Example Sentences

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Phoebes and myrtle warblers stake out the sun-warmed branches of the trees, and greedily snap up unwitting pollinators.

From New York Times • Apr. 4, 2018

Salinger's women, the new Phoebes and Frannys, distressed, astonished and ultimately strengthened by the bewildering demands of contemporary life.

From Time Magazine Archive

On their feet were moccasins, and I thought again about Phoebes message: Don’t judge a man until you’ve walked two moons in his moccasins.

From "Walk Two Moons" by Sharon Creech

"At the festival of the harvest," said Phoebes.

From The Enchanted Castle by Nesbit, E. (Edith)

Within the next section is the following inscription, inscribed continuously around the ring: Lege fluunt, refluunt, dormitant hac maris undae: Ad Phoebi et Phoebes concordia iussa moventur Aequora; discordi iussu suspensa quiescunt.

From The Borghesi Astronomical Clock in the Museum of History and Technology Contributions from the Museum of History and Technology, Paper 35, the Smithsonian Institution United States National Museum Bulletin 240 by Bedini, Silvio A.