How to Use birdhouse in a Sentence
birdhouse
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During the day, purple martins fly in and out of the birdhouse in the backyard.
— Brantley Hargrove, Popular Mechanics, 3 Aug. 2017 -
Mehanny came into the room with a small wooden birdhouse and slapped the man across the face with it.
— Sarah Elsesser, ajc, 28 Mar. 2017 -
Why not walk down to the large birdhouse-like structure in your neighbor’s yard and grab one?
— Danika Worthington, The Denver Post, 14 Apr. 2017 -
Who can’t make room in their garden for an adorable birdhouse?
— Michelle Slatalla, WSJ, 9 Nov. 2022 -
I had been given a small birdhouse as a Christmas gift.
— Ernie Cowan, sandiegouniontribune.com, 18 May 2017 -
Nature lovers will meet their match with this stylish birdhouse.
— Tess Garcia, Peoplemag, 22 Nov. 2022 -
The birdhouse theme gives the home a rustic charm despite the modern amenities.
— Katie Wiseman, The Indianapolis Star, 15 Mar. 2024 -
This soft birdhouse toy is a favorite among the parents in our survey.
— Maya Polton, Parents, 29 Mar. 2024 -
As punishment for scaring Philip, Becky burned the birdhouse down, snake and all.
— Ann Neumann, Harper's magazine, 10 June 2019 -
The bar was former a birdhouse, according to the resort.
— Khobi Price, sun-sentinel.com, 8 Aug. 2021 -
Dozens of large birdhouses, some as tall as five stories, still dot Singkawang.
— Muktita Suhartono Nyimas Laula, New York Times, 2 Apr. 2024 -
Shovir plans to build birdhouses that are symbols of the souls lost to gun violence.
— Vanessa Hua, San Francisco Chronicle, 18 Jan. 2018 -
There will be free ice cream and birdhouses, while supplies last.
— Linda McIntosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Apr. 2024 -
This birdhouse is made from stainless steel reclaimed from that very cart.
— Rachel Silva, ELLE Decor, 17 June 2022 -
The tiny birdhouse that produces wren chicks each year is my precious jewel box.
— San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 May 2021 -
Fall is the best time to hang a birdhouse designed for wrens (with an entrance exactly 1⅛-inch wide).
— Boston.com Real Estate, 1 Oct. 2019 -
Several years ago, my grandson gave me a tiny birdhouse as a gift.
— Ernie Cowan, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 July 2019 -
Roll out the welcome mat for winged visitors by hanging a birdhouse or two in your yard.
— Andrea Beck, Better Homes & Gardens, 19 Aug. 2020 -
Sandy Vogel stood outside the remnants of her home of three decades holding a wood birdhouse that her son had just plucked off a tree.
— Hannah Frystaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 13 May 2022 -
Ella Irwin, Twitter’s head of trust and safety, has left the birdhouse.
— Alexei Oreskovic, Fortune, 2 June 2023 -
But all is not well among the baskets, birdhouses and earthenware bowls.
— Jesse Green, New York Times, 18 Sep. 2023 -
While the parties await the court's decision, a wooden dock still stands on the property along with a metal bench, a birdhouse and piles of brush.
— Erin Adler, Star Tribune, 15 Sep. 2020 -
The best birdhouses have sloped roofs and gaps for ventilation, and this birdhouse has both.
— Brandi Fuller, Better Homes & Gardens, 17 May 2023 -
The app’s home button is also still shaped like a birdhouse, and the company’s website — at least for now — remains Twitter.com.
— Kate Conger, New York Times, 3 Aug. 2023 -
One sports a gambrel roof, another a saltbox shape, a third the shape of a whimsical birdhouse.
— Denise Coffey, Courant Community, 6 June 2017 -
In one corner are two large birdhouses with singing canaries that taunt the chickens wandering in the grass.
— New York Times, 20 Nov. 2019 -
Cleaning this birdhouse is easy—simply lift the front wooden panel to access the inside of the birdhouse.
— Brandi Fuller, Better Homes & Gardens, 17 May 2023 -
Elsewhere on the garden grounds are a birdhouse modelled on a hot-dog cart, one suspended by wires, and one that looks like a big sweet potato.
— Zach Helfand, The New Yorker, 13 June 2022 -
Kids can stuff scarecrows, paint pumpkins and birdhouses, and create their own art.
— Adele Chapin, Washington Post, 5 Oct. 2023 -
Families come back every summer to play life-size checkers and chess, construct birdhouses, and fish in the lakes for cutthroat trout.
— Jesse Ashlock, Condé Nast Traveler, 4 May 2024
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