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Recent Examples of chitter
Evening had fallen, and bats chittered in the sky outside.
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Pete McKenzie, Harpers Magazine, 18 June 2025
In early 2020, Daniel Bachman stood at the edge of a creek in Falmouth, Virginia, recording the sounds of the insects chittering and buzzing around him.
—Brendan Fitzgerald, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 Dec. 2024
Where birds and frogs and rodents once chirped and croaked and chittered, the forest is silent, save for the sounds of passing cars.
—Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 17 June 2024
Much of the internet chittering around TTPD has been over which songs are about Healy vs. which are about Taylor Swift’s other recent ex, Joe Alwyn.
—Bethy Squires, Vulture, 24 Apr. 2024
Squirrels chittered at us loudly from the windblown trees.
—Paige Williams, The New Yorker, 20 Dec. 2023
Spooky season has long tapped into humans' deepest fears, and the creepy, crawling, and chittering creatures can make even the strongest of us shudder with disgust, especially in numbers.
—Sarah Sprague, EW.com, 19 Oct. 2023
Pete McKenzie, Harpers Magazine, 18 June 2025
In early 2020, Daniel Bachman stood at the edge of a creek in Falmouth, Virginia, recording the sounds of the insects chittering and buzzing around him.
—Brendan Fitzgerald, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 Dec. 2024
Where birds and frogs and rodents once chirped and croaked and chittered, the forest is silent, save for the sounds of passing cars.
—Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 17 June 2024
Much of the internet chittering around TTPD has been over which songs are about Healy vs. which are about Taylor Swift’s other recent ex, Joe Alwyn.
—Bethy Squires, Vulture, 24 Apr. 2024
Squirrels chittered at us loudly from the windblown trees.
—Paige Williams, The New Yorker, 20 Dec. 2023
Spooky season has long tapped into humans' deepest fears, and the creepy, crawling, and chittering creatures can make even the strongest of us shudder with disgust, especially in numbers.
—Sarah Sprague, EW.com, 19 Oct. 2023
Recent Examples of Synonyms for chitter
chirp
Verb
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Other than a slight 20-30% chance of rain along the lakefront Aug. 20, the sun will be shining and the birds chirping.—
Jack Albright,
jsonline.com,
19 Aug. 2025
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After all, the best elements of garden life can be enjoyed in a space the size of a shoe box: a whiff of lilac, a trellis along the wall, sunbeams shining your comfy lounge chair as the birds chirp….—
Kathryn O'Shea-Evans,
Architectural Digest,
14 Aug. 2025
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“Chitter.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chitter. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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