birdcage

Example Sentences

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Janney’s former showgirl character populates her mansion with taxidermy birds who reflect the plumage of her old career and because, “she is kind of a prisoner in her birdcage of a house with her marriage.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 17, 2024

In a rather tragic detail that feels straight out of a fable, Tiny Pinocchio was kept in a decorative metal birdcage when people visited the house to prevent him from accidentally getting squished.

From Slate • Jul. 15, 2023

The last step was layering, like distributing smaller items like old trophies, board games or magazines, and putting a birdcage — a perfect metaphor — in a central location.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 7, 2022

There’s a wooden birdcage with chicken figurines, an ode to where he came from, and the evolution of his ambition.

From Salon • Jul. 3, 2020

One way of understanding our current system of mass incarceration is to think of it as a birdcage with a locked door.

From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander