birdcage

Example Sentences

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But I bought an old, rusty metal birdcage the seller said was from France.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 20, 2026

Mindy is bracingly funny but also masculine enough to intimidate Jerry, the delicate peacock in this gilded birdcage.

From Salon • May 29, 2025

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

In a birdcage by the window, a green parakeet, the last surviving member of my grandparents’ former aviary, was moving back and forth on its balsa wood perch.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides