make melody

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The magpie-robin or dhayal, who for months past has uttered no sound, save a scolding note when occasion demanded, now begins to make melody.

From A Bird Calendar for Northern India by Dewar, Douglas

Sarah, never did you make melody like that, decent New Englander that you are!

From Jane Journeys On by Mitchell, Ruth Comfort

Then, when Heaven and earth and sea Are joining in Love's jubilee; While morning stars make melody, Shall man be mute alone?

From A Celtic Psaltery by Graves, Alfred Perceval

"You must marry some one who can sing with you," said he to Edward; "it would be a pity to have a wife who could not make melody along with you."

From Joseph in the Snow, and The Clockmaker In Three Volumes. Vol. I. by Auerbach, Berthold

Cuckoos are heard calling round about, singing birds make melody, and among them we both recognize the cheery clickety-click of my raisin-loving Herati friends, the bul-buls.

From Around the World on a Bicycle - Volume II From Teheran To Yokohama by Stevens, Thomas