magpie

Example Sentences

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The Franco-Belgian couturier referenced the extravagant plumage of a roseate spoonbill or the crested cockatoo alongside the humble crow, grey pigeon and magpie.

From Barron's • Jan. 27, 2026

Historians have interpreted this as the era’s political satire: the magpie, audacious in the presence of a great predator, represented the common man standing up to the nobility.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 2, 2025

The bird Kang refers to is Sussy, the magpie who accompanies Derpy.

From Salon • Jul. 2, 2025

There are a number of cultural quirks which mean Cabanagate has Australians more worked up than a magpie in spring.

From BBC • Jan. 8, 2025

He was a magpie, and his studio was a junkyard of shiny objects, where everything was on display.

From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day