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Recent Examples of Synonyms for chirred
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Luis was dressed in his hospital pyjamas; his pained breathing fogged his mask while the oxygen canister gurgled and whirred.
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Traffic hummed along the avenue, and machinery whirred at the tire shop.
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Alex whispered, half to me half to Dad.
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Not long after, Karlsson went to the locker room and Vegas’ athletic trainer whispered in coach John Tortorella’s ear, and the coach looked displeased.
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Five racks of computer servers hummed in a futuristic yet industrial-looking classroom at Atlanta Technical College, south of downtown.
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Ventilators hummed in an intensive care unit.
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“Chirred.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chirred. Accessed 28 Jun. 2026.
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