chirr
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
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
Nothing broke their stillness save the occasional sharp chirr of a chipmunk, or the tapp, tapp of the little black-and-white wood-peckers on some hollow limb.
From Dusty Star by Baker, Olaf
But on leading up his horse within ten or twelve feet of the pin, it gives a little "chirr" and dives down out of sight.
From Wild Animals at Home by Seton, Ernest Thompson
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 Vawter, Will
The crickets' chirr 'neath brier and burr, By leaf-strewn pools and streams, When Autumn stands 'mid the dropping nuts, With the book, she shuts, Of dreams.
From The Garden of Dreams by Cawein, Madison J.
