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17 total sentences available.
Come here, or stay where ye are, and skirl as loud ye can — it's a' ye're gude for — l say, ye auld deevil, skirl — skirl — louder — louder, woman — gar the gentles hear ye in the ha' — I have heard ye as far off as the Bass for a less matter.
Source: wiktionary
1829, James Hogg (as the Ettrick Shepherd), The p and the q, Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 26, page 693, He gloom'd and he skirl'd, and, when in hard case, / He whiles gae his mother a yerk on the face;
Source: wiktionary
Drums began to thump in a variety of rhythms. The flautists were not sure what to play. The shawm began to skirl.
Source: wiktionary
To a resounding wail headed by the King-Kong skirl, all gangs joined in hauling in the net.
Source: wiktionary
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Closest matches include caterwaul, clamor, creak, howl, keen.
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