| 单词 | cheep |
| 例句 | But when he swung the creaky door wide, he didn’t hear the hysterical cheeping. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z She chortled and cheeped and gave his arm an encouraging peck. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z Once I had a couple of them free, I’d pretend they were talking to each other in cheeping voices. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z I spook at every sound: rats cheeping in the trash, broken bricks settling in the night. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z It was not at all like Market Day, with its sounds of laughter, conversation, and commerce: good-natured bargaining, the squealing of pigs, the motherly cluck of hens with their cheep ing broods. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z The babies’ cheeps go quiet as soon as she leaves. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z They flitted around, their wings flapping against the wiry walls, cheeping their blue heads off. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z Then, starting with Jackie, he went from cage to cage, checking on the cheeping birds. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z “Cheep, cheep, cheep,” she concludes, waving her head and hands back and forth. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z At that moment Frightful heard the chicks cheeping inside their shells. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z The air vibrated with the same inharmonic racket of squealing, burbling, croaking, and cheeping birds. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z “Just keep it short,” she says over the racket of cheeps when I ask her if I can use her phone. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z Trouble is, it leads you on to further redness of tooth and claw – crocodile death rolls, eagles throwing goats over cliffs, cheeping chicks disappearing into smug pythons. TV Review: Dive 2010-07-09T05:45:00Z In one of the stalls, which will be turned someday into artists’ studios, a sparrow learns to fly, cheeped on by its mother. Lending a Library a Hand in Colorado 2016-04-27T04:00:00Z The ice in my glass of bourbon has not yet melted and Carolina wrens are cheeping both a challenge and a welcome. How the Bible Divided, and United, Allan Gurganus and His Father 2021-01-07T05:00:00Z We listened to the cheeping of the Shama thrush, native to India. Next Stop: Hiking in Hawaii?s Waimea Valley 2011-12-02T14:36:36Z Something else to look forward to: that high-pitched “cheep” sound your iPhone makes when charging. The Getaway: Test-Flying the Boeing 787 Dreamliner 2012-11-30T20:19:03Z "I really don't," said Burchill, the vocal cheep at odds with her bold certainty. Julie Burchill, Desert Island Discs: radio review 2013-02-15T07:00:52Z And a mallard escorts her brood – 10 adorable little cheeping fluffballs – down the rapids. Last night's TV 2010-05-17T07:00:00Z Even the hatcheries across the nation that specialize in mailing chickens — from simple Rhode Island Reds to cockapoo-looking Silkies that arrive to the post office in vented, cheeping boxes — are wiped out. Perspective | Virgin chicken wranglers, tired of pricey eggs, are snatching up birds 2023-03-06T05:00:00Z By comparing these acoustic data with climate predictions, the research team hopes to learn how drier conditions in the future could threaten prairie chirps and cheeps. Climate change could quiet prairie birds’ chirping 2022-10-17T04:00:00Z As he leaned over a trap with a stick to demonstrate what happens when the mechanism is sprung, there was a sudden flutter and cheep by his shoulder. New Zealand’s Biodiversity Crisis Prompts Extreme Measures 2022-06-05T04:00:00Z But when I refer to birdsong, I mean those longer, more complicated sounds as opposed to the short cheeps and peeps. What Birds Really Listen for in Birdsong (It’s Not What You Think) 2022-05-04T04:00:00Z A month later, we heard cheeping from the house and started to see the yawning beaks of ravenous youngsters at the entrance. Perspective | On the house: Wrens are nesting in my backyard bird box. I couldn’t be happier. 2021-07-07T04:00:00Z Rhiannon Hampson thought she would hear a cacophony of cheeping when she went to her post office in coastal Maine to fetch a delivery of newly hatched chicks. The Chick’s in the Mail? Rural America Faces New Worries With Postal Crisis 2020-08-21T04:00:00Z The moor birds’ cheeps were now accompanied by beeps. Kudos, leaderboards, QOMs: how fitness app Strava became a religion 2020-01-14T05:00:00Z He is also a master of the swell, of getting low notes to fill the hall with tons of pressure and having high birdlike cheeps appearing at the edge of audibility. Patricia Kopatchinskaja and Cameron Carpenter are resurrecting classical music 2019-04-09T04:00:00Z RAWALPINDI, Pakistan — The high-pitched cheeping of a thousand newborn chicks fills the humid room. The U.S. had a ‘chicken in every pot.’ Pakistan aims for chickens on every plot. 2018-12-17T05:00:00Z I’ve always found it curious that despite spending even more billions over decades trying to locate other forms of intelligent life we’ve had nary a cheep back; not even a single intergalactic WhatsApp message. We’ve trashed the oceans; now we are turning space into a junkyard for billionaires | Kevin McKenna 2018-02-10T05:00:00Z They giggled at the Egg's demanding "Cheep, cheep, cheep!" Angela Sanchez, a blossoming L.A. writer, was once homeless. Her children's book 'Scruffy and the Egg' tells the tale – LA Times 2018-01-04T05:00:00Z So, this has nothing to do with competition because the rule does not cost more to some ISPs while being cheep for others. F.C.C. Is Said to Plan Repeal of Net Neutrality Rules 2017-11-21T05:00:00Z On Saturday, they cheeped anxiously from inside their temporary home, a plastic storage bin in the back of the family car. Sonoma resident uses telescope to inspect house in fire ravaged area 2017-10-14T04:00:00Z But, the inevitable tide of inflation, even at 1 percent a year, has eaten away at that gain from the second job and the cheep prices on goods. Why There’s Hope for the Middle Class (With Help From China) 2016-04-15T04:00:00Z “Good putt, bud,” he said to Justin Rose after the Englishman’s uphill, six-foot birdie at the second hole entranced crowds so silent you could hear songbirds cheep. Column: Bubba Watson too nice for Ryder Cup 2014-09-27T04:00:00Z Orwell wrote of a dawn market brimming with “pomelos hanging on strings like green moons,” “brittle dried fish tied in bundles,” “ducks split open and cured like hams,” and “chickens cheeping in wicker cages.” Katha Journal: Orwell’s House Links Myanmar to Its Burmese Days 2013-05-24T01:41:19Z Is that the “cheep, cheep, cheep” of a new Nats era that we hear being born? Thrilling victory feels like a precursor to bigger celebration 2012-09-30T04:31:52Z He goes on: "You could whirl him round in the Hadron collider without getting a single cheep of remorse." Diamond deflects MP inquisition 2012-07-05T06:03:40Z You could whirl Mr Diamond round in the Hadron collider without getting a single cheep of remorse. Mr Diamond's still not quite on first-name terms with contrition 2012-07-04T18:24:14Z I don’t blame you though for not wanting Schwarmer’s cheep truck; I’ve got some things that I brought from the city—things that I helped make for our school celebration. The Independence Day Horror at Killsbury 2012-04-20T02:00:07.610Z I heard a sound like the cheep of a frightened mouse, and I saw a grand silk skirt and a pair of ankles scuttering up the staircase. A Safety Match 2012-03-19T02:00:23.817Z "The scent o' the thyme an' the cheep of a bird, An' the sound of a song that is joy an' pain, But the sweetest song as ever I heard." Cornish Catches and Other Verses 2012-01-15T03:00:13.973Z One, two, fled cheeping into cover of the wood; almost instantly they coursed back again to where we stood, to dart off from us at an angle, in an ecstasy of bewilderment and terror. The White Peacock 2012-01-14T03:00:21.627Z The wee helpless thing fluttered weakly in its agony and cheeped piteously. The Unpopular Review, Number 19 July-December 1918 2012-01-09T03:00:24.167Z When early morning came, with the cheep of birds in the thickets, Elmer was the first one to be stirring. Endurance Test or, How Clear Grit Won the Day 2011-12-16T03:00:11.660Z He is asleep, and probably dreaming of the sheep that he cannot get to enter the “fauld,” for he is emitting little sharp cheeping barks, as dogs often do when they dream. Kenneth McAlpine A Tale of Mountain, Moorland and Sea 2011-12-05T03:00:48.967Z Besides this, it indulges in a variety of chirps, twitters, and cheeps, some angry, some deprecatory, and some pert, which a practised ear only can refer to their proper author. British Birds in their Haunts 2011-11-23T03:00:23.677Z It was gaunt and wild; no wonder it frightened the poor lap-wings into cheeping hysteria. The White Peacock 2012-01-14T03:00:21.627Z Over the grain-fields they go, over the meadows and back again straight to the nest where downy babies are cheeping for them. The Adventures of a Grain of Dust 2011-11-22T03:00:12.257Z "Cheep! cheep! cheep!" went the brothers and sisters one after the other. The Sun's Babies 2011-11-21T03:00:12.963Z The dainty little beauty, with a throat of silky mellowness, looked curiously about, gave a “cheep” of recognition and then again buried its bill under its wing. An Oregon Girl A Tale of American Life in the New West 2011-11-17T03:00:31.330Z Its note, too, is weak, simple, and unpretending, amounting to no more than an occasional 'cheep', which it utters from time to time while hunting for food, and while performing its short flights. British Birds in their Haunts 2011-11-23T03:00:23.677Z Eight or nine yellow, fluffy little mites were cheeping and scuffling in the fender. The White Peacock 2012-01-14T03:00:21.627Z Call, a sharp cheep; song, a gracefully whistled you must come to the woods, or you wont see me. Color Key to North American Birds with bibiographical appendix 2011-11-15T03:00:21.677Z They sat up on their hind legs, pressed their front paws against their stomachs, and made a cheeping noise, almost like birds. Boy Scouts in Glacier Park The Adventures of Two Young Easterners in the Heart of the High Rockies 2011-09-22T02:00:22.487Z "Not a cheep of the sale," added he. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 21 2011-09-09T02:01:06.280Z They sit there for quite two hours giving vent only to an occasional suggestive “cheep,” and a jerk of their little bodies as if they both had the hiccup. In Touch with Nature Tales and Sketches from the Life 2011-08-31T02:01:35.803Z It was a trying pair of seconds, through which the duke's seed-cake cheeped like a canary. The Tigress 2011-08-30T02:00:39.657Z Call, a sharp cheep; song, a simple tweet-tweet-tweet, etc., all on one note. Color Key to North American Birds with bibiographical appendix 2011-11-15T03:00:21.677Z Little Haly!" cheeps the robin in the tree; "Little Haly!" sighs the clover, "Little Haly!" moans the bee; "Little Haly! Neghborly Poems and Dialect Sketches 2011-08-15T02:00:25.930Z A dotterel goes plaintively piping over the stones, and the "cheep, cheep," of the awakening ling-birds rises from every brae. The Confessions of a Poacher 2011-08-05T02:00:44.470Z The honey-bird flew to the trunk itself and cheeped and chattered there, and Jantje put down his gun and looked about for an easy place to climb. Jock of the Bushveld 2011-08-04T02:00:24.987Z This passed with barely a cheep of distress, because many of those missing hours went on recycled and not particularly golden daytime oldies in the Murder She Wrote and Diagnosis Murder category. Making money out of digital? The writing's on the wall 2011-07-23T23:06:36Z Call, a weak cheep; song, a crescendo teacher repeated about five times; also a wild, ecstatic flight song. Color Key to North American Birds with bibiographical appendix 2011-11-15T03:00:21.677Z Little Haly!" cheeps the robin in the tree; "Little Haly!" sighs the clover, "Little Haly!" moans the bee; "Little Haly! Neghborly Poems and Dialect Sketches 2011-08-15T02:00:25.930Z He whimpers and cheeps all the night, trying to make up his mind to run into the middle of the room, but he never gets there. The jungle book 2011-05-02T02:00:19.467Z As he did so, the ear was conscious of a faint "cheep, cheep"—the herrings were still alive. She's All the World to Me 2011-04-09T02:00:16.923Z As he did so there was a faint "cheep, cheep" from below—the herrings were still alive. The Deemster 2011-04-08T02:00:08.197Z Old age is a flight of small cheeping birds skimming bare trees above a snow glaze. Sour Grapes A Book of Poems 2011-03-25T02:00:10.780Z A bird cheeped uneasily in the peepul-tree above the tent, and through the chink of the doorway I could discern the faint glimmer of the false dawn. The Taming of the Jungle 2011-03-23T02:00:16.887Z Say, what is the spell, when her fledgelings are cheeping, That lures the bird home to her nest? Three Sunsets and Other Poems 2011-03-08T03:00:46.420Z Say, what is the spell, when her fledglings are cheeping, That lures the bird home to her nest? Lewis Carroll in Wonderland and at Home The Story of His Life 2011-03-01T03:00:47.317Z Yet the lights and sounds, the buildings of men and the men themselves seemed inconsequential, insignificant, proportioned to their surroundings like the cheeping of a small frog at the bottom of a deep well. The Land of Frozen Suns 2011-01-23T03:00:15.307Z This software, branded 'cheep', is currently in closed beta and should be released to the public in the the second half of 2010. FTSE falls 3% on German shorting ban, while Home Retail struggles 2010-05-19T16:19:00Z The sparrow cheeped pitifully as he ran aft again and took the ladder in two jumps. H.M.S. —— The gray infiltrating light seemed gaunt and cruel, and the thin cheeping of waking sparrows on the lawn came to her with a haunting intolerable note of pain. The Valiants of Virginia The sparrows were cheeping more loudly: the trains were more frequent. Sinister Street, vol. 2 This done, she left the children to their first survey of London airs, to silent wonder amid the cheeping of countless sparrows. Sinister Street, vol. 1 "A life for a life," was cried to me from even the day-break cheeping of the birds. Love's Usuries He pecked whatever he saw, from his own feet to the register, and would pounce like a baby pirate upon objects many times larger than himself, cheeping to the world his tidings of magnificent discovery. Sigurd Our Golden Collie and Other Comrades of the Road They made a cheep cheep sound, rattling calls, and drummed. Birds from North Borneo University of Kansas Publications, Museum of Natural History, Volume 17, No. 8, pp. 377-433, October 27, 1966 The silence was drawn so fine that the faint cheep of a night-bird sounded startlingly loud. Astounding Stories, August, 1931 A bluebottle buzzed upon the window-pane; pigeons flapped from pinnacle to pinnacle of the chapel; sparrows cheeped on a persistent note; pens scratched paper; Mr. Kirkham turned a Blue Book's page at regular intervals. Sinister Street, vol. 1 Jenny exclaimed, as, with a long shadow leading her slim form, she went through a world of russet leaves and cheeping sparrows to meet her lover. Carnival The chicken-bearer's dignified progress, "cheep, cheep, cheep," across the Common and Public Gardens and through the Back Bay section, afforded her a new gauge for testing human nature. Sigurd Our Golden Collie and Other Comrades of the Road "Oh—" "Sixteen o'clock!" cheeped the timepiece on the wall. Check and Checkmate "But that isn't worrying us so much as that Chip and Paul should start out that way without even letting out a cheep what they was up to." The Auto Boys' Mystery “Cheep, cheep!” said the young one and tumbled out; how big and ugly he was! Favorite Fairy Tales The Childhood Choice of Representative Men and Women The sun streamed in through the big bay-window: the sparrows cheeped and twittered outside, and on the window-sill a box of round-faced pansies danced in the merry June breeze. Carnival Coming down stairs half an hour later I heard her remonstrating with Mike, who was cheeping wildly. Sigurd Our Golden Collie and Other Comrades of the Road A sound was in the air, the cheeping of a sleepy bird. Sinister Paradise All night—and when at dawn I woke with the blue-bird's cheep, Winter with all its chill and pall Seemed but a sleep. Song-Surf Something as cold as ice went tripping about on her arm, and something rough and nasty laid itself on her cheek, and cheeped and queaked in her ear. The Serapion Brethren, Vol. I. On the window-sill a solitary sparrow cheeped at regular intervals, and down in the street children were bowling iron hoops that fell very often. Carnival What! some small, puny, piteous windpipes are heard cheeping against thee from the Cockneys—like ragged chickens agape in the pip. Recreations of Christopher North, Volume I (of 2) As it dived, the cheeping sound of a sleeping bird was becoming a flooding blast of wild harp notes. Sinister Paradise The air was full of sounds, shrill-voiced insects cheeping, the pipe of frogs, the twittering of birds seeking their nests. Peggy Raymond's Vacation or Friendly Terrace Transplanted There was a sound as of small stones being thrown, and rolled here and there; and between whiles came a horrid cheeping and squeaking. The Serapion Brethren, Vol. I. "To think she knew all the time, and never cheeped!" The Plow-Woman The small brown Moorland bird, as dry as a toast, hopped out of his heather-hole, and cheerfully cheeped comfort. Recreations of Christopher North, Volume I (of 2) The cheeping sound became louder, there was a touch of harp music in it now. Sinister Paradise Not a twitter nor cheep from the hen-house broke the quiet that brooded over everything. Peggy Owen and Liberty So Katherine went out alone to pay the oven bird’s nest a visit and on the way found a chipmunk with a broken leg, hopping around on the other three and cheeping shrilly in distress. The Campfire Girls on Ellen's Isle The Trail of the Seven Cedars She heard the cheeps of awakening birds, and small movements in trees and grass. The Plow-Woman There were great horses with shaggy fetlocks resting in green fields, and cattle wading in shallow fords, and streams fringed with willows, and little cheeping birds among the reeds, and larks and cuckoos and thrushes. A Modern Symposium The cheeping of a sleepy bird was in the room. Sinister Paradise A bird near by cheeped sleepily, and the new night was coming to its own. The Plunderer Trudy knew that Miss Lunk lived alone––the third story back, where she cooked most of her meals, while a forlorn canary cheeped a welcome. The Gorgeous Girl Perhaps its mordant sound coupled to the hissing of the fiddles, the cheeping of the wood-wind, and the roll of the harp; perhaps—and then he was gripped by a thrilling thought. Melomaniacs "Gull Lup," the monster—said wasn't the right word, but it was not a bark, growl, mew, cheep, squawk or snarl. Martians Never Die At the cheeping sound, Effra's fingers moved swiftly on the control board, playing a symphony that only she understood. Sinister Paradise Like the Black Douglas, he likes better to hear the laverock sing than the mouse cheep. The Balladists Famous Scots Series You’ve had this new side to the story for over a month and never even cheeped about it! The Treasure Trail A Romance of the Land of Gold and Sunshine Belle put a hand into the cheeping huddle in her hat, lifted out a chick and held it to her cheek. Rim o' the World Angela put the orphan chick down amongst the others; for a second it cheeped pitifully; then it, too, began to eat. The Carroll Girls The next morning she swaggered forth, a round, fluffy, cheeping morsel. The Biography of a Prairie Girl From dawn till dark, he was always cheeping for something to eat. The Tale of Jolly Robin This one explains good and plenty why no Indian has ever cheeped about it, no money could bribe him to it. The Treasure Trail A Romance of the Land of Gold and Sunshine Then a sparrow cheeped somewhere behind her, and another bird in the hedge softly fluted a little roulade. The Beth Book Being a Study of the Life of Elizabeth Caldwell Maclure, a Woman of Genius The first shot out of the box you let a piece of barracuda-webbing go adrift and Mascola's gang picked it up right before your eyes and you never cheeped. El Diablo Left undisturbed with the Hen, they would have emitted the Chickens' gentle cheep. The Glow-Worm and Other Beetles “I’m as hungry as those little wrens I hear cheeping up there somewhere.” The Dominant Dollar "Cheep, cheep, chickeree," sang one bird to another. Nine Little Goslings They could fly very well, and now and then one followed the parent far out, calling sharply his baby "cheep" and trying to get close to her in the air. Little Brothers of the Air Who—who—who?” the six girls cheeped out. Rootabaga Stories The mother hen went: “Cluck, cluck, cluck, cluck, cluck,” and the little chicken ran to her calling: “Cheep, cheep, cheep.” Here and Now Story Book Two- to seven-year-olds “That’s th’ peertest chicken of th’ lot,” she remarked as she again enveloped him in the old woollen skirt, from the folds of which came much distressed cheeping. The Wind Before the Dawn On the island there was not a cheep nor a flutter to break the spell. The Huntress It was warm and cosy there, and the crickets were cheeping feebly in the russet grass where the sunlight fell. A Spoil of Office A Story of the Modern West Loud coos the doo when the hawk's no whistling; loud cheeps the mouse when the cat's no rustling. The Proverbs of Scotland And all the little chickens ran to the mother hen calling: “Cheep, cheep, cheep.” Here and Now Story Book Two- to seven-year-olds The children were all cheeping for food, until Rusty Wren could hardly endure the noise. The Tale of Rusty Wren Every time the mother bird brought them a moth or worm they raised a chorus of yells; and when she flew away, they cheeped for her to come back again. Explorers of the Dawn A solitary bird, astir beyond its bedtime, hovered against the sky, cheeping to unseen brood below. The Return of Blue Pete I would sooner hear the lark sing than the mouse cheep. The Proverbs of Scotland However, he reached the point as which he aimed, but he had not been there a minute before he heard that peculiar sound of heavy blocks working, cheep, cheep, cheep. The Three Midshipmen Small creatures flitted and cheeped in the brush and trees. Operation Haystack But he could not rightly fasten his brain to work because of the constant cheeping of the young sparrows under the eaves. Explorers of the Dawn There was a heavy deadening silence in Ascher's private office, and our voices, when they broke it, sounded like the cheeping of ghosts. Gossamer 1915 I don't believe in stealing Indians' horses any more than white folks', so I told 'em they could go along and hang him, I'd never cheep! Roosevelt in the Bad Lands Your deeds of charity are known to God, His power extends over all things; not a chicken cheeps in the egg-shell but He has created. There was a King in Egypt White-eyes invariably go about in flocks; each member of the company utters unceasingly a cheeping note in order to keep his fellows apprized of his movements. Birds of the Indian Hills He slipped like a monkey up into a tree, He shook her down cherries like rain; 'See now,' says he, cheeping, 'a blackbird I be, Laugh, laugh, little Jinnie, again-gain-gain, Laugh, laugh, little Jinnie, again.' Songs of Childhood "Ronny," said I, "there was a bonny lass putting herself about for ye, or ye might have been listening to mice cheeping instead o' the waves out there." The McBrides A Romance of Arran The little birds twitter and cheep To their loves on the leafless larch; But seven feet deep the snow-wreaths sleep, And the year hath not worn to March. The Posy Ring A Book of Verse for Children There is such silence up here on the tableland at mid-day—only a light soughing of the soft, hot wind, otherwise not even the cheep of a lizard. From Edinburgh to India & Burmah I took charge of it and fed it, and noticed that when it was not asleep it kept up a continuous cheeping all day long, even when it was eating, although it had no companion. Birds of the Indian Hills You stay here with the hosses an' if they seem like to pass along without noticing don't you so much as cheep. The Boy Scout Treasure Hunters The Lost Treasure of Buffalo Hollow A cricket somewhere in the house set up a sprightly cheeping. Blue Aloes Stories of South Africa He is not the bird you would send to the princess to "cheep and twitter twenty million loves"; she would go to sleep while he was piping. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 104, June, 1866 The stillness in the bungalow is only broken by the occasional cheep, cheep, cheep of the house lizard, a tiny little fellow that lives behind picture frames and in unused jugs and corners. From Edinburgh to India & Burmah Each individual utters unceasingly a low, plaintive, sonorous, cheeping note. Birds of the Indian Hills Think I'm goin' to let you rob me of my own money an' never cheep? Oh, You Tex! The night passed, the dawn came, red bird and wren and robin began a cheeping in the Wilderness. The Long Roll When it was nearly opposite them they heard a familiar "cheep, cheep," come echoing across the valley. The Girl in the Golden Atom Then came the sharp cheep, cheep of sheaves upon their pins as the topsails were sheeted home and the yards mast-headed, followed by a still louder flapping of canvas as the jib was hoisted. The Log of a Privateersman Amadavats go about in flocks and utter a cheeping note during flight. Birds of the Indian Hills The cheep of the tackle-blocks could be heard as she was hoisted up, and that ended the incident for the night. The Missing Merchantman Some of the men lay down, pillowing their heads on their arms, dozing, dozing in the underbrush, in the misty light, beneath the tall treetops where the birds were cheeping. The Long Roll It was dull, when everybody over on the other side was shouting himself hoarse, to hear not a “cheep” of congratulation from his own fellows. The Cock-House at Fellsgarth Towards the twilight gray When my love was sleeping, I sat upright to pray, And heard the sparrows cheeping. The Village Wife's Lament It emits a low cheeping note—a chur-r-r, which is not unlike the sound made by some insects. Birds of the Indian Hills His boots cheeped, and his shoulders had risen to his ears. A Window in Thrums All around stretched grey, dew-wet fields and woods, and all around lay an army, sleeping, strange sight in the still and solemn light, with the birds cheeping overhead! The Long Roll A bird was cheeping in the jasmine bush when I dropped asleep, and when I awoke he was cheeping there still. The Adventures of Harry Revel Beany kept sticking his head out from behind the organ and making up faces at me to make me laff out loud till the minister spoke to him and he felt prety cheep. 'Sequil' Or Things Whitch Aint Finished in the First But thy days the silence keep, Save for grosbeaks' feeble cheep, Or for snow-birds' busy twitter When thy breath is very bitter. The Ontario Readers: The High School Reader, 1886 How lovely it would be to be a bird—cheep, cheep! Naughty Miss Bunny A Story for Little Children It was very still and hot and the cheep and trill of the gophers, and the chatter of the kingbirds alone broke the silence. The Arena Volume 4, No. 20, July, 1891 The sound of my own voice, reverberated there, covered me with shame, though it could scarcely have been louder than the cheeping of the birds on the Citadel ramparts above. The Adventures of Harry Revel You could carve him to pieces without hearing a cheep, if he decided to keep his mouth shut. Raw Gold A Novel There were four of them in the group ahead, escorted by two of the males, and the high fluting of their voices resounded along the corridor as might the cheeping of birds. Star Born By rubbing the end of the abdomen against the edge of the wing-cases it produces a gentle chirping sound like the cheeping of nestlings when the mother-bird returns to the nest with food. Social Life in the Insect World You keep still an' don't you cheep Less I 'll sen' you off to sleep. The Complete Poems of Paul Laurence Dunbar Each individual utters unceasingly a plaintive cheeping note by means of which it keeps its fellows apprised of its whereabouts. A Bird Calendar for Northern India A chickadee emerges from his hole in the decaying trunk of a red oak and cheeps softly as he flies to the branch of a slippery elm. Some Winter Days in Iowa The night was noisy with the croaking of frogs, the whirring and whizzing of insects, the cheeping of bats, and the distant cries of birds, but Dennis and Eileen were silent. We and the World, Part II A Book for Boys Cheeping is chirping, or giving the peculiar cluck that sounds like "cheep," or "chip." The Vision of Sir Launfal And Other Poems by James Russell Lowell; Edited with an Introduction and Notes by Julian W. Abernethy, PH.D. No sound was there save a low murmured cheep From an ambitious nestling, and the slow And oft-recurring plash of myriad waves That spent their strength against the unheeding shore. Poems Drinks obtained at the expense uv bein kicked is cheep, but I don’t want em on them terms; my pride revolted, and so I emigrated. "Swingin Round the Cirkle." His Ideas Of Men, Politics, And Things, As Set Forth In His Letters To The Public Press, During The Year 1866. In the elm tree two bright yellow birds were cheeping. Juliana Horatia Ewing And Her Books I'm content to leave it to a fitter Tongue than mine to hymn the "moan of doves," Or the swallow, apt to "cheep and twitter Twenty million loves." Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 159, 1920-09-08 The sound of water falling, the cheep of wakening birds, the subtle odor of moisture-drenched soil roused Rhoda from her half sleep on the horse's back at the end of the night's journey. The Heart of the Desert Kut-Le of the Desert The shepherd dogs barked afar off, or now and then a wakened bird cheeped drowsily, or the waters in the canals rippled over a pebbly space. The Yoke A Romance of the Days when the Lord Redeemed the Children of Israel from the Bondage of Egypt Chuchundra is a broken-hearted little beast, He whimpers and cheeps all the night, trying to make up his mind to run into the middle of the room, but he never gets there. The Kipling Reader Selections from the Books of Rudyard Kipling It showed himself, at the den's mouth, gazing in upon Warrigal, and Warrigal's curved flank supporting a little bunch of wolfhound-dingo pups, helpless, blind, new-born, and cheeping thinly like caged birds. Jan A Dog and a Romance There was no longer any gallant Tom Thumb wit strutting about her eyes and mouth, no little tender cheeping voice to distract the attention from the hideous ruin time had worked in her. The Judge There was not a cloud in the sky, the birds were singing, the rooks were cawing among the elms, the very sparrows had a jaunty look and cheeped busily in the ivy. Uncle Max I listen when They cheep again And so, I think, they're singing then! The Book of Joyous Children In answer to it, the Bird fluttered down, and entered one end of the pipe, giving, as he disappeared from sight, one faint cheep. The Poor Little Rich Girl Pitifully did the little ones cheep as the snake swallowed them all, and pitifully cried the mother as she fluttered over her nestlings. Young Folks Treasury, Volume 3 (of 12) Classic Tales and Old-Fashioned Stories "Moin k� di," the goblin responded huskily, in his patois; and he limped on before us, all the chickens hopping and cheeping at his withered heels. The Romance of the Milky Way And Other Studies & Stories Over it all broods the low white house on the plateau, from under whose wings I found one small blue chicken running and cheeping wildly for a ride up the hill. Over Paradise Ridge A Romance Then, sweet and clear, Next "cheep" I hear 'S a kiss.... The Book of Joyous Children And forth comes cheeping life in her own image, answering the call of her mothering spirit. Quiet Talks on John's Gospel From each little egg came "Cheep! cheep!" and then a little duckling's head. The Child's World Third Reader It rose again—it was like a perplexing cheep and chirrup, changing to a chortle of glee. A Reversible Santa Claus Gav Dishart was the one who had come by the burn, and his boots were cheeping like a field of mice. Sentimental Tommy The Story of His Boyhood The birds no longer sang nor twittered nor cheeped in the thickets around, but all passion throbbed in the voice of Esther when she spoke these words. The Altar Steps He rose, looked in the direction toward which she pointed, and saw the squirrel cheeping among the branches. The Redemption of David Corson "Cheep! cheep!" said the young one, and tumbled out. The Child's World Third Reader These cheeped and ran over Shaver's fat legs and performed exactly as though they knew they were a part of his Christmas entertainment. A Reversible Santa Claus Not a crow, nor a jay, nor a chickadee had heart enough to cheep. Roof and Meadow It was a wet spring day, with dark clouds hanging low over the heath, a cold wind cheeping, soughing, sighing; and Dale's face was darker and sadder than the day. The Devil's Garden She rolled over, sat up, and imitated his friendly "cheep." Mr. Britling Sees It Through The 'cheep' of fledgeling sparrows comes from the crevices above; but swallows do not frequent solitary buildings so much as those by dwelling-houses, being especially fond of cattle-sheds where cows are milked. The Amateur Poacher Vines and flowers, fruits and shrubbery, stone walls covered close by creeping bellflowers where birds chirrup and cheep and play hide-and-seek the livelong day—all these are there. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 05 Little Journeys to the Homes of English Authors The quadrangle was absolutely quiet and deserted, save for the cheeping of the swallows flitting across it, and the whistling of a lad in the porter's lodge. Lady Connie In the morning the modest ground-larks cheeped softly among the rough grasses on the low hills, while the proud heaven-scaler—the lordly kinsman of the ground-lark—filled the sky with his lovely clamour. The Ethics of Drink and Other Social Questions Joints In Our Social Armour I couldn't see, but I could hear those birds stirring and cheeping all around. The Rim of the Desert Once, as he passed under the drooping branches of a tree, a bird stirred in its nest with a sleepy cheep. The Lilac Girl In the sudden flare of electric light the canary unfolded its head from a sheaf of wing, cheeped, and fell to picking up seed from the bottom of its cage. Every Soul Hath Its Song The little brown birds that fluttered close to the ground and cheeped wistfully to one another in the dusk gave her an odd, sweet thrill of companionship. Starr, of the Desert Before she gave her final wriggle and cheeped her last little cheep, Babe had to be carried over and held down where she could kiss mamma good night. Casey Ryan A thousand insects were cheeping; a thousand frogs in disjointed concert welcomed the twilight. Who Goes There? He never cheeped once after that, but got fat and hearty, and when I left the ranch he was makin' up to a widow with four children, as bold as brass. Mr. Scraggs And if the married women do not wish us to talk their husbands over, just let them give us our own rightful property, the bachelors, and we will never utter another cheep. From a Girl's Point of View He then set fire to the castle and took refuge in the hills, for he said "he loved far better to hear the lark sing than the mouse cheep." Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama, Vol. 1 A Revised American Edition of the Reader's Handbook We are the birds in the russet meadow, and the whispering of the orchard trees, the cheep of the crickets in the long grass, and the whole humming, throbbing voice of out-of-doors. The Happy Venture And at that minute something in the basket cheeped. The Case of Jennie Brice And there and then he picked twelve lusty savages for his guard, while the rest without a cheep stacked their spears and guns forenent the big drum. The Moon Endureth: Tales and Fancies Each day's the same, yet the last is worst, And the summer is cursed with the silly outburst Of idiot red-breasts peeping and cheeping By day, when all honest birds ought to be sleeping. The Poems of Sidney Lanier "Hear to that now," again whispered Henry, "and me whispering lower than a wren cheeps!" The Bride of Lammermoor Thea was flushed and animated, and she seemed as restless as the sooty sparrows that chirped and cheeped distractingly about the windows. The Song of the Lark And the ducks are cheeping, soft little murmurs while they're sleeping, sleeping. The Harvester She thought, and thought, and afraid to cheep, I stood gripping the shingle and waited. Laddie; a true blue story He whimpers and cheeps all the night, trying to make up his mind to run into the middle of the room. The Jungle Book "Sleep of the Patch family—" But in another five minutes, despite the amplifying cheeps and chirrups, his own head had fallen forward, nodded down twice, thrice…. The Beautiful and Damned Hear the chickens cheep, boys, And the hen with pride Clucking them to sleep, boys, On the sunny side! Riley Child-Rhymes You had to stoop to hear the cheeping that came out of Dan's shoulder. Mary Olivier: a Life Sally said that, and wrote down the Princess' name in big letters, and no one cheeped. Laddie; a true blue story Faint cheeps and chirps of nestling life came from the hedges and grassy nooks of bank and thicket, but they deepened, not disturbed, the delicious repose settling upon the land. The Story of Kennett Dawn made itself felt in a gathering whiteness eastward over the river and an intermittent cheeping in the near-by trees. The Beautiful and Damned A lively chickadee was cheeping from a tall spruce, and a bold camp-robber was hopping in front of the cabin door picking up morsels of food which were occasionally cast forth. The Fourth Watch He was dreaming and listening to the cheeping of the crickets, and mechanically following his grandfather's movements. Jean-Christophe, Volume I "How nice it is to be born!" they cheeped together in a merry chorus, as they arrived in the wonderful world. Seven O'Clock Stories A jay screamed somewhere deep in the yellowing woods; black-capped chickadees dropped from twig to twig, cheeping inquiringly. The Fighting Chance A huge, leathery bat, suspended upside down in the far corner, cheeped with dry, crepitant sounds of irritation. Darkness and Dawn We all go in "Shove off" dip fell the oars into the water "Give way, men" the good ash staves groaned, and cheeped, and the water buzzed, and away we shot towards the wharf. Tom Cringle's Log Yon man 'ill keep a quiet cheep till he gets Sooth. Beside the Bonnie Brier Bush The little chicks have such tiny voices, crying "cheep, cheep, cheep," almost the way the crickets do all through the night. Seven O'Clock Stories Baal Burra burrowing through the long grass, painfully slow and cheeping plaintively, while Sultan stalked ahead mewing encouragingly. My Tropic Isle In such a mood Kedzie Thropp called him up, with a cheery hail that rejoiced him like the first cheep of the first robin after a miserable winter. We Can't Have Everything "Here, sir," squealed Timothy, his usual gruff voice spindling into a small cheep through his great perplexity. Tom Cringle's Log Then he heard a cheep, cheep, cheep, and a tiny striped rock-rabbit came out on the ledge where Muskwa could see him and began cautiously investigating one of the slain Airedales. The Grizzly King And many a silly thing That hops and cheeps, And perks his tiny tail, And sideway peeps, And flitters little wing, Seems in his consequential way To tell of Spring. Robert Louis Stevenson, an Elegy; and Other Poems To my cars it sounded as a blending of cheeping, clinking, and chattering, yet metallic, and not very unlike the hasty winding up of a clock. My Tropic Isle Our steward is a funny little man, very small and thin, with pale yellow hair; he reminds me of a moulting canary, and his voice cheeps and is rather canary-like too. Olivia in India Master, what do you think of my latest "cheep"? Chantecler Play in Four Acts Old Orchan cannot live much longer, while this cheeping chicken is young…. The Prince of India — Volume 02 Most of the birds had gone—only a sparrow that had built itself a nest on the cornice of a pillar kept up an intermittent cheeping varied by occasional fluttering sallies overhead. Tales of the Jazz Age "Cheep! cheep! cheep!" came from the wet grass. Fifty Famous People Perched in its topmost branches he cheeped shrilly, as if there was fear in his little breast. The Hollow of Her Hand "Cheep! cheep!" went the monkeys, as if highly pleased. The Rover Boys on the Ocean Or, a chase for a fortune A delicate, graceful creature, nice in its habits, with a plaintive call like the cheep of a chicken; preferring ripe bananas and pine-apple, but consenting to nibble at other fruits, as well as grain. Confessions of a Beachcomber In the great hospital feet cheeped along wide corridors, now and then a door was opened or closed. The Heart of Rachael In the slatted box, the mother hen clucked drowsily, and wise cheeps from beneath her wings answered bravely. Mr. Achilles With his wings folded, he sat on his little trapeze and cheeped. The Hollow of Her Hand The wood warbler was cheeping inquiringly at this sudden change in the deportment of his friend behind the shoulder of shale. The Flaming Forest Boots cheeped unseen in the arches, sibilant whispers smote the silence, pew-doors creaked, and from far corners of the church violent coughing sounded with muffled reverberations. Saturday's Child With these night sounds came the first cheep, cheep, cheep of the little brush sparrow, still drowsy and uncertain, but faintly heralding the day. God's Country—And the Woman It made a small frightened cheep like a field mouse, and he wondered languidly if it were hurt. Ethan Frome There were two swallows under the eaves shadowing Lucy's chamber-windows: two swallows, mates in one nest, blissful birds, who twittered and cheep- cheeped to the sole-lying beauty in her bed. Ordeal of Richard Feverel — Volume 3 As the light ebbed slowly, and broad blue shadows crept across the patch of turf, they sat in a silence broken only by the wiry cheep of sparrows and the distant moan of trolley cars. In the Sweet Dry and Dry At his apparition there was a characteristic chorus of cheeps and shrills and the door was banged to. Australia Felix The Angel-that-had-been-Quinston smiled and passed on his way, pursued across the breadth of the Horse Guards Parade by a tiresome little sparrow that cheeped incessantly and furiously at him. The Chronicles of Clovis I don't believe in stealing Indians' horses any more than white folks'; so I told 'em they could go along and hang him—I'd never cheep. Theodore Roosevelt; an Autobiography I just heard a little bird as we were coming home cheeping away just like, you. The Major "Cheep! cheep! cheep!" went fifty female tongues, and the arrival of the bridegroom's sister became public news. Hard Cash Suddenly some belated little bird alighted upon the window-sill, and, in what he no doubt considered sleepy tones, enunciated the noise generally translated as "cheep!" Sixes and Sevens Hence it is that Andreas has such ears that he can hear the sap in the trees or the cheep of the mouse in its burrow. Sir Nigel But the silence was only broken by the cheeping of sparrows outside the round window, and the sound of the horse, Hal, munching the last morsel of his carrot. The Patrician The mother bird, at the edge of the long orchard grass, was silent, trying by example to still the tiny creature's cheeping, lest it might attract some large or human thing. The Country House That first morning in her new house, Gyp woke with the sparrow, or whatever the bird which utters the first cheeps and twitters, soon eclipsed by so much that is more important in bird-song. Beyond The confounded pests of sparrows were making the square hideous with their idiotic "cheep, cheep." Waifs and Strays Part 1 The serpent ate the poor cheeping things, while the old bird flew about lamenting her little ones; but the serpent threw his coils about her and caught her by the wing as she was screaming. The Iliad Over the floods, which were littered with such flotsam as she had seen from her window, flew sea-birds and land-birds, crying and cheeping. Martin Pippin in the Apple Orchard But his wife's torments lasted till after the birds, starting with a sleepy cheeping, were at full morning chorus. The Country House He loves better to hear the lark sing than the mouse cheep; he wanders from depopulated stream to depopulated burn, and all is fish that comes to his fly. Angling Sketches I could hear birds settling down for the night, and cheeping drowsily to each other. Painted Windows The bullfinch, who had fancied himself something of a despot, depressed himself of a sudden into a third of his normal displacement; then he fell to a helpless wing-beating and shrill cheeping. Reginald in Russia and other sketches The lovely morning breathed of sweet earth into her open window, and made it painful, in the dense twitter, chirp, cheep, and song of the air, to resist the innocent intoxication. The Egoist No respectable bird sang with so much feeling, they cheeped one to another, and the wanderer had to move on. The Toys of Peace, and other papers Of demons in the dry well That cheep and mutter, Clanging of an unseen bell, Blood choking the gutter. Country Sentiment Below the tree stood the bewildered little chicken, cheeping, and making tiny jumps to reach its mother. The Virginian, a Horseman of the Plains Softly she began to utter a cheeping noise between her lips and teeth, low and plaintive. The Riverman The little lonely yellow ball of down went cheeping along behind, following its mother as best it could. The Virginian, a Horseman of the Plains Others hopped here and there restlessly, uttering plaintive, low-toned cheeps. The Riverman |
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