"quiet" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- The quiet purr of the motor pleased him, and slowly he engaged the clutch, releasing it with skill so that the gears meshed properly.
- A quiet purr in her throat was her only response.
- She was immersed from the first page, and didn't hear the quiet purr of an approaching engine.
- Somewhere up ahead the stream was passing through or over some obstacle; the quiet purr of moving water was augmented by the chimelike tones of the watercourse leaping and splashing back upon itself.
- The engine came to life with a quiet, reassuring purr.
- How Mufflers Work Every car out there has a muffler - it performs the crucial job of turning thousands of explosions per minute into a quiet purr.
- Ned Raggett of Allmusic wrote "Morrissey's quiet purr at the start turns into one of his best, most soaring performances by the end."
- Probably no one had heard the cat's quiet purr.
- The engines built from a quiet purr to a bone-deep, bass rumble, more felt than heard.
- It roared a brief second, then settled down to a quiet purr, and out from the truck nosed a nearly new dark green Mercedes-Benz 250SE convertible.
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