songless
[ sawng-lis, song- ]
Origin of songless
1Other words from songless
- song·less·ly, adverb
- song·less·ness, noun
Words Nearby songless
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How to use songless in a sentence
They are a songless tribe, although their quick, reiterated call as they take to flight has given them the name of chatterers.
Little Rivers | Henry van DykeThe males, who sing, have more white on the wings and tail than the females, who are songless.
Citizen Bird | Mabel Osgood Wright and Elliott CouesWhile the Flycatchers are therefore technically classed as songless birds, it does not follow that they have no songs.
Color Key to North American Birds | Frank M. ChapmanThe poet wonders what "songless tongueless ghost of sin crept through the curtains of the night."
Oscar Wilde | Leonard Cresswell InglebyThat, then, is another of the supposed songless birds added to the list of singers.
Upon The Tree-Tops | Olive Thorne Miller
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