nightingale

Example Sentences

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Just as the familiar tune “In the Hall of the Mountain King” gradually builds speed “accelerando,” as the compositional notation is known, some birdsong does too, like that of the nightingale.

From New York Times • Jun. 6, 2023

For decades, the "nightingale of Bollywood" was the country's most in-demand singer, with every top actress wanting her to sing their songs.

From BBC • Feb. 5, 2022

In 1924, the BBC recorded the cellist Beatrice Harrison playing in her garden accompanied by a nightingale.

From The Guardian • Mar. 20, 2020

That was mine because I liked that idea that, for once, a nightingale actually did sing in Berkeley Square.

From The Verge • May 30, 2019

I imagine his hands opening and the nightingale arising and spreading its wings.

From "Across So Many Seas" by Ruth Behar