Example Sentences

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Phoebes and myrtle warblers stake out the sun-warmed branches of the trees, and greedily snap up unwitting pollinators.

From New York Times • Apr. 4, 2018

Salinger's women, the new Phoebes and Frannys, distressed, astonished and ultimately strengthened by the bewildering demands of contemporary life.

From Time Magazine Archive

On their feet were moccasins, and I thought again about Phoebes message: Don’t judge a man until you’ve walked two moons in his moccasins.

From "Walk Two Moons" by Sharon Creech

Oh," replied Dear Me, "we Phoebes always have been fond of building under bridges.

From The Burgess Bird Book for Children by Burgess, Thornton W. (Thornton Waldo)

To this day Phoebes are numerous in Connecticut, and nine women to one man has become the customary proportion of the sexes.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 88, February, 1865 by Various