trilled

verb

past tense of trill
as in warbled
to sing with the alternation of two musical tones a bluebird trilled outside our window

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Recent Examples of trilled This was a funhouse reality, in which children were lost and predators roamed, but through which white harts leapt through shafts of sunlight, songbirds trilled, and where honey and berries and acorns might be foraged for free. — Literary Hub, 30 July 2026 Femme tunes trilled in the background. — Kansas City Star, 29 May 2026 About 40 minutes away, real birds melodiously chirped and trilled outside its sister hotel, Es Figueral Nou, an 18th-century finca and former fig plantation set among vast agricultural fields. — Norma Meyer, Oc Register, 27 May 2026 Serene spa music, a blend of classical piano and loudly chirping birds, trilled in the background as the machine sloshed and gurgled. — Deborah Vankin, Los Angeles Times, 6 Apr. 2026 My mother trilled vapidly over these mundane facts. — Madhuri Vijay, New Yorker, 16 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for trilled
  1. warbled
  2. quavered
  3. chanted
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  • Her distinctive voice has been Widowspeak’s emblem since the band first emerged, warbled like Mazzy Star’s Hope Sandoval over CB radio.
    — Linnie Greene, Pitchfork, 10 June 2026
Definition of warbled
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  • The tawny owl’s dark release of song quavered from the pine wood.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 19 Sep. 2025
Definition of quavered
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  • High schoolers chanted, holding cardboard signs and joining hands with soixante-huitards – May 1968 protesters who once helped bring the country to a standstill in their calls for change.
    — Colette Davidson, Christian Science Monitor, 19 Oct. 2026
  • The crowd chanted France's national anthem and waved flags, and some people played trumpets and violins.
    — SYLVIE CORBET, Arkansas Online, 18 Oct. 2026
Definition of chanted

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“Trilled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/trilled. Accessed 28 Oct. 2026.

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