Example Sentences
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“Even his sister, from the safety of the screen door of the trailer, meowed for him.”
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 22, 2024
Upon seeing me, Momo meowed and then purred.
From New York Times • Aug. 29, 2022
“I thought I heard a meow, and I thought my mind’s playing tricks on me so I hollered his name out, and he meowed again,” Gibson said.
From Seattle Times • Dec. 22, 2021
Throughout the summer, it stretched awake in the morning, meowed at passersby during rush hour and curled into a sleepy ball after midnight.
From Washington Post • Dec. 3, 2021
My hands were sweaty so I wiped them on my pants and went on: The next time she called Fluffy, Trotter winked at me and meowed back.
From "Doing Time Online" by Jan Siebold
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