How to Use twitter in a Sentence

twitter

verb
  • The birds were twittering in the trees.
  • A robin twittered its morning song.
  • What are those people twittering about?
  • But a news broadcast makes the most sense and plays to Twitter’s strengths.
    Ian Paul, PCWorld, 1 May 2017
  • Trump has taken to Twitter to vent about poll results in the past.
    Alex Wigglesworth, latimes.com, 24 Apr. 2017
  • Yet the roosters crow, the church bell sounds the hour, a dog barks somewhere, spring birds twitter in song.
    Arthur Longworth, The New York Review of Books, 12 Apr. 2020
  • The sun is shining, the trees are blooming, and the birds are twittering.
    Bebe Howorth, ELLE Decor, 27 Feb. 2023
  • John then took to Twitter to apologize for the hacking, and clear things up with his fans.
    Laura Beck, Harper's BAZAAR, 26 Feb. 2017
  • There, water gurgled in a fountain, a bird twittered in a cage, and the smell of Chinese herbs filled the air.
    Moises Velasquez-Manoff, WIRED, 8 May 2018
  • Brian's brother, Kent, this past weekend took to twitter with this plea to the president.
    Fox News, 8 Mar. 2018
  • Maclin also took to Twitter to address his fans after the announcement.
    Terez A. Paylor, kansascity.com, 2 June 2017
  • There’s a sweet patch of flowers that communicate with the young travelers in a cloud of twittering petals.
    Josephine Livingstone, The New Republic, 8 Mar. 2018
  • Ma Binney inspected me as the widows twittered behind her.
    Literary Hub, 18 Mar. 2026
  • Birds twittered and flitted through towering trees as bicyclists pedaled nearby.
    Ishani Desai, Sacramento Bee, 28 Apr. 2024
  • And again, like our government, the president of the company is taking to Twitter to address it.
    Kelsey Stiegman, Seventeen, 17 May 2017
  • But all that is outside the comfortable quarters where Nora passes her days, twittering to her husband.
    Chloe Schama, Vogue, 10 Mar. 2023
  • The Columbia blue throwbacks are iconic and Tuesday night, Watt took to twitter to share his love for the old school jerseys.
    Demetrio Teniente, Houston Chronicle, 21 Mar. 2018
  • The orchestra plays with extremes to create tension, setting high, twittering woodwinds against groaning brass.
    Heidi Waleson, WSJ, 22 Oct. 2018
  • Others have taken to Twitter to express their disbelief and disagreement.
    Caroline Picard, Good Housekeeping, 10 Mar. 2017
  • The 6-foot, 170-pound rising senior took to Twitter to let his decision be known on Sunday night.
    David Furones, Sun-Sentinel.com, 18 June 2017
  • Following the video's release, Ahmed took to Twitter to express his excitement over his involvement with the project.
    Sandra Gonzalez, CNN, 28 June 2017
  • One of the most beloved of the songbirds, bluebirds can be identified by their bright blue and copper feathers, as well as their calls, which are cheerful and warbling tweeting and twittering sounds.
    Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 7 Sep. 2023
  • Trump, who frequently takes to Twitter to announce proposals or denounce opponents, was blindsided by, of all things, a tweet.
    Matthew Daly, The Seattle Times, 19 July 2017
  • Unable to figure it out, the politicians have turned themselves into twittering mice on the floors of Parliament and Congress.
    Daniel Henninger, WSJ, 16 Jan. 2019
  • Members of Mumbai’s creative communities took to Twitter to express their grief on Sunday.
    Sewell Chan and Dan Bilefsky, New York Times, 1 Jan. 2017
  • Though the singer seemed to be trying to illustrate the limitations often forced upon those in the public eye, some took offense at the quote—and took to Twitter to let Lorde know.
    Chelsea Stone, Glamour, 20 June 2017
  • The Arsenal supporter quickly ​took to Twitter to reveal how happy the Frenchman had been to have his photo taken.
    SI.com, 20 July 2017
  • Spring has been unusually noisy here in New England, more Stravinsky than twittering Vivaldi.
    Christopher Benfey, The New York Review of Books, 11 Apr. 2023
  • Soon after the controversy began, Kardashian took to Twitter to defend her decision.
    Lily Herman, Allure, 13 July 2017
  • As an afternoon twilight came quickly, birds twittered to herald night’s early appearance; otherwise, an eerie stillness settled over us, broken only by clicking camera shutters.
    Joy Wallace Dickinson, OrlandoSentinel.com, 10 Sep. 2017

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