How to Use chirp in a Sentence

chirp

1 of 2 verb

• The birds were chirping in the trees.
• We heard the crickets chirping.
• If the rear door isn’t opened, the horn chirps six times.
  — Ellen Byron, WSJ, 11 Feb. 2019
• Just sit on the porch and listen to the birds chirping.
  — Debra Bruno, chicagotribune.com, 3 July 2018
• That's why the people chirp at him and are so quick to write him off.
  — Nate Atkins, The Indianapolis Star, 19 May 2022
• The birds are chirping, and the sun is shining on her blond hair.
  — Annina Mislin, Glamour, 12 Sep. 2018
• Birds wake up in the eaves of the schoolhouse, chirping as the sun streams in through the windows.
  — Leah Sottile, Longreads, 18 May 2018
• The bell chirped as Bud ducked underneath the black ropes of the middle ring.
  — Tyler R. Tynes, Los Angeles Times, 23 July 2023
• And so the orchestra played the spot again, and this time birds chirped and tweeted.
  — Peter Dobrin, Philly.com, 27 Apr. 2018
• Birds chirped around us, and the sky blazed a brilliant light blue color.
  — Jenny McCoy, SELF, 11 July 2019
• Ryan Reaves likes chirping, pork chops and Phil Kessel.
  — Alex Prewitt, SI.com, 28 Mar. 2018
• As Green walked back to the dugout still chirping, West ejected him.
  — Kevin Acee, sandiegouniontribune.com, 15 June 2018
• The first week of May has drawn to a close and the first weekend of May is here, sun shining and birds chirping.
  — Erik Kain, Forbes, 5 May 2023
• The birds are chirping, the bees are buzzing, and your TV watching queue is getting longer.
  — Kelly Lawler, USA TODAY, 25 Mar. 2024
• Kids will be amazed as this chick chirps, taps, hatches out of its egg and hops around while singing.
  — Marisa Lascala, Good Housekeeping, 28 Mar. 2023
• On a recent visit to the grounds, the sound of saws buzzing cut through a chorus of birds chirping.
  — Faith E. Pinho, latimes.com, 25 June 2019
• After all, the birds are still chirping and a cool breeze is wafting by.
  — Ed Silverman, STAT, 22 Mar. 2023
• Be one with the birds in Altadena With spring nearly here, the hills are lush and the birds are chirping.
  — Michael Charboneau, Los Angeles Times, 7 Mar. 2024
• Muagura stops, smiles, and listens to the birds chirping.
  — Mary Holland, Robb Report, 22 Apr. 2023
• The birds are chirping, the flowers are blooming, and warmer weather is back.
  — Esther Carlstone, Peoplemag, 19 Apr. 2023
• Crickets chirped in the background as the silence stretched on for 20 seconds.
  — Sheera Frenkel, New York Times, 22 Feb. 2020
• A couple of Tide players climbed on top of the bullpen wall in the outfield to chirp the umpires more as Reida left the field.
  — Nick Alvarez | [e-mail], al, 10 June 2023
• This seems to be the case for all people that chirp the loudest about how racist America is.
  — Brian Flood, Fox News, 10 July 2018
• Swept out with the tide we’ll be, beached even as the mornings keep chirping on and suddenly.
  — Deborah Landau, The Atlantic, 26 Feb. 2023
• The tones combine and dissipate; there is the sound of crickets chirping, and waves of white noise.
  — Nina Siegal, New York Times, 19 Mar. 2018
• The boys zipped up and down the field in helmets and shorts, running choreographed plays as the coaches chirped their whistles.
  — Washington Post, 23 Aug. 2019
• The brightly colored bird chirped and trilled, adding to a chorus that rang from the towering trees.
  — AZCentral.com, 5 Dec. 2019
• These backdrops shimmer and swell around her voice, and bells chime distantly and birds chirp in the fuzzy gauze.
  — Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 29 Apr. 2021
• Mornings with Loftie are like waking up to the sun shining and birds chirping.
  — Good Housekeeping, 31 Mar. 2023
• Yes, the sun might be glancing off the snowdrifts, and the birds may be chirping away with blithe exuberance.
  — Celine Nguyen, The Atlantic, 20 Mar. 2024

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chirp

2 of 2 noun

• Growls, chirps, buzzes and roars echo through the dark.
  — Sara Stewart, CNN, 26 May 2017
• Males of the species emit high-pitched chirps to find mates.
  — José Vieira, National Geographic, 6 Mar. 2019
• The chirp and click of the glades’ night chorus rose up to fill the void.
  — Rebecca Renner, Outside Online, 14 May 2020
• Or, take a stroll through the gallery and just listen to the birds chirp.
  — Birmingham Magazine, AL.com, 11 Apr. 2018
• Who's ready to dance with their pup or chirp along with their bird?
  — Perri Ormont Blumberg, Southern Living, 16 Mar. 2021
• There’s nothing like slowing down to hear the birds chirp and watch the deer roam.
  — cleveland, 24 Mar. 2021
• One sharp chirp tells the animal to stop and sit in place.
  — New York Times, 17 May 2022
• The chirps get louder as the bird approaches the ground.
  — Tom Fegely, Field & Stream, 13 Apr. 2020
• Neither wants to listen to the other chirp the next 12 months.
  — Shawn Windsor, Detroit Free Press, 15 Nov. 2019
• Blue jays and sparrows dart in and out of shrubs, stopping by to chirp while perched on the fence.
  — Debbie Arrington, sacbee.com, 9 June 2017
• And a chirp from the rangefinder tells you when the distance reading has been locked in.
  — Don Reisinger, Forbes, 16 June 2021
• The windows were open to a terrace, and the chirp of cicadas flooded in.
  — Ed Caesar, The New Yorker, 26 Sep. 2022
• Nail the throttle, and the supercharged A6 leaps forward with nary a chirp of the tires.
  — Michael Simari, Car and Driver, 22 Mar. 2018
• That was the 50-kilohertz chirp [at a pitch far above the range of human hearing].
  — Pamela Weintraub, Discover Magazine, 30 May 2012
• But the bird chirps and billowing clouds are not the real deal.
  — Travis Deshong, Washington Post, 3 July 2019
• Even that can't elicit a chirp from the front tires when pointed straight.
  — Mike Sutton, Car and Driver, 17 June 2020
• Raskin has made a few-second chirp of a chiffchaff bird.
  — Camille Bromley, WIRED, 29 Aug. 2023
• Even the rowdiest brake-torque starts elicit but a chirp from the rear tires.
  — John Phillips, Car and Driver, 20 May 2020
• And one last chirp from Doncic to the Target Center crowd.
  — Dallas News, 21 Dec. 2022
• Listen to the chirps, whirs and flutter of the creatures that still stir and witness the night-blooming plants.
  — Sonja Haller, azcentral, 1 June 2018
• If the alarm chirps, warning that the battery is low, replace the entire smoke alarm right away.
  — Linda Gandee/special To Cleveland.com, cleveland.com, 29 July 2019
• All birds chirp, poop and live longer than most people expect.
  — Cathy M. Rosenthal, San Antonio Express-News, 10 June 2021
• The frequency of the chirps is about 90 per minute at about 70 degrees Fahrenheit.
  — oregonlive, 17 Sep. 2023
• The cricket chirp in this song was sampled on a loop, making the cricket the actual beat of the song.
  — Emilee Lindner, Billboard, 23 Aug. 2017
• Every 10 minutes or so, the orbs croak like frogs, or chirp like crickets, and sparkle with light.
  — Kat McGowan, WIRED, 4 Jan. 2024
• For the first time in months, the occasional chirp of a bird weaves its way between the crunch of snow and my heavy breathing.
  — James Lynch, Popular Mechanics, 29 Apr. 2019
• In sport mode, the rear wheels kick up some gravel and second gear brings a surprising chirp from the tail.
  — Robert Duffer, chicagotribune.com, 9 Oct. 2017
• My passing would trigger a chorus of squeaks and chirps from the nestbox.
  — Ernie Cowan, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 July 2019
• Gone was the din of car horns and revving engines, replaced with the chirp of cicadas and the sound of the roadside flags fluttering in the evening breeze.
  — Patrick Kingsley, New York Times, 5 Oct. 2022
• Temperatures drop, the wind picks up, insects chirp, bats come out to feed, farm animals head for their barns and birds go to roost.
  — Katherine Rodeghier, Chicago Tribune, 31 Jan. 2024

Last Updated: 5 Sep 2024