birdcage

Example Sentences

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Janney’s former showgirl character populates her mansion with taxidermy birds who reflect the plumage of her old career and because, “she is kind of a prisoner in her birdcage of a house with her marriage.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 17, 2024

In a rather tragic detail that feels straight out of a fable, Tiny Pinocchio was kept in a decorative metal birdcage when people visited the house to prevent him from accidentally getting squished.

From Slate • Jul. 15, 2023

During one moment of digging, Volunteer Bekir Bicer uncovered a crushed birdcage, he said.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 8, 2023

There's a wooden birdcage with chicken figurines, an ode to where he came from, and the evolution of his ambition.

From Salon • Jul. 3, 2020

The children’s eyes grew round when she told them about the escape from Nimh, and even rounder when she described her own capture and escape from the birdcage.

From "Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH" by Robert C. O'Brien