Example Sentences

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The birdcall clacks through the canopy in the Tanzanian bush not far from Lake Eyasi.

From New York Times • Feb. 6, 2022

It’s almost like a birdcall, of like, ‘Ta-ta-tow!’

From Slate • Oct. 9, 2014

He doesn't try to spot 700 birds a year or master every birdcall.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 12, 2014

Mr. Adams was influenced by Minimalism, and individual players in “songbirdsongs” often have a small riff, or cell — a birdcall, a rustle of leaves — that they repeat throughout a movement.

From New York Times • Nov. 27, 2011

There was a moment, after the birdcall, but before the hovercraft, where the girl had seen us.

From "The Hunger Games" by Suzanne Collins