| I let out a few screams when one flapped their wings and chittered and cheeped at me. |
| For a while he cheeped and hopped, and his small chest trembled, but as the sun slid in the sky, he grew quieter. |
| The chicks had been downy and charming, and cheeped sweetly with their permanently open mouths. |
| Finally replete and satiated, the bronze bird cheeped happily, mouth opening to reveal four flat, stubby teeth. |
| It was a trying pair of seconds, through which the duke's seed-cake cheeped like a canary. |
