trilled
Example Sentences
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“Some boys take a beautiful girl and hide her away from the rest of the world,” she trilled.
From Salon ● Aug. 22, 2025
The trilled R connection to roughness appeared across speakers of all languages regardless of whether the sound was used in that language or not.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 20, 2024
As if rejoicing about the extra-wet weather, male gray tree frogs trilled their mating call on overtime this challenging season.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 18, 2023
On the first day, Modjeska trilled that her compatriots were “anticipating great joy from the touch of Mother Earth.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 10, 2023
Then I saw a fine black thread and pulled it from the trilled paper.
From "Invisible Man" by Ralph Ellison
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