Churrs [noun]

In different parts of this kingdom people call them fen-crickets, churr-worms, and eve-churrs, all very apposite names.

They were cutting the grass on the tennis court below; he heard the soft churr of the mower.

Only a cricket from time to time gave a cautious churr, and a mouse was scratching somewhere; he could hear his own breathing.

From twilight till grey does the fern-owl "churr" and fly through the night.

You have braved me, Abel Churr, and laughed at all my trade.

“No more thine than mine,” cried Churr, turning round at her with a snarl.

The death of that poor fellow, Churr, clings to him, say what one may.

The only note I have heard it utter is a kind of churr, like the call of the scarlet tanager.

The mole-crickets made a soft churr-churring sound around them.

I saw his mouth open and shut, he hollowed his hands round it, but the churr of the motor and the bees drowned his words.