trill

Birdsong all around the world, they say, is made up of combinations of these motifs - three types of trill, three types of whistle, chaotic notes and harmonies.

From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2026

Through evocative descriptions—the skylark’s trill “hovering in the quivering air,” or the sun rising over a “silvery, dew-thick cow meadow”—Ms. Haynes invites us to take part in the daily rhythms of our natural world.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 17, 2026

Under a starry sky in the Calakmul reserve, as unseen frogs chirp and insects trill, Medellín Legorreta patiently works to untangle a bat caught in a mist net.

From Science Magazine ● Oct. 11, 2023

Spanish vowels overlap with Sindarin ones, and Spanish speakers already can trill their Rs with the best of elves.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 6, 2023

It looked at them with two bright black eyes and, opening its mouth, which was pointed like a thorn, sent forth a little trill.

From "The City of Ember" by Jeanne DuPrau

More complex compositions - with ultrafast trills and combinations that contain lots of information - are more common in temperate forests, where birds tend to communicate at closer range.

From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2026

“But she’s not a scat singer. She improvises more in the technique of the Baroque period, expanding and contracting phrases or adding trills that deviate from the melody.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 11, 2026

The Cowardly Lion no longer trills about becoming king of the forest.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2025

She folded trills, stops and sweet harmonics into unbroken lines, and when she harmonized with herself, she utilized the plushness and patience familiar from her Bach recordings.

From New York Times ● Apr. 28, 2024

At the door she trills her fingers good-bye.

From "The Boy Who Dared" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti