contain lots of information - are more common in temperate forests, where birds tend to communicate at closer range.
From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2026
“But she’s not a scat singer. She improvises more in the technique of the Baroque period, expanding and contracting phrases or adding trills that deviate from the melody.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 11, 2026
The melody and the vocal trills that fans came to love were notably absent.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 3, 2025
While some find the buzzes, chirps and trills soothing or exciting, for others, the bugs are annoying or irritating.
From New York Times ● May 17, 2024
Laleh grew up with the ear for it—the uvular fricatives and alveolar trills that I could never get quite right.
From "Darius the Great Is Not Okay" by Adib Khorram
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"O Captain! My Captain!" by Walt Whitman
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