chirred

past tense of chirr

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for chirred
Verb
  • The machines whizzed and whirred.
    Lauren Collins, New Yorker, 15 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • There were whispered mentions of prison, alcoholism, domestic abuse.
    Rachel Linden, PEOPLE, 4 Oct. 2025
  • Samira, a 19-year-old student from Kabul, was in a religious education class on Wednesday when a cleaner entered the room and whispered something to her teacher, who ran out, and then came back minutes later, beaming with her phone.
    Hilary Whiteman, CNN Money, 3 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Offense has largely hummed when Bo Nix is decisive.
    Joe Nguyen, Denver Post, 29 Sep. 2025
  • Lost in our mind frequency, which hummed loud now like a drone.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 24 Sep. 2025
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“Chirred.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chirred. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.

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