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Who better to explain what it takes to make a party purr?
He made a sound very like a purr in his throat.
In moments, her purr could be heard across the room.
There was a sort of soft purr in her voice.
A smooth purr came from the front of the house.
"And then there are more things which I'll have to do," he went on, with a sort of purr.
A loud purr from under his hand told him to figure it out for himself.
She could hear and feel its low purr transmitted by the water.
He heard the purr of a motor coming along the drive.
Perhaps it was better to describe her response as a purr.
The purr in her voice was subtle, but he heard it.
A sound, like a purr, came from deep inside her throat.
"I understand you were calling for me," he said in that purr voice.
The only sound was the purr of the air conditioner.
I did not know whether to expect a purr or a roar.
In the distance, he heard the purr of a motor.
She gave me a hard, brilliant smile and the purr was back in her voice.
The menacing purr of the question told her he already knew the answer to it.
It was a deep, rich sound like the purr of a cat.
It was not a voice she wanted to hear, that confident male purr.
It was the purr of a car motor, on the hill.
She either gave a low purr or cleared something in her throat.
He continued until, finally, the cat's deep purr came once more.
She had a low, husky voice that seemed more of a purr.
Then they were closed down; and there was only a faint purr of power.