trill
Example Sentences
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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
My filly’s whinny, timid trill: I’m sitting by this icy rill, In wintry, frigid wild?
From Washington Post • Nov. 10, 2022
The chirrup or trill greeting is a melodious sound that cats make when saying hello to preferred individuals.
From Scientific American • Oct. 5, 2022
Against a long and attenuated trill of the viola, Mehretu’s backgrounds become a lurid green or mysterious blue and the black lines of the paintings start to look more querulous.
From New York Times • Sep. 28, 2022
In the mornings their chirping was interrupted by the sharp trill of the commander’s whistle, a voice shouting “Fall in, fall in!” and the running and scrambling of men and boys.
From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
