Example Sentences

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My cat was purring, the birds were singing, the waves were crashing - we were all just content.

From Fox News • Feb. 1, 2021

Goodison Park was purring after the best Everton display under Marco Silva so far and three quality goals brought an emphatic end to Brighton’s winning run.

From The Guardian • Nov. 5, 2018

The Acosta-Rooney combo was purring right away, the Argentine chipping to the Englishmen behind the defense for a rushed shot that rolled wide in the second minute.

From Washington Post • Oct. 14, 2018

For the first half of “Haussmans,” directed by Howard Davies, I was purring in tickled contentment because the fine-tuned cast was so functionally dysfunctional.

From New York Times • Jun. 22, 2012

Now that Scabbers was out of sight, however, the cat was purring contentedly in Hermione’s arms.

From "Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban" by J.K. Rowling