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verb

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Recent Examples of twitter
Verb
Birds twittered and flitted through towering trees as bicyclists pedaled nearby. Ishani Desai, Sacramento Bee, 28 Apr. 2024 One of the most beloved of the songbirds, bluebirds can be identified by their bright blue and copper feathers, as well as their calls, which are cheerful and warbling tweeting and twittering sounds. Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 7 Sep. 2023 Spring has been unusually noisy here in New England, more Stravinsky than twittering Vivaldi. Christopher Benfey, The New York Review of Books, 11 Apr. 2023 But all that is outside the comfortable quarters where Nora passes her days, twittering to her husband. Chloe Schama, Vogue, 10 Mar. 2023 See All Example Sentences for twitter
Recent Examples of Synonyms for twitter
Noun
  • The chute opens, and rambunctious No. 2 bursts out with an impatient huff.
    Phillip Valys, Sun Sentinel, 15 Mar. 2025
  • Volunteers were charged around 25 cents per huff, bringing in good profit for those who’d invested in the necessary gas tanks, tubes, and breathing bags.
    Oshan Jarow, Vox, 7 Dec. 2018
Noun
  • But his administration’s steps, large and small, from attacking universities to immigrants to expert advisors, aimed at destroying competence and honesty as guiding principles for the U.S., will in the end yield only tears, not laughter.
    Dan Vergano, Scientific American, 23 Apr. 2025
  • There is non-stop laughter from audiences from beginning to end.
    Anthony D'Alessandro, Deadline, 23 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • Patino chatted with every person, making sure their order was perfect.
    Emily M. Olson, Hartford Courant, 21 Apr. 2025
  • During a recent episode of The Oprah Podcast, the media mogul chatted with social psychologist Jonathan Haidt about the amount of time teenagers spend online.
    Jamie Allison Sanders, People.com, 18 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • With flowers blooming and birds chirping, war feels distant, although the closest front line is a short drive away.
    Dominique Soguel, Christian Science Monitor, 21 Apr. 2025
  • The clip follows with a series of shots filmed inside the cave – a world first – as chicks chirp for their moms and dads, and would-be parents wander around looking for love.
    Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 14 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • One executive laughed at the thought, pointing out the Browns’ and Rams’ division rivals will be rooting for the Jaguars and Falcons to win as much as possible to reduce the value of those draft assets.
    Jeff Howe, New York Times, 30 Apr. 2025
  • The work of one of her go-to designers, Catherine Walker, this was a look that laughed in the face of minimalism.
    Olivia Allen, Vogue, 30 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Residents rushed out of homes and buildings in panic, the Associated Press reported.
    Ross Rosenfeld, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 Apr. 2025
  • The auto industry, which uses about 20% of the world’s carbon fiber, went into a panic at the proposal (and the short lead times the 2029 ban would have given them).
    Michael Taylor, Forbes.com, 22 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • And the volunteer who can’t write a check but has spent every weekend knocking on doors and talking to neighbors about this campaign’s promise of a better future for Fort Worth.
    Harrison Mantas, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 20 Apr. 2025
  • In January 2020, during Trump's first term, Vaughn was photographed talking to and shaking hands with him at a college football game.
    Raechal Shewfelt, EW.com, 19 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • Wow, that’s so interesting to me, maybe people are longing for a longer format conversation where people are actually stressing issues and not just tweeting things back.
    Alex Weprin, HollywoodReporter, 21 Apr. 2025
  • Go to court, stop tweeting and put up or shut up in front of the judges.
    CBS News, CBS News, 20 Apr. 2025

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“Twitter.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/twitter. Accessed 3 May. 2025.

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