Make a soft swishing sound.
Make a vibrant sound, as of some birds.
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Examples for "purr "
Examples for "purr "
1 The hushed purr of the spring broke the stillness in metallic tinklings.
2 Two: Cats have created the perfect purr to make you feed them.
3 I did not know whether to expect a purr or a roar.
4 She leaned across the table, her voice dropping to a dangerous purr .
5 JOHN: I never learned to purr ; it must be amusing-forthe Queen.
1 Princeton computer science whiz Ed Felten and others point out the conundrum.
2 You may be a whiz at design, but I know the marketplace.
3 Stop and add the flour and baking powder and whiz some more.
4 The tray ended up on the floor and gee whiz , what's this?
5 That's the message of Barnaby Jack, a software-cracking whiz turned digital-security researcher.
1 The more the corn fell, the quicker she made the sickle whizz .
2 He was a mathematics whizz - kid and destined for Harvard and great things.
3 It was at this time that the whizz - bang shell made its debut.
4 Shots began to whizz overhead and to splash the water around us.
5 The pods whizz up obligingly and stop politely, waiting to be boarded.
Sound of something in rapid motion.
1 In the midst of all this the tower clock began to whirr -
2 Turkeys run into the coppice, and pheasants whirr up from the path.
3 The whirr of an approaching motor caused them both to look up.
4 The phonograph went off into an inarticulate whirr of its own machinery.
5 The cab began to quiver, then it started forward with a whirr .
6 The sudden whirr of a bird's flight attracted only a casual glance.
7 A whirr , a bashing, a mechanical stirring of the crisp alpine air.
8 As I sat sewing, his sudden, unexpected whirr made me look up.
9 When one cog in the the Mill stops, another starts to whirr .
10 So fierce you whirr and pound you drums-soshrill you bugles blow.
11 The whirr of grasshoppers filled the air and the humming of insects innumerable.
12 And the whirr of the brush which revolves near the ceiling
13 The whirr of the mowing machine filled the air with a lazy droning.
14 The gentle whirr of the loom stole through the window as they approached.
15 The whirr of a telephone bell broke in upon his meditation.
16 The whirr and snort of a taxi broke the thread of her thoughts.
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