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 Roberts, Charles George Douglas, Sir

Hung with the crimson aigrets of its seeds The purple monkshood bleeds; The dewy crickets chirr, And everywhere are lights of lavender; And scents of musk and myrrh To guide the foot of her.

From The Cup of Comus Fact and Fancy by Cawein, Madison Julius

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 Crockett, S. R. (Samuel Rutherford)

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