Purring
"Purring" in a Sentence (11 examples)
The engine is purring.
The cat is purring.
The cats are purring.
The happy cat is purring.
The purring cat rubbed up against Tom's leg.
My brother's cat is purring non-stop.
How quiet the woods are today... not a murmur except that soft wind purring in the treetops!
Sami's cat was purring.
The cat was purring.
The cat is purring in my lap.
Kenny G is a dull but wickedly consistent musician: automatic with his tremulous phrasing and canned licks, which formed fast, organized roils during his unaccompanied solos; melismatic purrings of the melody on ballads; and gospel phrases in R&B songs.
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