skirl
verb (used without object)
to play the bagpipe.
skirled
Example Sentences
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Then the bagpipes skirled, and the coffin was loaded into the hearse and borne away for a private burial.
From New York Times ● Nov. 3, 2014
A bagpiper skirled "Amazing Grace," wreaths were laid and a bugler played "Taps."
From Reuters ● Jun. 6, 2014
On the dock, a bagpiper skirled the melancholy tune of The Minstrel Boy.
From Time Magazine Archive
Inside a barbed-wire enclosure, where the crews of a troop carrier squadron were confined like some kind of rare and precious birds, a whistle skirled.
From Time Magazine Archive
“Last dance!” someone called, and the music skirled up into something stately and slow and final.
From "The Graveyard Book" by Neil Gaiman
