churring

present participle of churr

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for churring
Verb
  • Part of the appeal of drones as hazing tools, however, is that the whirring sound of the rotors is already scary enough for most bears.
    Dac Collins, Outdoor Life, 25 Sep. 2025
  • For Catalans, the whirring activity at the Sagrada Família has become a symbol of their can-do culture.
    D. T. Max, New Yorker, 15 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Mike McDaniel’s Dolphins offense was humming early Sunday; the Dolphins took a 17-0 first half lead and Darren Waller caught all five passes thrown to him for 78 yards and a touchdown.
    Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 5 Oct. 2025
  • The set is humming with energy, but Morman stays locked in, switching seamlessly from host to producer, moving with the rhythm of someone who’s been in this position a thousand times before.
    Okla Jones, Essence, 30 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Pluto’s been whispering to you about long-term transformation; now that whisper may become a roar.
    Dossé-Via Trenou, Refinery29, 30 Sep. 2025
  • Dick Monfort is overdue for a new voice whispering in his ear — someone high enough in the organizational chart to effect change.
    Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 28 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Splinter after splinter flopping onto the stone threshold, tsss, tsss, hissing like a nest of vipers.
    Zuzana Říhová, Literary Hub, 26 Sep. 2025
  • Contractors working on a sewer project on the 4600 block of 10th Avenue at Stockton Boulevard reported hearing a hissing sound coming from a 2-inch gas line, according to authorities.
    Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 25 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The glint and thrum of Y2K aesthetics—as contrasted with the droning conservatism of the white-collar office—read as anticipatory rather than melancholic, looking toward a future liberated from systems of old.
    Lauren Michele Jackson, New Yorker, 23 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Cali gave her friend a look before sighing and pulling off I-10.
    Bryan Washington, New Yorker, 7 Sep. 2025
  • And while many might be reluctant to close the time capsule door on their beloved skinnies, some of us are sighing with relief that the current denim trend is comfy enough for travel.
    Olivia Young, Travel + Leisure, 3 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The crowd should be buzzing and the ball should be flying at Nippert Stadium.
    Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 1 Oct. 2025
  • The 48,000 Yankee faithful will be buzzing.
    Barry M. Bloom, Sportico.com, 30 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Voyager 2, meanwhile, is whizzing at about 34,000 mph while 13 billion miles away.
    Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 8 Sep. 2025
  • The man appeared to be aiming for geese, the caller told police, but a few shots came dangerously close to the couple, with at least two bullets whizzing audibly just above the caller’s head, according to the outlet.
    Mitchell Willetts, Kansas City Star, 28 Aug. 2025
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“Churring.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/churring. Accessed 7 Oct. 2025.

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