He heard the low breathing of the cattle as they dozed in the fields on either side, and the soft whirr of downy plumage as the great owl which had built its nest among the eaves of the new barn flew past him.

A rapid whirr due to the engines, and a rythmical clatter due to the relief valve on one of the port engine cylinders not being screwed down hard enough, and therefore lifting a little in its seat at each stroke, made the most of it.

It arouses the killing propensity in me most dreadfully, and I really entertain serious thoughts of learning to use a gun, for the mere pleasure of destroying these pretty birds as they whirr from their secret coverts close beside my path.

There's a whirr in my head, And the tune's getting louder"The boys aren't dead!" Cleora!

This was too much for Mrs. Hummer, who flew off with a whirr like an angry little spinning-wheelif such a proper Puritan thing is ever angry; and there in the nest were two tiny eggs, like white beans.

It swells until it whirrs Through the long stems, as if aeolian chords For moulding mystic sounds in lack of words.