churr

Example Sentences

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Local birdwatcher Neil Bostock was the first to discover the birds on 3 June after hearing the "churr" before male and female birds were seen engaging in mating displays, signalling their intent to breed.

From BBC • Aug. 9, 2018

“I didn’t really trust it. I remember walking into a received pronunciation class and they were all going ‘How Now Brown Cow’ and I said ‘Do you huv a spur churr?’

From The Guardian • Sep. 11, 2017

No roaring fires and puffing bellows; no clink of hammer or anvil, and no churr and screech of steel being held against the revolving stones.

From Patience Wins War in the Works by Fenn, George Manville

Only a cricket from time to time gave a cautious churr, and a mouse was scratching somewhere; he could hear his own breathing.

From Knock, Knock, Knock and Other Stories by Garnett, Constance

Even the grasshoppers ceased their churr in the trees—only a window rattled somewhere.

From The Torrents of Spring by Garnett, Constance