stormy petrel
Example Sentences
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But Leon Smith, the captain, was determined to have him here, his stormy petrel capable of all sorts of heroics in the past, a good luck charm now, and a loud one.
From The Guardian • Nov. 29, 2015
Denver Lawyer James Gaius Watt, 42, scarcely looks like a stormy petrel.
From Time Magazine Archive
Sister Elizabeth Kenny, the stormy petrel of polio, had a new complaint.
From Time Magazine Archive
The stormy petrel from Wisconsin has issued a stinging rejoinder.
From Time Magazine Archive
The sailors call the stormy petrel “Mother Carey’s chickens.”
From Our Young Folks at Home and Abroad by Dale, Daphne
