purr
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Then Curry, undulating ever so slightly, delivers his first lines in a cavernous register, seated someplace between a purr and a growl.
From Salon ● Aug. 26, 2026
There is the intermittent purr of generators, dogs barking, and, from time to time, the dry clack of domino tiles echoing in the street.
From Barron's ● Aug. 14, 2026
I told them I got mine hours ago and the group emitted a collective purr.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026
They handled Australia next as the engine began to purr.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 7, 2026
Then there’s just the hum of the instruments, the purr of the ventilation system.
From "Mockingjay" by Suzanne Collins
When Banks purrs, “You have no idea what we have planned for Cycle 25,” you’ll have to forgive me for taking that as a threat, not a tease.
From Salon ● Feb. 20, 2026
Instead, as a vehicle for a pair of wonderful performances, “Pillion” purrs.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 5, 2026
"Tee off on a trail of history," the club history purrs.
From Barron's ● Oct. 18, 2025
A portable heater purrs with a bright orange glow.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 7, 2024
Bo's kittens climbed down from the wardrobe into the heat and rubbed against them with quiet purrs.
From "The Thief Lord" by Cornelia Funke
In the morning, as we ate vegan doughnuts and watched cat cartoons, kitten Asher plopped onto my lap and purred loudly.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 10, 2026
Slegers made five changes from the team that beat Lyon in their Champions League semi-final first-leg tie and the replacements purred.
From BBC ● May 2, 2026
"Absolutely incredible," purred Italy's inspirational captain Michele Lamaro.
From Barron's ● Feb. 7, 2026
Green-winged Inca jays, with yellow bellies and black-and-blue faces, fluttered and squawked in nearby branches, and a dazzling array of hummingbirds purred and thumped, jostling for space at assorted feeders.
From New York Times ● Apr. 26, 2023
“It likes me better,” she said, and the broom purred beneath them.
From "Half Upon a Time" by James Riley
Early in his TV career, his purring voice and enchanting grin helped transform a string of coffee commercials into a serialized love story.
From Salon ● Jun. 12, 2026
As a panderer, one artfully strokes purring sympathizers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 13, 2026
Characters are caricatures, be it a villain that feels plucked from a cartoon western, complete with a purring raccoon for a sidekick, to a greedy wannabe politician of a bank manager.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 17, 2026
Now, relatively speaking, we hear the sound of purring from that club.
From BBC ● Jan. 25, 2026
There was the sound like a great matted yellow hive of bees within a dark bellows, the lazy bumble of a purring lion.
From "The Martian Chronicles" by Ray Bradbury
