BIRDS in a Sentence
Learn BIRDS from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.
404 example sentences for BIRDS, such as:
1. Kill two birds with one stone.
2. Some birds build nests of twigs.
3. She had been waked by the birds.
4. Old birds are not caught with new nets.
5. Pigs may fly, but they are very unlikely birds.
2. Some birds build nests of twigs.
3. She had been waked by the birds.
4. Old birds are not caught with new nets.
5. Pigs may fly, but they are very unlikely birds.
Search Quotes from Classic Book Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen |
Meanings and Examples of BIRDS
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bird
n. a cry or noise made to express displeasure or contempt
n. informal terms for a (young) woman
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1 They speedily resolved themselves into three large brown birds, which circled over the heads of the two wanderers, and then settled upon some rocks which overlooked them.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In PART II: CHAPTER I. ON THE GREAT ALKALI PLAIN
Context Highlight In PART II: CHAPTER I. ON THE GREAT ALKALI PLAIN
2 The cries of the foul birds awoke the two sleepers who stared about them in bewilderment.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In PART II: CHAPTER I. ON THE GREAT ALKALI PLAIN
Context Highlight In PART II: CHAPTER I. ON THE GREAT ALKALI PLAIN
3 The birds jumped on to their perches, the animals settled down in the straw, and the whole farm was asleep in a moment.
4 The birds at first objected, since it seemed to them that they also had two legs, but Snowball proved to them that this was not so.
5 The birds did not understand Snowball's long words, but they accepted his explanation, and all the humbler animals set to work to learn the new maxim by heart.
6 She had been waked by the birds.
7 The window was open now; the birds certainly were singing.
8 The drone of the trees was in their ears; the chirp of birds; other incidents of garden life, inaudible, invisible to her in the bedroom, absorbed them.
9 It was unlikely, she thought, that the birds were the same.
10 "Swallows," said Lucy, holding her cup, looking at the birds.
11 The little grapes above them were green buds; the leaves thin and yellow as the web between birds' claws.
12 As they listened and looked--out into the garden--the trees tossing and the birds swirling seemed called out of their private lives, out of their separate avocations, and made to take part.
13 Then the random ribbons of birds' voices woke her.
14 The tree became a rhapsody, a quivering cacophony, a whizz and vibrant rapture, branches, leaves, birds syllabling discordantly life, life, life, without measure, without stop devouring the tree.
15 She turned the pages looking at pictures--mammoths, mastodons, prehistoric birds.
Example Sentence: (194 in 13 pages)
1 The birds circled in a slow spiral above the house.
2 The birds also attack crops when the opportunity arises.
3 Monogamy is rare in most animal groups, but is common among birds.
4 One beats the bush, and another catches the birds.
5 Don't make too much noise or you'll scare away the birds.
6 The investigation uncovered evidence of a large-scale illegal trade in wild birds.
7 Kill two birds with one stone.
8 The many different habitats support a wide variety of birds.
9 Pigs may fly, but they are very unlikely birds.
10 From a front view the small birds can look almost circular.
11 Old birds are not caught with new nets.
12 There are no birds of this year in last year's nests.
13 This year, almost a billion birds will be processed in the region.
14 This book is a treasure house of information on Arctic birds.
15 Some birds build nests of twigs.