Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for chirring
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The production design closely resembled that of his recent Rolling Loud set and his in-progress Don’t Be Dumb tour, including a helicopter hanging from the top of the stage (its whirring blades could be heard between songs).—
Drew Cohen,
SPIN,
9 June 2026 -
Clanging cable cars still climb up and down the streets, although these days they’re joined by self-driving taxis, an ever-present reminder of the whirring tech scene.—
Becky Duffett,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
8 June 2026
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That's what an increasing number of Americans are saying about data centers, huge, energy-sapping, constantly humming, resource-draining facilities needed to power artificial intelligence.—
Phaedra Trethan,
USA Today,
4 June 2026
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The event may not be about politics, but politics will be humming in the background regardless.—
Alex Weprin,
HollywoodReporter,
4 June 2026
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The sector had been whispering earlier this year that Richemont was planning to offload Jaeger-LeCoultre.—
Nicole Hoey,
Robb Report,
26 May 2026
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Francis and Pierre start whispering behind closed doors to one another at night, plotting whether or not to flee for a neutral country.—
Ryan Lattanzio,
IndieWire,
22 May 2026
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To test the concept, the team equipped Madagascar hissing cockroaches with a lightweight wearable backpack capable of collecting physiological and behavioral data.—
Bojan Stojkovski,
Interesting Engineering,
30 May 2026
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This might be as simple as a public argument – hissing whispers in an elevator.—
Georgia Nicols,
Denver Post,
29 May 2026
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There’s no sound more evocative of summer than that of an old-school ice cream maker’s motor droning its monotonous naaaaaaaa with the backbeat of gas station ice and rock salt grinding and shifting against the spinning ice cream cannister.—
Josh Miller,
Southern Living,
31 May 2026
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Here, a morning coffee on the sea-view private sun terrace comes complete with diving swifts and droning dragonflies, not to mention the sound of pulling tides.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
6 May 2026
Verb
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Short bursts of work can keep productivity buzzing along.—
Aytekin Tank,
Forbes.com,
11 June 2026
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QueensWay The promise of a new park has some Forest Hills business owners buzzing.—
Elle McLogan,
CBS News,
11 June 2026
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Seasonal sprites flit and flutter, providing transitional scenes, hinting at mystical elements whizzing all around within this otherwise very human plot.—
Lauren Warnecke,
Chicago Tribune,
5 June 2026
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Passenger vehicles are whizzing by, some even cutting off the truck.—
David Julian,
Forbes.com,
1 June 2026
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Watch On As every streaming platform inevitably becomes like linear TV and offers up more commercials than common sense, we're left sighing at the 360 that society has taken.—
Sergio Pereira,
Space.com,
3 June 2026
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There are nearly two hundred people standing there, looking around and sighing.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
27 May 2026
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“Chirring.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chirring. Accessed 13 Jun. 2026.
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