How to Use songbird in a Sentence

songbird

noun

• Most poignant is the song of the last Kauaʻi ʻōʻō, a songbird from Hawaii.
  — Katie Hunt, CNN, 26 Apr. 2023
• Question 1 of 10 The red-eyed vireo is quite the songbird.
  — Lee Powell, Washington Post, 17 Nov. 2023
• The beetles and the songbird have been the subject of legal fights.
  — Washington Post, 26 July 2019
• Together, the two race against time to reveal who is a songbird and who is a snake.
  — Christy Piña, The Hollywood Reporter, 23 Nov. 2023
• The New York metro area is also home to many forest-dwelling songbirds.
  — Emily Anthes, New York Times, 29 Aug. 2023
• Smaller than a robin, this songbird’s beak is a bit longer and more pointed.
  — Jo Ellen Meyers Sharp, Indianapolis Star, 18 July 2019
• The songbird’s first show in Alaska sold out so quickly, two more were added.
  — Chris Bieri, Anchorage Daily News, 4 July 2019
• Carrie was the maid of honor and sang 'Songbird' like a well, songbird.
  — Ally Mauch, PEOPLE.com, 6 July 2021
• The red-eyed vireo, an olive-green songbird with red irises, eats insects in the spring and summer.
  — Lee Powell, Washington Post, 17 Nov. 2023
• And only a songbird as gifted as Mitchell could grant us that.
  — Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 5 May 2022
• In summer, a mile-long hike on the park’s only trail provides non-stop views of songbirds.
  — Jill K. Robinson, SFChronicle.com, 12 July 2018
• But in many parks, the intrusion of cars, jets and raucous tourists still trumps the chorus of a songbird, the bubbling of a creek or the howl of a wolf.
  — Kurtis Alexander, SFChronicle.com, 20 Dec. 2019
• The sight of a sick or dead bird at a feeder doesn’t evoke the same delight as a visit from a healthy, chirping songbird.
  — Cecilia Garzella, USA TODAY, 23 Aug. 2023
• Owls and a small songbird called the brown creeper are among those species that have disappeared, Lovio said.
  — Paul Sisson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Oct. 2023
• For songbirds in the trees, the biggest invasive threat was also the tiniest.
  — Dino Grandoni, Anchorage Daily News, 25 Aug. 2023
• There are also plenty of snakes, but not a single songbird in the trailer.
  — Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 20 Sep. 2023
• The major songbird migration runs from late April to mid-May, with many species stopping over at the refuge.
  — oregonlive, 21 Mar. 2021
• The canyon is the home of a variety of wildlife, such as bighorn sheep, songbirds, hawks, redband trout and river otters.
  — Pete Zimowsky, Idaho Statesman, 31 Jan. 2024
• What good is a glassy reflection to enhance a garden if there are no more songbirds to sing in it?
  — WSJ, 14 June 2023
• The most common types of bird feeders are used for attracting songbirds to your yard.
  — Jolie Kerr, Better Homes & Gardens, 3 July 2023
• But most streams isn't the only Spotify record the 17-year-old songbird's ballad broke this past week.
  — Danielle Garrand, CBS News, 17 Jan. 2021
• Deer, turkey, songbirds, peregrine falcons and even a bear have been spotted on the land.
  — Mary Divine, Twin Cities, 12 Oct. 2019
• Of note is the California gnatcatcher songbird found in the Los Peñasquitos Lagoon to the north.
  — Diane Bell, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Apr. 2023
• Here are just a dozen out of the multitude of songs Christine McVie contributed to the rock world, making her mark as a songbird for the ages.
  — Gwen Ihnat, EW.com, 8 Dec. 2022
• The photograph showed the words of the chant, in Arabic, written using the carcasses of songbirds killed by hunters.
  — Helen Sullivan, New York Times, 6 Jan. 2020
• Take, for example, the golden-winged warbler, a species that has faced one of the steepest declines of all songbirds over the last 45 years.
  — Carlyn Kranking, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 July 2023
• The record-holder is songbird Anne Murray with 25 (Celine Dion has 20).
  — Karen Bliss, Variety, 12 Mar. 2023
• Researchers have discovered a rare songbird that is male on one side of its body, and female on the other.
  — Giulia Heyward and Saeed Ahmed, CNN, 22 Oct. 2020
• Northern wheatears are robin-size songbirds with tan bodies and handsome black eye bands.
  — Anchorage Daily News, 10 Aug. 2019
• As the foliage dies, the songbird loses cover from predators.
  — Washington Post, 26 July 2019

Last Updated: 28 May 2024