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Meanings of trill in English
Synonyms
Examples for "quaver"
Examples for "quaver"
1
There were tears in his eyes and a quaver in his voice.
2
I'll meet you there, she said with a quaver in her voice.
3
There was the least quaver in her voice as she said this.
4
But right now, I warn you-A quaver crept into her voice.
5
He told me about it with a quaver in his old voice.
1
There never was anyone who could equal Jenny Lind in the warble.
2
The birds had ceased to sit and warble on the trees above.
3
It was the spring flowing, ever flowing on, with its bird-like warble.
4
No cheerful warble of a merry songster would ever greet our ears.
5
They chip, chirp, and sing, warble, whistle, thrill, scream, and hoot it.
Spanish
trill Usage of trill in English
1
Since 1983, their trill rates, frequency and bandwidth have all changed drastically.
2
A new sound assailed her ears: the trill of some exotic bird.
3
To Maria it sounded as meaningless as the trill of a canary-bird.
4
Keeping it trill is pretty much the just of the whole mixtape.
5
Somewhere near the window a robin began to trill his vesper song.
6
I can't keep a small trill of resentment out of my voice.
7
As I reached it, I heard a trill as perfect as Tetrazzini's.
8
It's just one trill of laughter and merriment, a sunbeam and effect.
9
What subtle trill, I wonder, is he going to warble to us?
10
The trill, when it rolls quickly and evenly, is a trill indeed!
11
For a brief moment David thought he heard a bird's trill, a thrush.
12
The phones inside rang with different bells: one a trill, one a buzz.
13
Yes, the trill; but, after all, the trill is a somewhat individual matter.
14
Klindworth attacks the trill on the second page with the upper tone- Aflat
15
The dew was dripping among the leaves, the nightingale had ceased to trill.
16
He has a sweet song that ends in a little trill.
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Trill through the time
Trill across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Common