Kept watch for the return of their banded birds.    From Wordnet, Princeton University. 

banded cattle.    From Wordnet, Princeton University. 

A banded rock.    From Wordnet, Princeton University. 

Noun : a band of protesters. ,rock band; calypso band; mariachi band. ,a renegade band.    From Dictionary.com. 

Verb (used without object) : They banded together to oust the chairman.    From Dictionary.com. 

Noun : a band on each bunch of watercress. ,a band for the hair; a band for connecting pulleys. ,a cigar band. ,a thin gold band on his finger.    From Dictionary.com. 

That wonderful TLA ERP, we have heard this term banded about now for last 2 decades, but what does it really mean and in particular how does it helps in today's changing world.    From Wordnik.com.  [Independent Information Technology and business analysis from IT-Director.com] Reference

Intense seems to be the word banded about after watching them.    From Wordnik.com.  [Irish Blogs] Reference

The rocks that the team analyzed are a type of marine sedimentary rock called a banded iron formation.    From Wordnik.com.  [Earth News, Earth Science, Energy Technology, Environment News] Reference

The samples contain features called banded iron formations (BIFs) that formed in abundance when the Earth was young, but not since.    From Wordnik.com.  [SPACE.com] Reference

 He produced a rubber-banded wad of bills from his pistol pocket.    From Wordnik.com.  [Hearts in Exurbia] Reference

A lot of families have also banded together to form support groups.    From Wordnik.com.  [War Stories: Unhappy Holidays] Reference

In many cases, private citizens have banded together to distribute aid.    From Wordnik.com.  [Flooding deepens age-old fissures in Pakistan] Reference

"A bird is banded in Wisconsin and someone in southern Mexico finds it," he says.    From Wordnik.com.  [ZOOS: HIGH-SKY BIRD'S EYE] Reference

Seven automobile aftermarket trade groups have banded together to oppose the bill.    From Wordnik.com.  [Cash for clunkers to stimulate the economic engine] Reference

In the end, 28 women authors banded together, and Allison got 800 new Facebook fans.    From Wordnik.com.  [Catherine McKenzie: Do Author Giveaways Work?] Reference

They still haven't banded together to coordinate their dealings with the Chinese government.    From Wordnik.com.  [Slammed Shut] Reference

And his groupies are so loyal, they've banded together online and call themselves the Claymates.    From Wordnik.com.  [Achin’ Aiken] Reference

Alcatel and Microsoft TV have banded together to offer their services to the telephone companies.    From Wordnik.com.  [THE AIRWAVES GO DIGITAL] Reference

Women reporters banded together to lobby the Pentagon and fought to keep their battlefield access.    From Wordnik.com.  ['Fembeds' Reflect On Covering War] Reference

They were banded together for the express purpose of having a good time and breaking up the meeting.    From Wordnik.com.  [Trials and Triumphs of Faith] Reference

To combat the threat posed by newcomers, the traditional denizens of Savile Row have banded together.    From Wordnik.com.  [Rogue Tailor Needles Savile Row, Gets Himself a (Law)Suit] Reference

But independent mills banded together to market Harris Tweed as a luxury product for high-end fashion.    From Wordnik.com.  [Tweed Is the New Black] Reference

Two decades ago, opposition parties banded together and refused to participate in the 1990 Parliamentary vote.    From Wordnik.com.  [Egyptian Opposition Announces Boycott of Upcoming Parliamentary Election] Reference

His henchmen, all in dark suits, are baffled when they see "" the boss '' in a plaid shirt with a banded collar.    From Wordnik.com.  [Why Worry About Pleat Pull And Sloppy Socks?] Reference

One promising trend: Some of ThePoint's most effective campaigns banded consumers together to gain buying power.    From Wordnik.com.  [Meet The Fastest Growing Company Ever] Reference

By May when the United States banded control of the mission to the United Nations, Mogadishu was still dangerous.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Making Of A Fiasco] Reference

In 1994 a group of women in comics banded together to form a nonprofit to celebrate and encourage women in the field.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Real-Life Comic Book Superhero] Reference

Now some celebrities have banded together in protest against you and are refusing to accept interviews from your reporters.    From Wordnik.com.  [Sex, Lies And Celebrities] Reference

With nowhere else to go, small groups have simply banded together and pitched their tents elsewhere, finding safety in numbers.    From Wordnik.com.  [Life at the End of the Line] Reference

He looked at several species of seabirds affected by oil to see how long they lived after being washed and banded with ID tags.    From Wordnik.com.  [Should Oiled Birds Be Cleaned?] Reference

His son Neil, then 15, was playing Quake online, using a home-brewed "capture the flag" variation that banded gamers into teams.    From Wordnik.com.  [Ray's Back In The Groove] Reference

They have banded together with a business group and small business owners who are suing to throw out the entire health care law.    From Wordnik.com.  [States Lay Out Battle Lines In Health Care Suits] Reference

After one well-known tribal leader was assassinated this summer, a group of 15 Ramadi sheiks banded together for survival's sake.    From Wordnik.com.  [Retaking Ramadi] Reference

Several hundred returned workers -- along with Qiu's father -- have banded together to fight the company and its local recruiter.    From Wordnik.com.  ['We Were... Like Slaves'] Reference

In Britain, nearly 700 families have banded together to sue pharmaceutical companies on behalf of their "vaccine damaged" children.    From Wordnik.com.  [Parents Wonder: Is It Safe To Vaccinate?] Reference

Older Americans have banded together to exercise enormous political clout in areas affecting their financial and physical wellbeing.    From Wordnik.com.  [Grandma Goes To Court] Reference

Unless those more rigorous efforts are undertaken, Asia may ultimately bid the likes of the banded leaf monkey and the leopard cat adieu.    From Wordnik.com.  [PERISCOPE] Reference

If Nancy O'Reilly had stayed her friend, if their intellects had banded together, Mill might have realized she wanted a career in banking.    From Wordnik.com.  [Dumb Luck] Reference