chirring

present participle of chirr

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for chirring
Verb
  • Inside, fans are whirring and a woman behind the cash register speaks on the phone in Korean.
    Tomás Hill López-Menchero, New York Times, 25 June 2026
  • 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
Verb
  • The stock market gains that have helped keep the economy humming have exacerbated the yawning wealth gap.
    David Goldman, CNN Money, 29 June 2026
  • Brynjolfsson is teaching overflow classes about AI and technological progress, as well as running a humming lab tracking AI’s effect on workers, firms, and human welfare.
    Annie Lowrey, The Atlantic, 29 June 2026
Verb
  • Hears the doctors whispering in the corner of the room about his decline.
    Carly Tagen-Dye, PEOPLE, 25 June 2026
  • The stairs bear witness to feet, flitting up and down, a whispering flood of life that has carried us forth to this day.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 19 June 2026
Verb
  • Then a hissing arrow pins a golden soccer ball to the Clash of Clans escutcheon.
    Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 26 June 2026
  • There’s plenty of feline choreography, like crawling, meowing, and hissing.
    CT Jones, Rolling Stone, 23 June 2026
Verb
  • The sound of tattoo machines droning at different pitches filled the air at the fifth annual Capitol City Classic tattoo convention, on Saturday afternoon, the second day of its three-day run.
    Camila Pedrosa, Sacbee.com, 14 June 2026
  • Instead, there’s a surplus of annoying, droning noise.
    Luke Cyphers, Sportico.com, 11 June 2026
Verb
  • Vic makes some baffling choices here, buzzing in twice on the first word in the series without hearing the rest, and getting eliminated from multiple rounds five seconds in.
    Tasha Robinson, Vulture, 30 June 2026
  • Between record-setting parades, military flyovers, and fireworks on the National Mall, the district will be buzzing on Independence Day.
    Molly Parks, The Washington Examiner, 28 June 2026
Verb
  • 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
  • Passenger vehicles are whizzing by, some even cutting off the truck.
    David Julian, Forbes.com, 1 June 2026
Verb
  • The internet may be full of people who want to outlaw leaf blowers, but misophonic triggers tend to share a bodily quality, an aurally traceable culprit such as a person crunching or sighing.
    Sloane Crosley, New Yorker, 8 June 2026
  • Also, remember that the avatar is reading your body language, eye contact, any kind of sighing or moaning.
    Phil Blair, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 June 2026
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“Chirring.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chirring. Accessed 2 Jul. 2026.

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