canaries

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On this page you'll find 404 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to canaries, such as: accuser, adviser, announcer, betrayer, blabbermouth, and canary.

How to use canaries in a sentence

  • He described them as the “canaries in the mine” and said the president must listen to them.

    Jesse Jackson Warns Obama | Shushannah Walshe | September 21, 2010 | THE DAILY BEAST
  • Eustacie would be glad to know if radish would kill canaries; also if gas would hurt them?

    Little Folks | Various
  • Just below this lie the volcanic islands known as the canaries, which are thought to be the Fortunate Isles of antiquity.

    The Complete Club Book for Women | Caroline French Benton
  • After a time the canaries got to know her, and hopped gayly around their cages, and chirped and sang whenever they saw her coming.

    Beautiful Joe | Marshall Saunders
  • He said that when he grew up he was going to be a merchant, and he had already begun to carry on a trade in canaries and goldfish.

    Beautiful Joe | Marshall Saunders
  • He was not fond of having visitors coming to his room, because, he said, they frightened the canaries.

    Beautiful Joe | Marshall Saunders

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