Example Sentences

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It is a Sabbath morning, the air is fragrant with blossom and flower, the birds are carolling sweetly a requiem for the dead.

From The Spy of the Rebellion Being a True History of the Spy System of the United States Army during the Late Rebellion, by Pinkerton, Allan

The gardens are blooming with beautiful flowers, The song-birds are carolling melodies sweet.

From Our Boys and Other Poems by Strang, Alan L.

The wanderer sleeps till the birds are carolling loudly in the trees.

From The Little Lady of Lagunitas A Franco-Californian Romance by Savage, Richard

Larks are carolling; large-cropped pigeons are cooing; the swallows dart past in silence; the horses neigh and munch, the dogs do not bark, but stand peaceably wagging their tails.

From A Reckless Character And Other Stories by Hapgood, Isabel Florence

The birds are carolling forth their evening hymns of praise, and Nature seems to be parading its loveliness.

From The Carved Cupboard by Le Feuvre, Amy