trill
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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
My filly’s whinny, timid trill: I’m sitting by this icy rill, In wintry, frigid wild?
From Washington Post • Nov. 10, 2022
The phone in their kitchen rang its loud trill, and Seven’s heart dropped.
From "Witchlings" by Claribel A. Ortega
Vocabulary lists containing trill
"O Captain! My Captain!" by Walt Whitman
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"Names/Nombres" by Julia Alvarez
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