trilling

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

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Compare German Drilling.

This strain, which is a continued trilling sound, is repeated with diminishing intervals, until it becomes almost incessant. — McGuffey's Sixth Eclectic Reader, William Holmes McGuffey
Then, to the accompaniment of some of his trilling, he said, 'No--no--,' and gave two or three whistling breaths. — A Martian Odyssey, Stanley G. (Stanley Grauman) Weinbaum
Into the garden next let's come To pluck a pear or downy plum, And hear the bird's sweet trilling-- While all around, on fragrant beds, The flowerets lift their little heads, The air with perfume filling. — Chatterbox Stories of Natural History, Anonymous

Lionel Trilling

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