nightingale
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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
It was on Hampstead Heath that John Keats pondered the beauty of nature, nightingale song and mortality.
From BBC • Jul. 1, 2021
To clarify, “no fun” translates as “bird poo”, while “uguisu” is the species name of the Japanese bush warbler, somewhat different from a nightingale.
From The Guardian • Nov. 19, 2019
The book has the line “for the first time ever, a nightingale sang in Berkeley Square.”
From The Verge • May 30, 2019
Grandfather says, “You sing like a nightingale, dear child.”
From "Across So Many Seas" by Ruth Behar
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