A sparrow made a nest in our willow tree. From LearnThat.org.
The white-throated sparrow is far from flashy, never one to spark love at first sight. From Wordnik.com. [White-Throated Sparrows and the Return of Old Sam Peabody] Reference
The sparrow is also fine, and is once more is outside our apartment building where he ought to be. From Wordnik.com. [October 23rd, 2005] Reference
The sparrow is a small bird with brown and gray feathers. From Wordnik.com. [Chambers's Elementary Science Readers Book I] Reference
“You call a sparrow in your Welsh a bird of the roof, do you not?” said. From Wordnik.com. [Wild Wales : Its People, Language and Scenery] Reference
Nothing happens, even to the falling of a sparrow, which is not ordered by him. From Wordnik.com. [Cotton is King, and Pro-Slavery Arguments Comprising the Writings of Hammond, Harper, Christy, Stringfellow, Hodge, Bledsoe, and Cartrwright on This Important Subject] Reference
American Kestrels, also known as sparrow hawks, are the most common falcon in North America. From Wordnik.com. [dailypress.com - Breaking news] Reference
Paris has a child, and the forest has a bird; the bird is called the sparrow; the child is called the gamin. From Wordnik.com. [Les Misérables] Reference
The sparrow is a very bold little bird, and is to be found in the streets of the largest towns as well as in the country. From Wordnik.com. [Chambers's Elementary Science Readers Book I] Reference
They further testified that the sparrow was a meddlesome, gossiping neighbor, always fighting the other birds and driving them away. From Wordnik.com. [Conservation Reader] Reference
Thinking it was some kind of sparrow I should check out, I pulled over for a look. From Wordnik.com. [big lightning] Reference
But for some reason, that phrase, that encouragement and that "sparrow" in my life really helped things stick. From Wordnik.com. [Troy Roness: PBS's 'This Emotional Life': Finding Your Support Structure] Reference
A bunting is a rather superior kind of sparrow -- a Lord. From Wordnik.com. [Birds of the Indian Hills] Reference
If the word "sparrow" was in it I was unable to find it. From Wordnik.com. [Waifs and Strays Part 1] Reference
‘I’ve often shot a sparrow, which is a much more difficult thing to do.’. From Wordnik.com. [The Crimson Fairy Book] Reference
Oh and finally: that’s not a sparrow aka Passer Domesticus in that picture …. From Wordnik.com. [EXTRALIFE – By Scott Johnson - Sparrow knocks over 23,000 dominoes before being shot] Reference
From the root spar, to quiver or flutter, comes the name of "sparrow" and a part of the name. From Wordnik.com. [Playful Poems] Reference
Other birds of prey, such as sparrow-hawks, owls, and mopokes (a kind of owl), inhabit this region, but they are not numerous. From Wordnik.com. [Australia Twice Traversed, Illustrated,] Reference
They played "sparrow" all day; Asenath put their little bowls and spoons on the low nursery table, and left them to "help themselves.". From Wordnik.com. [The Other Girls] Reference
For those with an interest in and attention to detail, learning to tell one kind of sparrow from another is a great lesson in patience. From Wordnik.com. [Knox] Reference
The sparrow is a bird. From Wordnik.com. [languagehat.com: SMERT' NEIZBEZHNA.] Reference
"sparrow," which is Hong Kong street slang for pickpocket, and a mystery woman interested in having something valuable pinched. From Wordnik.com. [post-gazette.com - News] Reference
At mealtimes, a desert sparrow might visit our camp. From Wordnik.com. [Tea in the Sahara: a road trip through the Libyan desert] Reference
The sparrow was frightened but not of the little boy. From Wordnik.com. [The Window] Reference
Well, we follow in the sparrow working only four o'clock. From Wordnik.com. [Dr. Feel Better: Ted Leo, Sans The Pharmacists] Reference
(Answers: a. white crowned sparrow b. brown thrasher c. barred owl). From Wordnik.com. [Three Cigarette Stories.] Reference
And he shall let go the living sparrow, that it may fly into the field. From Wordnik.com. [The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 03: Leviticus The Challoner Revision] Reference
And having immolated one sparrow in an earthen vessel, over living waters. From Wordnik.com. [The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 03: Leviticus The Challoner Revision] Reference
A sparrow just flew from the nearby feeder and into the kitchen window as I type. From Wordnik.com. [Notes from Matrimony, # 9] Reference
Like the morning the sparrow flew into the window and survived the hour then died. From Wordnik.com. [Trust Walk] Reference
Willy stared at the patch of blue, hoping to see a sparrow wing it's way into the alley. From Wordnik.com. [Willy Takes the Night Train to Heaven] Reference
Hawkins gives a winning performance as the working-class sparrow who grows slowly in stature. From Wordnik.com. [Made in Dagenham] Reference
Beyond the parking lot, on the telephone wires, a single sparrow careened into a pair of sparrows. From Wordnik.com. [Losing Married Women] Reference
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