garden warbler

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noun

any of several small brownish-grey European songbirds of the genus Sylvia (warblers), esp S. borin, common in woods and hedges: in some parts of Europe they are esteemed as a delicacy

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Words nearby garden warbler

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How to use garden warbler in a sentence

Tend to your own garden, to quote the great sage of free speech, Voltaire, and invite people to follow your example.
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But they had not quit and here they now were as the Emerald Society Pipes and Drums came into the Garden.
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No sign of any North Koreans, just lots of common, or garden, internet cybercriminals.
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After all, you prepare your home, car, garden and other things for the seasonal change, so why not your body?
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Miyazaki is frank in his interviews with Sunada, whom he allows to tag along to his studio, his garden, and his private atelier.
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It ended on a complaint that she was 'tired rather and spending my time at full length on a deck-chair in the garden.'
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Ten minutes later, veiled and cloaked, she stepped out alone into the garden.
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It goes without saying that Ferns of all kinds are interesting plants to grow in the garden and house.
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Of course it is only the hardiest Ferns which can be expected to grow well in the town garden.
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In such conditions many kinds which do not flourish very freely in the open garden, grow into handsome specimens.
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