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trill

[tril] / trɪl /


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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

But enlisting Peter Cetera to trill sweetly behind him as he sneers is A+ record-making.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 24, 2025

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

My filly’s whinny, timid trill: I’m sitting by this icy rill, In wintry, frigid wild?

From Washington Post • Nov. 10, 2022

There was no trill of cicadas or chattering apes in the trees, just a low creaking in the breeze, a whisper.

From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray




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