How to Use twitter in a Sentence

twitter

verb

• The birds were twittering in the trees.
• A robin twittered its morning song.
• What are those people twittering about?
• But a news broadcast makes the most sense and plays to Twitter’s strengths.
  — Ian Paul, PCWorld, 1 May 2017
• Trump has taken to Twitter to vent about poll results in the past.
  — Alex Wigglesworth, latimes.com, 24 Apr. 2017
• There, water gurgled in a fountain, a bird twittered in a cage, and the smell of Chinese herbs filled the air.
  — Moises Velasquez-Manoff, WIRED, 8 May 2018
• John then took to Twitter to apologize for the hacking, and clear things up with his fans.
  — Laura Beck, Harper's BAZAAR, 26 Feb. 2017
• The Columbia blue throwbacks are iconic and Tuesday night, Watt took to twitter to share his love for the old school jerseys.
  — Demetrio Teniente, Houston Chronicle, 21 Mar. 2018
• The 6-foot, 170-pound rising senior took to Twitter to let his decision be known on Sunday night.
  — David Furones, Sun-Sentinel.com, 18 June 2017
• Brian's brother, Kent, this past weekend took to twitter with this plea to the president.
  — Fox News, 8 Mar. 2018
• Maclin also took to Twitter to address his fans after the announcement.
  — Terez A. Paylor, kansascity.com, 2 June 2017
• There’s a sweet patch of flowers that communicate with the young travelers in a cloud of twittering petals.
  — Josephine Livingstone, The New Republic, 8 Mar. 2018
• And again, like our government, the president of the company is taking to Twitter to address it.
  — Kelsey Stiegman, Seventeen, 17 May 2017
• Though the singer seemed to be trying to illustrate the limitations often forced upon those in the public eye, some took offense at the quote—and took to Twitter to let Lorde know.
  — Chelsea Stone, Glamour, 20 June 2017
• Following the video's release, Ahmed took to Twitter to express his excitement over his involvement with the project.
  — Sandra Gonzalez, CNN, 28 June 2017
• Unable to figure it out, the politicians have turned themselves into twittering mice on the floors of Parliament and Congress.
  — Daniel Henninger, WSJ, 16 Jan. 2019
• The Arsenal supporter quickly ​took to Twitter to reveal how happy the Frenchman had been to have his photo taken.
  — SI.com, 20 July 2017
• Trump, who frequently takes to Twitter to announce proposals or denounce opponents, was blindsided by, of all things, a tweet.
  — Matthew Daly, The Seattle Times, 19 July 2017
• Members of Mumbai’s creative communities took to Twitter to express their grief on Sunday.
  — Sewell Chan and Dan Bilefsky, New York Times, 1 Jan. 2017
• Others have taken to Twitter to express their disbelief and disagreement.
  — Caroline Picard, Good Housekeeping, 10 Mar. 2017
• The orchestra plays with extremes to create tension, setting high, twittering woodwinds against groaning brass.
  — Heidi Waleson, WSJ, 22 Oct. 2018
• On Tuesday, the spaceflight world twittered in amazement after a Japanese astronaut posted about his surprising growth spurt on Twitter.
  — Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 10 Jan. 2018
• Trump takes to Twitter to announce and denounce everything from North Korea missile launches to the latest domestic and foreign policy issues.
  — David Kravets, Ars Technica, 11 July 2017
• Soon after the controversy began, Kardashian took to Twitter to defend her decision.
  — Lily Herman, Allure, 13 July 2017
• Its title alluded to the loss of twittering birds from natural habitats because of indiscriminate pesticide use, and the treatise spawned the modern conservation movement.
  — Jim Daley, Scientific American, 19 Sep. 2019
• As an afternoon twilight came quickly, birds twittered to herald night’s early appearance; otherwise, an eerie stillness settled over us, broken only by clicking camera shutters.
  — Joy Wallace Dickinson, OrlandoSentinel.com, 10 Sep. 2017
• The birds were twittering in the trees.
• A robin twittered its morning song.
• What are those people twittering about?
• But a news broadcast makes the most sense and plays to Twitter’s strengths.
  — Ian Paul, PCWorld, 1 May 2017

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