nightingale
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He laid out the "hard problem" of working out how and why any of the complex operations of brains give rise to conscious experience, such as our emotional response when we hear a nightingale sing.
From BBC • May 25, 2025
Just as the familiar tune “In the Hall of the Mountain King” gradually builds speed “accelerando,” as the compositional notation is known, some birdsong does too, like that of the nightingale.
From New York Times • Jun. 6, 2023
I wonder if even Janet Malcolm might have given a pass to this devoted biographer and his own bow to a nightingale.
From Washington Post • Mar. 3, 2023
To clarify, “no fun” translates as “bird poo”, while “uguisu” is the species name of the Japanese bush warbler, somewhat different from a nightingale.
From The Guardian • Nov. 19, 2019
The pale, dark-eyed alethiometrist, with his nightingale dæmon on his shoulder, came in and bowed slightly.
From "The Amber Spyglass" by Philip Pullman
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