How To Use Skirl In A Sentence
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Pickering's hyla, his little bagpipe blown almost to bursting as he tries to rally the scattered summer by his tiny, mighty "skirl.
The Hills of Hingham
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And inspired once more, the great king strides forth to meet his destiny… Cue glorious sunset and skirl of bagpipes.
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After lunch Dad would gather everybody on the foredeck and we'd skirl a couple of tunes and Dad would give a little pitch.
A Beastly Pursuit, in Rhyme
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Ponting seems to suggest that he is a lone piper skirling on a distant hill.
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He screwed the pipes and gart them skirl,Till roof and rafters a' did dirl.
Notes and queries: How long is a moment? Travelling at the speed of light – whatever that is; The music of hell? It has to be the bagpipes
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Iffn ai neber eber gitz anoffer ded bird, skirl bebe or chippymonk awn mae bak step ai will die hapyhapyhapy!
CLUELESS - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger?
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Through the summer, you'll barely turn a corner without seeing a Highland Games, with the skirl of the bagpipes, tug-o'-war, races and what they quaintly call heavy events’ - throwing lumps of metal and tossing the caber.
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skirling bagpipes
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'She thowt she heerd soombody fleytin' and callin '-- it was t' wind came skirlin 'round t' place, an 'she aw' but thrown hirsel 'oot o' t 'bed, an' aa shooted for Jim, and they came, and they and I-- it's bin as much as we could a 'du to hod
Robert Elsmere
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The "skirl" of the nighthawk ceases; but away through the woods, down at the creek, the whippoorwill begins her oft-repeated trinity of notes.
Some Summer Days in Iowa
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Fancy some cabbie claw or potted hough followed by a nice bit of Finnan haddie or howtowdie, served with skirlie and rumbledethumps?
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Alan Donaldson Scottish woodcock, bread sauce and woodcock giblets on toast; When you tell a resident of Edinburgh that there are three one-star Michelin restaurants in the town's old port of Leith, you are usually met with the sort of astonished look reserved for someone who claims to adore the skirl of bagpipes last thing at night, or insists that he craves the Scottish chip-shop delicacy, the battered, deep-fried Mars Bar.
From Ships to Michelin Stars
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In the new post-Anderton age, the fireworks were quite puny and the brave pipers on the roof had their skirls lost in the wind.
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Mucklebackits — we canna get a fin o’ fish — and we hae nae time to send ower to Fairport for beef, and the mutton’s but new killed — and that silly fliskmahoy, Jenny Rintherout, has taen the exies, and done naething but laugh and greet, the skirl at the tail
The Antiquary
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` ` The skreigh of a Tammie Norie, '' answered Ochiltree --- ` ` I ken the skirl weel. ''
The Antiquary
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He screwed the pipes and gart them skirl,Till roof and rafters a' did dirl.
Notes and queries: How long is a moment? Travelling at the speed of light – whatever that is; The music of hell? It has to be the bagpipes
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The weather hadn't improved much, and the skirls of snow carried on the wind chilled him to the bone.
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Then in a skirl o 'rage, her face working,' The foul things o 'the deep shall reive the flesh from ye in your death, and in your lives ye shall mourn for the quiet streams o' fresh water and the sight of green things growing -- and never, never, never get nigh them .... '
The McBrides A Romance of Arran
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Instead, with the skirl of the bagpipes and a thumping bass beat, on comes Flower of Scotland and we sing along as lustily as if we are at Murrayfield.
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It is very true, said the blind man, that when I am tired of scraping thairm or singing ballants I whiles make a tale serve the turn among the country bodies; and I have some fearsome anes, that make the auld carlines shake on the settle, and the bits o bairns skirl on their minnies out frae their beds.
Wandering Willie’s Tale
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A 'at aince they see a lassie no' unlike ither lassies, away goes their learning, and they skirl out, 'You dawtie!'
The Little Minister
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Off I set with kilt swirling, pipes skirling and feather bonnet flowing in what little wind there was.
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Rintherout, has taen the exies, and done naething but laugh and greet, the skirl at the tail o 'the guffaw, for twa days successfully -- and now we maun ask that strange man, that's as grand and as grave as the Yerl himsell, to stand at the sideboard! and I canna gang into the kitchen to direct onything, for he's hovering there, making some pousowdie* for my
The Antiquary — Volume 02
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The melancholy skirl of the bagpipes echoing down a misty glen made my spine tingle with a strong sense of déjà-vu.
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The carline skirled till ye could hear her at the Hangin 'Shaw, and she focht like ten; there was mony a guidwife bure the mark of her neist day an' mony a lang day after; and just in the hettest o 'the collieshangie, wha suld come up (for his sins) but the new minister.
Masterpieces of Mystery, Vol. 1 (of 4) Ghost Stories
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At that moment, from the field the fox has just left, there's the skirl of a hunting horn.
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Rintherout, has taen the exies, and done naething but laugh and greet, the skirl at the tail o 'the guffaw, for twa days successfully --- and now we maun ask that strange man, that's as grand and as grave as the Yerl himsell, to stand at the sideboard! and I canna gang into the kitchen to direct onything, for he's hovering there, making some pousowdie for my Lord, for he
The Antiquary
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Rintherout, has taen the exies, and done naething but laugh and greet, the skirl at the tail o 'the guffaw, for twa days successfully --- and now we maun ask that strange man, that's as grand and as grave as the Yerl himsell, to stand at the sideboard! and I canna gang into the kitchen to direct onything, for he's hovering there, making some pousowdie for my Lord, for he
The Antiquary
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We gazed at the sunset, a flame-grilled tropical sky, and watched the lights on the yachts glow, while somewhere behind us touring buskers were firing off a fandango of skirling tunes.
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Rintherout, has taen the exies, and done naething but laugh and greet, the skirl at the tail o 'the guffaw, for twa days successfully -- and now we maun ask that strange man, that's as grand and as grave as the Yerl himsell, to stand at the sideboard! and I canna gang into the kitchen to direct onything, for he's hovering there, making some pousowdie* for my
The Antiquary — Complete
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A-hunting we will go no more, chaps… No more tally-ho across the shires then, no more hunting horns skirling across the frosty banks of willows in the winter morning.
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But there should be more to it than the skirl of the bagpipe and the swirl of the plaid.
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Hall Haddo, 'says he, sub voce Peden,' or Hell Haddo, as he was more justly to be called, a pokeful of old condemned errors and the filthy vile lusts of the flesh, a published whore-monger, a common gross drunkard, continually and godlessly scraping and skirling on
Lay Morals
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Saluting the coffin after the service as pipers skirled a haunting lament, he looked devastated.
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If I'd been in Scotland I would have gone up into the mountains and let the wild pipes skirl out the raw sorrow, as they always had in turbulent history.
They didn’t read Pitchfork or Stereogum or Gorilla vs. Bear or Hipster Runoff
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Before the workers walked through the factory gates to the skirl of pipes, they were addressed by union officials.
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Charlie Kennedy needs to give his pipes a skirl and lead the charge.
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AS THE drone of the bagpipes settles into a pleasing skirl, the piper enters and a hush falls over the crowd.
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Then the sound of the fiddlers, and accordions with the skirl of the pipes worked their magic, and Rob turned back to the serious business of having a ball.
A Small Death in the Great Glen
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After lunch Dad would gather everybody on the foredeck and we'd skirl a couple of tunes and Dad would give a little pitch.
A Beastly Pursuit, in Rhyme
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They displayed a different virtuosity following the skirling entrance of director Ron C. Wallace playing the bagpipes.
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The skirl of the bagpipes provided a stirring backdrop, and his skin tingled with excitement.
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It has nothing to do with misty glens, fiery alcoholic drinks, or skirling pipe music.
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While the skirl of bagpipes gets his blood pumping, it is nothing compared to the roar of a football crowd.
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The skreigh of a Tammie Norie," answered Ochiltree -- "I ken the skirl weel.
The Antiquary — Volume 01
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Brass fanfares and skirling strings back Ashcroft's voice.
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Not a car horn or police siren could be heard amid the skirl of the pipes of the annual Tartan Day celebrations.
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A-hunting we will go no more, chaps… No more tally-ho across the shires then, no more hunting horns skirling across the frosty banks of willows in the winter morning.
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Yu are uneek and irreplaysable and I hail yu wif a skirl of bagpipe mewsik!
Was the dog who bled all - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger?
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He has just turned 24, though with his slight, 5'3 ‘frame, skirling falsetto voice and golden bangs, he looked not a day older than 12.’
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The skirl of the bagpipes provided a stirring backdrop, and his skin tingled with excitement.
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The skirl of “whee-eech” came more and more frequently as the dancers twirled faster and faster.
A Small Death in the Great Glen
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Brass fanfares and skirling strings back Ashcroft's voice.
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And this mad quean, after cracking like a pen-gun, and skirling like a pea-hen for the haill night, behoves just to hae hadden her tongue when her clavers might have dune some gude!
The Heart of Mid-Lothian
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And the stuttering, pseudo-Latino skirl of One More Tequila is entirely the wrong choice to close such an otherwise harmless record.
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The carline skirled till ye could hear her at the Hangin 'Shaw, and she focht like ten; there was mony a guid wife bure the mark of her neist day an' mony a lang day after; and just in the hettest o 'the collieshangie, wha suld come up (for his sins) but the new minister.
Stories by English Authors: Scotland (Selected by Scribners)
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“Od guide us, wull ye haud your skirling tongues!” said
The Bride of Lammermoor
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It was a great result and I gave a special skirl on the pipes.
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Call the number featured and a CD-rom will wing its way to you, no doubt with bagpipes skirling and free shortbread accompanying said disk.
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At midnight he led all of us up and down the A64 to the skirl of the pipes, a memorable experience.
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Inquiries made by officers about the Skirlington stall have revealed that the traders were casuals who turned up on the day and paid a stall fee.
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The petrels breed in tiny chinks between the stones of the broch and from its curving wall comes the sort of squeaky skirl that the stones themselves would make if they could rub together.
A Year on the Wing
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The sun-warmed sound of a skylark pours out of a hazy blue sky, contrasting oddly with the wild, skirling squawks of the kittiwakes and fulmars swooping and wheeling below the cliffs.
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There's something about the skirl of a hundred pipers at sunset.
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The water is still, yachts bob gently at anchor, and sea-gulls skirl through the sky.
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‘It is very true,’ said the blind man, ‘that when I am tired of scraping thairm or singing ballants, I whiles mak a tale serve the turn among the country bodies; and I have some fearsome anes, that make the auld carlines shake on the settle, and the bits o’ bairns skirl on their minnies out frae their beds.
Redgauntlet
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Wind instruments are pushed into their highest registers, while skirling, abrasive strings bulk out the textures.
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It's certainly true that the siren song skirling out from all that heather and tartan has proven irresistible to punter and celebrity alike.
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He screwed the pipes and gart them skirl,Till roof and rafters a' did dirl.
Notes and queries: How long is a moment? Travelling at the speed of light – whatever that is; The music of hell? It has to be the bagpipes
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No more tally-ho across the shires then, no more hunting horns skirling across the frosty banks of willows in the winter morning.
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'It is very true,' said the blind man, 'that when I am tired of scraping thairm or singing ballants, I whiles mak a tale serve the turn among the country bodies; and I have some fearsome anes, that make the auld carlines shake on the settle, and the bits o' bairns skirl on their minnies out frae their beds.
Redgauntlet
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He will not be available for the Challenge Cup tie against former club Skirlaugh on January 26 as he is cup-tied.
