nightingale

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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

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

For decades, the "nightingale of Bollywood" was the country's most in-demand singer, with every top actress wanting her to sing their songs.

From BBC • Feb. 5, 2022

Face masks made of nightingale faeces, used by elite Japanese women for centuries, are one of the stranger beautifying techniques currently resurgent in western salons.

From The Guardian • Nov. 19, 2019

The summer nightfall was unbroken by owls and so quiet that they could plainly hear the intermittent, monotonous “Chug chug chug” of a nightingale in the distant woods.

From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams