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Recent Examples of twitter
Verb
Birds twittered and flitted through towering trees as bicyclists pedaled nearby. Ishani Desai, Sacramento Bee, 28 Apr. 2024 One of the most beloved of the songbirds, bluebirds can be identified by their bright blue and copper feathers, as well as their calls, which are cheerful and warbling tweeting and twittering sounds. Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 7 Sep. 2023 Spring has been unusually noisy here in New England, more Stravinsky than twittering Vivaldi. Christopher Benfey, The New York Review of Books, 11 Apr. 2023 But all that is outside the comfortable quarters where Nora passes her days, twittering to her husband. Chloe Schama, Vogue, 10 Mar. 2023 See All Example Sentences for twitter
Recent Examples of Synonyms for twitter
Noun
  • Volunteers were charged around 25 cents per huff, bringing in good profit for those who’d invested in the necessary gas tanks, tubes, and breathing bags.
    Oshan Jarow, Vox, 7 Dec. 2018
  • The huffs and hums, produced by two women standing face-to-face and vocalizing from their throats, is believed to be one of the oldest music forms in the world.
    Lale Arikoglu, Condé Nast Traveler, 17 Aug. 2024
Noun
  • Joking was her version of uncontrollable tears, but Dr. Fenton neither laughed nor pressed to see what was behind Lilian’s inane laughter.
    Yiyun Li, The New Yorker, 9 Mar. 2025
  • The inventive plot twists and frequent ad-libs led to filming often being interrupted by laughter.
    Joan MacDonald, Forbes, 6 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • The couple went into his restaurant, Jinja Bar & Bistro, in the early 2000s, and ended up chatting with Lanham and the other owners, Lanham said.
    Nathan Solis, Los Angeles Times, 4 Mar. 2025
  • Stopping on the red carpet to chat with E!, Saldaña praised the fashion duo for always putting creativity first.
    Ingrid Vasquez, People.com, 3 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • As the sounds of birds chirping echoed in the room, so did the shutters of cameras and the flittering around the more than 20 A-list guests who sat front row at the fashion event.
    Anika Reed, USA TODAY, 12 Feb. 2025
  • All game, the Rays had chirped from their dugout at Sabathia for pitching inside and then hitting Jake Bauers on the hand.
    Brendan Kuty, The Athletic, 21 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • While Kassidy’s father needed a moment to take it all in, her mother had more of an immediate reaction – one that had the family laughing.
    Tereza Shkurtaj, People.com, 1 Mar. 2025
  • Vivienne appeared to be having fun with her friend, as she was pictured laughing and sticking her tongue out.
    Effie Orfanides, Newsweek, 1 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • But another 454 people were injured during the ensuing panic.
    Elizabeth Hernandez, The Denver Post, 7 Mar. 2025
  • Then, as now, much of the moral panic over what's being taught in schools is really rooted in anxieties about the racial order of the United States.
    Gene Demby, NPR, 7 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • In photos obtained by Page Six, Affleck and Garner appeared to be in good spirits — laughing and talking — while at a paintball park in Los Angeles on Sunday, March 2.
    Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 4 Mar. 2025
  • But after talking with sources, a few quarterbacks turned heads during the combine.
    Antwan Staley, New York Daily News, 3 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • Veteran Capitol Hill reporter Jamie Dupree later tweeted that Green’s ejection was the first for a member of Congress that Dupree had seen covering presidential speeches on Capitol Hill since 1987.
    Dan Mangan, CNBC, 5 Mar. 2025
  • Stephen King knows all about that, which is my cue to say, Stephen King tweeted that this was the best film he's seen this year.
    Simon Thompson, Forbes, 5 Mar. 2025

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“Twitter.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/twitter. Accessed 15 Mar. 2025.

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