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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
  • Getty Images To date, the post has amassed more than 900 comments from TikTok viewers, many of them poking fun at the golden retriever mother's annoyed expression and shallow huffs.
    Melissa Fleur Afshar, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 June 2025
  • The chute opens, and rambunctious No. 2 bursts out with an impatient huff.
    Phillip Valys, Sun Sentinel, 15 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Expect laughter, reflection, and real talk that inspires.
    Essence, Essence, 6 July 2025
  • After all, if laughter weren’t the most sacred byproduct of going to the movies, then Nicole Kidman wouldn’t have listed it first.
    David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 3 July 2025
Verb
  • The Drake Equation, created in 1961 by astronomer Frake Drake, is a way researchers guesstimate how many alien civilizations might be chatting out there in the Milky Way.
    Clyde Wayne Crews Jr, Forbes.com, 14 July 2025
  • On the outing, the couple was photographed walking together side-by-side, chatting and smiling.
    Bailey Richards, People.com, 13 July 2025
Verb
  • Birds chirped and traffic appeared normal — apart from the bustle at the local fire department in the center of town — as responders continued to manage the remains of the fireworks facility that exploded barely a mile away, just a few days before.
    Jake Goodrick July 4, Sacbee.com, 4 July 2025
  • Fever, Sun and some spicy beef Caitlin Clark, darling of the WNBA, is not afraid of chirping back.
    Chris Branch, New York Times, 18 June 2025
Verb
  • Asked by a reporter this week to describe the journey of her tennis career, Amanda Anisimova paused, then laughed.
    Becky Sullivan, NPR, 11 July 2025
  • From left: Betty laughs in her armchair, and a screenshot of the video.
    Rachael O'Connor, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 July 2025
Noun
  • Although the frustration of supporters is shared internally, there is no sense of panic — which is unlikely to pacify fans understandably impatient for additions following three successive windows without a first-XI signing.
    Chris Waugh, New York Times, 3 July 2025
  • In a recent case, a prior beef between two people led to gunshots inside Castleton Square Mall on Dec. 23 – prompting panic and an evacuation of the center on one of the busiest shopping days of the year.
    Sarah Nelson, IndyStar, 2 July 2025
Verb
  • Not talking an exceptionally high level; not the top-shelf stuff.
    Mirjam Swanson, Oc Register, 14 July 2025
  • Tempest, grateful for his schoolboy French, paused to talk to her.
    Ed Caesar, New Yorker, 13 July 2025
Verb
  • On Friday, Zelenskyy tweeted that nine people were injured in an overnight drone attack on Kharkiv, and Russia has launched new waves of strikes in the morning as well.
    Siladitya Ray, Forbes.com, 11 July 2025
  • According to reporting from the Clermont Sun, Fike tweeted ‘#thug the new n word’ in April 2015 and ‘Thug life = thug treatment = no pity from me’ in July 2019.
    James Wilkins, The Orlando Sentinel, 9 July 2025

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“Twitter.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/twitter. Accessed 19 Jul. 2025.

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