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Recent Examples of trill
Brian Seibert, New York Times, 18 Mar. 2024
Down the hall from the hedgehog, staff fed trilling birds — no bigger than the palm of a hand — with tweezers and syringes.
—Jess McHugh, Washington Post, 9 Mar. 2024
Grace Tucker, The Enquirer, 27 July 2024
No need for frills, trills and soubise foam on top of the meat of the dish.
—Kelly Lawler, USA TODAY, 27 June 2024
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Verb
Percussive footwork was multiplied in tight unison, groups moved in handsome lines and circles, castanets trilled and soloists broke out in displays of expertise.
—Brian Seibert, New York Times, 18 Mar. 2024
Down the hall from the hedgehog, staff fed trilling birds — no bigger than the palm of a hand — with tweezers and syringes.
—Jess McHugh, Washington Post, 9 Mar. 2024
Noun
The multidimensional performer brought the audience back to the land of 2000s R&B, with the same smooth vocal trills and electric dance moves that distinguished him as a pillar of the contemporary R&B scene.
—Grace Tucker, The Enquirer, 27 July 2024
No need for frills, trills and soubise foam on top of the meat of the dish.
—Kelly Lawler, USA TODAY, 27 June 2024
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Rita also sings a variety of jazz standards, and in one early scene, brings a crowd to tears warbling an original tune for her 9-year-old son (Elliott Heffernan).Patrick Ryan, USA TODAY, 3 Oct. 2024
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This is the iconic horror baddie he was meant to play, a deeply unnerving dollmaker who warbles with musical malevolence, confounds the law with his Zodiac-like ciphers, and lives for glam rock and killing sprees.Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 11 July 2024
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Expecting everyone to chant along was probably too much of an ask.Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 4 Nov. 2024
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Loretta Huang shared that disciples had traveled from around the world to recite sutras at the Holy Miracle Temple in Pasadena three times a day and to chant continuously for 24 hours.Joseph Bien-Kahn, Rolling Stone, 3 Nov. 2024
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These insects will mate and chorus for at least six weeks before the 17-year cycle starts again.Elizabeth Gamillo, Discover Magazine, 13 May 2024
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Read More: The 2024 Cicada Emergence Is Coming, Here’s Everything to Know The Broods Could Sound like Sirens Male cicadas will chorus to their hearts’ content in the spring and summer of 2024.Elizabeth Gamillo, Discover Magazine, 30 Apr. 2024
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The reflections of the icebergs quavered in the water, which was blue to the edge of purple.Elizabeth Kolbert, The New Yorker, 7 Oct. 2024
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Odysseus asks, his voice quavering, revealing his insecurity upon returning home after a 20-year absence.Frank Scheck, The Hollywood Reporter, 11 Sep. 2024
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“Trill.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/trill. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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