Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for purring
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The stairs bear witness to feet, flitting up and down, a whispering flood of life that has carried us forth to this day.
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Republicans, meanwhile, are whispering that Democrats' fears of unused Platner oppo are well-founded.
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As Photay, Shornstein—a master synthesist and producer—flits between atmospheric house, dubby breakbeat workouts, and chirping electro funk, building his songs’ arrangements into strange, angular shapes.
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And yet the Broncos followed an AFC Championship Game loss with an offseason of crickets chirping.
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Or at least squeezed in a solid couch nap with baseball/golf/soccer/primo history programming murmuring in the background.
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Alejo listens carefully, occasionally offering a tissue or murmuring consolations.
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Speaking in Pennsylvania on Tuesday, the president re-raised the subject while shouting out National Rifle Association President Bill Bachenberg.
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Brandon Aiyuk continues to stir the NFL offseason rumors report after yet another social media video, this time shouting out a specific team.
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Brooks also relished his role as a class clown, terrorizing his teachers and leaving his friends gasping with laughter.
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Sometimes poetry leaves the cinema behind, gasping for breath.
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The Padres deserve a ton of credit for breathing life into what now is a feisty rivalry with the Dodgers.
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For now, however, investors are likely breathing a collective sigh of relief, after muscling through an anxious first half that included major geopolitical conflicts, and tremors around the potential for AI disruption.
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The device later captured Lisa and Lenny speaking about their kids, his plastic surgery practice, finances and a construction project, according to the arrest warrant.
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A lot of the time there was no overtime, actors would be speaking and the lights would come on.
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His drawling, winking charm is front and center, and his attraction to our heroine feels both genuine and even quite protective, but his violent streak is so blasé as to be unnerving.
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Daniel Craig stars as Benoit Blanc, a Southern-drawling Hercule Poirot-style private detective who helps a wealthy family uncover the truth behind the death of their beloved patriarch (Christopher Plummer).
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“Purring.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/purring. Accessed 29 Jun. 2026.
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