purr
verb (used without object)
to utter a low, continuous, murmuring sound expressive of contentment or pleasure, as a cat does.
have purred
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present perfectof purr.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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His modest, earnest accents have purred out over eager women's club audiences, Daughters of the British Empire, gatherings of journalists and at various hours and wave lengths of radio.
From Time Magazine Archive
If he’d been a cat, he would have purred, he was that glad to see me.
From "Shiloh" by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
If I was a cat, I would have purred.
From "Winger" by Andrew Smith
If he had been a cat, he would have purred.
From The Rough Road by William John Locke
As he stretched his legs to meet the genial heat and sank lower in his chair he could have purred in his thankfulness.
From Ovington's Bank by Stanley J. Weyman
