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Purring

Pur \Pur\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Purred; p. pr. & vb. n. Purring.] [Of imitative origin; cf. Prov. G. purren.] To utter a low, murmuring, continued sound, as a cat does when pleased. [Written also purr.]

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purring

n. A sound that purrs. vb. (present participle of purr English)

Usage examples of "purring".

Some part of Tryl noted that Stft took over the prisoner while Mank moved forward, picking up his despondent slave, purring to him and offering comfort.

I saw her breasts rise and fall in pleasure beneath the flames that gowned her, and she let out a small, purring sound of satisfaction.

Only a few minutes of stroking and purring and his eyes stopped leaking the water, though they seemed puffy.

Tryl held him against his warmth and rubbed his back, purring and making comforting sounds.

Tryl closed his eyes, purring softly, letting Yai be the aggressor for now.

Tryl slowed his purring, gathering furs and pressing them in around Yai as he backed away from his sleeping slave.

A spherical ball, bright, yellow and fluffy, totally round, with no visible sensory organs, was rolling alongside him, purring gently to itself.

He stopped again, and it rolled over to him and rubbed against his boot, purring more loudly.

It made no attempt to elude him, and in fact began purring louder than before as he stroked it absently with his hand.

Instantly the Holy Roller went back to purring and rubbing up against Nighthawk.

He reached over and petted it without thinking, and the fluffball began purring so loudly that it sounded like an engine.

Father Christmas sat in a passenger seat, while the Holy Roller perched atop the navigational computer, purring softly to itself.

Finally the Holy Roller began purring again, and he realized that he had succeeded.

She turned round and there, seated before the fire, between the sleeping Wiggins and Serena in their respective baskets, staring into the flames and purring loudly, was a black cat.

When he arrived at Maria he began walking round her in circles, each circle a little narrower than the one before, until at last he was going round and round against her skirts, pressing so close that she could feel the vibration of his purring against her legs.