canary
Example Sentences
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One editor described Kate as “twelve years of age and evidently has no more conception of the rapping than a canary bird.”
From Literature
At that time he warned that he could see a plausible scenario where the S&P 500 lost ground for the year, and that speculative stocks could be the canary in the coal mine.
From Barron's
This is a fraction of Britain’s 2.6 million total millionaires, but when the “smart money” is going that’s a canary in a coal mine.
From MarketWatch
"First Prize for Yellowest Pet," Anastasia read, leaning over a canary cage.
From Literature
"There is a canary in the coal mine here," he said.
From BBC
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
