The house was so quiet they could actually hear the cat purring in the next room.

The next thing he knew, there was a cat purring in his ear.

The cat leaned into the big man's hand and purred.

It was still playing quietly to itself, like a cat purring.

"We have to study the circumstances under which cats purr with each other to know what it might mean."

For example, a cat in pain purrs to show humans it is ready to be helped.

A cat would have purred, but Toby doesn't need to.

The trembling had stopped, though the cat didn't yet purr.

She made a sound in her throat like a cat purring over prey.

Kevin scratched the top of its head, and within no time at all, the cat was purring.