nightingale

Example Sentences

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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

It was on Hampstead Heath that John Keats pondered the beauty of nature, nightingale song and mortality.

From BBC • Jul. 1, 2021

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

That was mine because I liked that idea that, for once, a nightingale actually did sing in Berkeley Square.

From The Verge • May 30, 2019

I hear a nightingale warbling in a wood half a mile off; no moving form is visible, no coming step audible; but that perfume increases: I must flee.

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë