Example Sentences

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The poem features eight verses of three lines and focuses on imagery of a birdless wood, snow and "singing statures".

From BBC • Oct. 26, 2015

After 30 minutes of birdless hiking, Mr. Kuhn wielded his bamboo walking stick like a machete and bushwhacked off-trail.

From New York Times • May 13, 2011

But we are wrong: Only one ship is seeking us, a black Sailed unfamiliar, towing at her back A huge and birdless silence.

From Time Magazine Archive

He attempts to sort through the contents of a table, pushing aside piles of newspapers and a birdless birdcage.

From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern

We have seen that they now contaminate soil, water, and food, that they have the power to make our streams fishless and our gardens and woodlands silent and birdless.

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson