Example Sentences

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By comparing these acoustic data with climate predictions, the research team hopes to learn how drier conditions in the future could threaten prairie chirps and cheeps.

From Science Magazine • Oct. 17, 2022

But when I refer to birdsong, I mean those longer, more complicated sounds as opposed to the short cheeps and peeps.

From Scientific American • May 4, 2022

He is also a master of the swell, of getting low notes to fill the hall with tons of pressure and having high birdlike cheeps appearing at the edge of audibility.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 9, 2019

“Just keep it short,” she says over the racket of cheeps when I ask her if I can use her phone.

From "The Benefits of Being an Octopus" by Ann Braden

The babies’ cheeps go quiet as soon as she leaves.

From "The Last Cuentista" by Donna Barba Higuera