chirr
Example Sentences
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A pensive stillness passed while they listened to the hushed chirr of insects in the trees that surrounded the cemetery like an embrace.
From "The Serpent King" by Jeff Zentner
Hark to the grackles' chirr Whene'er an elm-bough swings!
From In Divers Tones by Sir Charles George Douglas Roberts
Their call for food was a sibilant chirr, and they gave it much oftener than any of the grown-up woodpecker notes.
From A-Birding on a Bronco by Florence A. Merriam
A grasshopper, roosting on a blade of grass beneath, his feet, tumbled off and gave vent to his feelings in a belated "chirr."
From The Lilac Sunbonnet by S. R. (Samuel Rutherford) Crockett
And so I reach, Dear Lord, to Thee, And do beseech Thou givest me The wee cot, and the cricket's chirr, Love, and the glad sweet face of her.
From Riley Love-Lyrics by Will Vawter
