trill
verb (used with object)
to sing or play with a vibratory or quavering effect.
trills
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pluralof trill.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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More complex compositions - with ultrafast trills and combinations that contain lots of information - are more common in temperate forests, where birds tend to communicate at closer range.
From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2026
“But she’s not a scat singer. She improvises more in the technique of the Baroque period, expanding and contracting phrases or adding trills that deviate from the melody.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 11, 2026
She folded trills, stops and sweet harmonics into unbroken lines, and when she harmonized with herself, she utilized the plushness and patience familiar from her Bach recordings.
From New York Times ● Apr. 28, 2024
Her singing is just as vivid and varied across the LP, with gutsy growls and breathy trills against multi-tracked harmony vocals that approximate the heavenly abundance of a gospel choir.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 1, 2024
Laleh grew up with the ear for it—the uvular fricatives and alveolar trills that I could never get quite right.
From "Darius the Great Is Not Okay" by Adib Khorram
