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n.  the revving of a sports car engine, as described in Help Me, I’m Married by Joyce Meyer.

RRRRrrrRRRR RRRRrrrRRRR.

n.  the whine of a distant ambulance siren.

<I hear the sound of the siren in the distance—RRRRrrrRRRR RRRRrrrRRRR, as plaintive as a train whistle.  —Eugene Richards, The Knife and Gun Club: Scenes from an Emergency Room.>

rrrrrrrrrrrr.

n.  a “long, sad growly sound” made by a cat when human beings get too close, as described in the novel Ghost Cats by Susan Shreve.

RRRRrrrrrrrr.

n.  a deafening, paralyzing sound from an electrical generator, “like a Tyrannosaurus sicking up a bad dinner” (David Poyer, The Command).

<A hoarse, deafening ROWF, followed by a steadily decreasing RRRRrrrrrrrr.  She didn’t know what it was, only that sparks were flying through the gratings, and she tucked and rolled instinctively, balling herself tight under the heavy steel counter.  —David Poyer, The Command.>

RRRRRRRRRRRR.

n.  an internal grumbling that means “Why can’t I get my act together.  I am screwing up” (Lisa Miller, The Alarm Clock of Your Life is Ringing: Time to Wake up to Happiness and Enlightenment, 2nd Edition).

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