Example Sentences

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As a panderer, one artfully strokes purring sympathizers.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 13, 2026

Meows change widely depending on context, while purring stays consistent enough to clearly distinguish one cat from another.

From Science Daily • Feb. 11, 2026

Now, relatively speaking, we hear the sound of purring from that club.

From BBC • Jan. 25, 2026

The facilities are a quietly purring economic engine, injecting billions in investment, employment and anchoring the tech multinationals which, coupled with big pharma, fund over half of Ireland's corporate-tax take, according to analysts.

From Barron's • Nov. 19, 2025

Birds, the pigeons of New York, and cats, and even the high purring of airplanes above the city Tucker had heard.

From "The Cricket in Times Square" by George Selden