chirrups

• “They spoke to each other without raised voices, in short chirrups as brief as bird-song, and when they moved about in their tiny kitchen they did so smoothly and blind, gliding on worn, familiar rails, never bumping or obstructing each other.”

  Cider With Rosie

• “And our vigil was rewarded when we heard the pod begin to vocalise, communicating with each other in a series of far-carrying chirrups and clicks.”

  The Guardian: Country diary: South Uist

• “I'm not sure about any professional players, but I have achieved playing football and music in the same stadium myself!" chirrups Neil.”

  The Guardian: Which club has put the most final nails in managerial coffins? | The Knowledge

• “Fuel For Fun!" chirrups the pay-off line, but what we seem to have here is a compact bundle of signifiers of a desperately over-caffeinated young generation moving at hyperspeed down an X Factor funnel, in lieu of what used to be called "childhood".”

  The Guardian: The Hard Sell: Weetabix Chocolate Spoonsize

• “Singing not a tentative exploratory song but a fully voiced-out pouring of trills and chirrups, a ceaseless stream of music falling note after note from the sky and carrying the promise of the spring almost upon us and of the summer to come.”

  The Guardian: Country diary: South Uist

• “What a start!" chirrups the chirpy-sounding John Ivens.”

  The Guardian: Pakistan v England: day two – live! | Andy Bull and Rob Smyth

• “( "He'll be in heaven before his head hits the ceiling!" chirrups the kid.)”

  The Guardian: Cemetery Junction; Four Lions; Hot Tub Time Machine

• “Ms Cheek's drum-beating mixes literary spin with estate agents 'patter: "Marlborough," she chirrups, "has robust connections with the UK's literary heritage – such greats as Siegfried Sassoon, Bruce Chatwin and William Golding – and an excellent range of venues with potential for both intimate and larger gatherings in historic, atmospheric buildings ...”

  The Guardian: Goodbye New Labour – and farewell tedious ministers' memoirs

• ““Develop a plan of organization and stick to it,” the text chirrups not so helpfully.”

  In the Basement of the Ivory Tower

• “Riker heard the telltale chirrups that signaled an attempt to open communications.”

  Simon & Schuster: Star Trek: Myriad Universes: Shattered Light

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