How to Use purr in a Sentence

purr

1 of 2 noun

• Lay your thumb on the maple lid, and the purr turns into a whine.
  — M.d. Johnson, Field & Stream, 7 Feb. 2023
• For the cat people in your lives, this book is purr-fect.
  — Karen Cicero, Good Housekeeping, 20 Oct. 2022
• The cat bats its lovely eyes and purrs loudly and cocks its head.
  — Joyce Wadler, New York Times, 30 Mar. 2017
• But her whiskers are forward, her coat is shiny, and her purr is loud.
  — Bethany Brookshire, The Atlantic, 19 Aug. 2021
• For those who love cats -- and for that matter, wine -- Sip & Purr could be the purr-fect way to spend a day.
  — Sarah Hauer, USA TODAY, 16 May 2018
• Machine minds have no need for bundles of fur to purr in their laps.
  — Kc Cole, WIRED, 14 July 2023
• Listen to the purr and feel its vibrations in your lap.
  — David Gelles, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2016
• Here are a variety of gifts to make cats - and their owners - purr with joy.
  — Lois Alter Mark, Forbes, 10 Nov. 2022
• See below for some adorable kitties who are striving for purr-fect skin, just like you and me-ow.
  — Allure, 2 Nov. 2017
• The sound of church bells and the clatter of feet on cobblestones, even the foreign purr of a diesel engine, calm your synapses.
  — Alex Postman, Condé Nast Traveler, 24 Oct. 2017
• With the wag of a tail or the soothing sounds of a purr, a rescue pet comes into our lives and steals our hearts forever.
  — Amanda Klarsfeld, sun-sentinel.com, 6 Aug. 2020
• Mangini layered a cat purr over the ornithopter, with tent straps and beetle wings flapping in the wind.
  — Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 13 Mar. 2022
• Snow leopards jump 50 feet in one pounce, have massively bushy tails and purr but don’t roar.
  — Washington Post, 10 Jan. 2020
• Late on a Wednesday night, its steady purr turned to a hard metallic staccato like the grinding gears of a car.
  — Thomas Curwen, Los Angeles Times, 12 Mar. 2021
• Their cat might welcome them with loud purrs and excited floor rolls.
  — Alisa Bowman, Discover Magazine, 22 Nov. 2023
• The symphony of sounds — a roar, a purr, a putter — each engine creates.
  — Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 26 Aug. 2022
• Ed Sheeran found the purr-fect way to celebrate his Grammy wins.
  — Maria Pasquini, PEOPLE.com, 29 Jan. 2018
• All the players are claw-fully purr-ty on the Kitten Bowl, which is Sunday at 2 p.m. on Hallmark.
  — Matthew Gilbert, BostonGlobe.com, 1 Feb. 2021
• There wasn't much of even a purr of the motor to be heard in our testing, and the leg stability means your items won't shift while in motion.
  — Zee Krstic, Good Housekeeping, 14 Apr. 2022
• Buddy is part of a movement, a collective purr from cats all over the world who want more out of life than a warm lap and a broken shoelace.
  — Atlanta Life, ajc, 25 Mar. 2018
• In the clip, Rozi slowly walks toward the camera before stumbling and giving a soft purr.
  — Vanessa Etienne, PEOPLE.com, 6 June 2022
• Here's hoping that this special friend finds the purr-fect family.
  — Lauren Rearick, Teen Vogue, 17 Aug. 2018
• Maya likes to have her beautiful dense coat brushed and will offer up a soft purr of contentment.
  — Arizona Republic, azcentral, 22 June 2018
• No one talks like him — all those offbeat cadences, delivered in a purr.
  — David Marchesephoto Illustration By Bráulio Amado, New York Times, 4 Feb. 2022
• Most species of wildcats can purr, including the cheetah.
  — Kate Wong, Scientific American, 1 Oct. 2018
• Then there's the endless itty-bitty purrs, the snuggles and the teeny meows to enjoy.
  — Robert Rhoden, NOLA.com, 1 June 2018
• Chirrup: sounds like a mix between a meow and a purr and is a greeting often used by a mother cat to call her kittens.
  — Clare Mulroy, USA TODAY, 23 July 2022
• In the videos below, Johnston breaks down how to use a turkey mouth call, including how to yelp, cluck and purr, cutt, and even gobble.
  — Dave Hurteau, Field & Stream, 20 Feb. 2023
• Hit the red ignition button and the engine fires with a deep growl and then settles into a rumbling purr.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Sep. 2019
• Jones, whose vivacious voice features distinct and succulent hints of gravel, carries the power to roar like a lion or purr like a kitten.
  — David John Chávez, The Mercury News, 25 Jan. 2024

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purr

2 of 2 verb

• The cars were purring along the highway.
• The cat was purring contentedly in my lap.
• And so, as promised, here is a full half-hour of Jeff Goldblum purring.
  — Dana Schwartz, EW.com, 6 Apr. 2018
• But tourists around Milan found a city that seemed to be less than purring.
  — Jason Horowitz, New York Times, 24 Feb. 2020
• A man of South Asian appearance purrs past in a white Rolls Royce.
  — Washington Post, 24 May 2017
• Once the car is purring again, Holthoff says to continue driving it long enough to make up for the cost of the repairs.
  — cleveland.com, 5 May 2018
• No matter what the weather is, the last weekend of this month promises to be purr-fect.
  — John Delapp, Houston Chronicle, 3 Jan. 2020
• Her 11-year-old tabby, Josie, jumped up next to her, purring gently.
  — Antonia Farzan, Washington Post, 20 Dec. 2019
• Monday through Friday, the cat could be a calm, purring delight.
  — Matthew Martinez, star-telegram.com, 20 June 2017
• But for the last 50 years or so, scientists thought purring did not occur this way.
  — Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 11 Oct. 2023
• But the consensus is that the economy will keep purring along.
  — Jeff Sommer, New York Times, 30 Mar. 2018
• Evan will eventually plop on top of me, and start purring.
  — Josh Ocampo, New York Times, 28 May 2023
• Purring jaguars prowled about our tents at night along with other unseen beasts.
  — Douglas Preston, The New Yorker, 1 Jan. 2017
• In the South, the house cats purr a little bit slower and answer to charming Southern names.
  — Zoë Gowen, Southern Living, 13 Sep. 2016
• The authors of the new study suggest that purring instead results from the laryngeal pads of cats.
  — Jorge Garay, WIRED, 31 Oct. 2023
• Tracy Pew’s basslines were raw—purring and pranging in equal measure.
  — Daniel Dylan Wray, Pitchfork, 11 Oct. 2023
• So do the markets think the economic engine is purring along nicely or about to stall?
  — James MacKintosh, WSJ, 7 Sep. 2017
• Josie purred, opened her eyes briefly, snuggled closer.
  — Antonia Farzan, Washington Post, 20 Dec. 2019
• For most of that first day home, his cat sat in his lap, purring and looking up at him in total adoration.
  — Lindsey Vehlewald, SELF, 9 Nov. 2018
• Detective now sleeps next to my chest or behind Jan’s legs, purring throughout the night.
  — Cheri Lucas Rowlands, Longreads, 6 Sep. 2023
• First, capture a video of your sleepy kitten purring, or snap a shot of your crazy cat doing aerial stunts.
  — Kelly O'Sullivan, Country Living, 19 July 2019
• The men handed over the grease gun, and within minutes Belle was purring quietly again.
  — Katherine Rosman Lanna Apisukh, New York Times, 31 Aug. 2023
• Also there’s Shohreh Aghdashloo purring her way through the cardboard part of the mob matriarch.
  — Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune, 12 Apr. 2023
• Their other cat, Josie, tried to apologize for Taco by winding her way around my legs and purring.
  — Molly Guthrey, Twin Cities, 26 Mar. 2017
• For now, though, Britain’s jobs machine continues to purr.
  — The Economist, 7 Oct. 2017
• Medicine can be a family meal, a call to an old friend, a purring cat, an unplugged afternoon, a good book.
  — Francesca Serritella, Philly.com, 19 Jan. 2018
• Although worming the cord through the two small holes took a while, the little red machine was purring with its new rope within seconds.
  — Rubén Rosario, Twin Cities, 8 June 2017
• Some researchers have claimed that the vibrations from purring might help heal bone damage in an injured cat.
  — Kate Wong, Scientific American, 1 Oct. 2018
• The Cuban slugger is just one purring component of a machine that has the Dodgers on the brink of an even bigger celebration.
  — USA TODAY, 8 Oct. 2017
• Jennifer Ouellette There are few things more gratifying to cat lovers than a contentedly purring feline.
  — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 5 Oct. 2023

Last Updated: 5 Sep 2024