trill
Example Sentences
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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
The chirrup or trill greeting is a melodious sound that cats make when saying hello to preferred individuals.
From Scientific American • Oct. 5, 2022
They whistle, trill and twitter; grunt, hiccup and hiss.
From New York Times • Aug. 30, 2022
There was a special quietness about the place, punctuated now and then by the high trill of birdsong.
From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
