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Meanings of bird of night in English
Nocturnal bird of prey with hawk-like beak and claws and large head with front-facing eyes.
Synonyms
Examples for "owl"
Examples for "owl"
1
Thank you for coming in our hour of need, the owl whispered.
2
The sun had set; an owl began to hoot in the wood.
3
Yet the owl's words had pierced her, inscribed knowledge on her heart.
4
Thunder growled in the distance; an owl hooted in the Pieman's tree.
5
She wanted to know more about the owl and asked Rocket questions.
1
The hooter sounds for the first wave of swimmers, then the second.
2
My big hooter has been broken many times and needs a fix.
3
A naked hooter queen with that beach movie expression of sizzling intellect.
4
You may say the hooter is THE cause of their leaving.
5
At 3pm the hooter sounded and we all plunged into the icy water.
1
This is the call of the Common Owl, the meditative bird of Minerva.
2
If the owl is the bird of Minerva, the cat should be her beast; they have the same sleepy air of unfathomable wisdom.
Usage of bird of night in English
1
Frequently a huge bat or bird of night flitted by.
2
This is the bird of night, singing to its young!
3
Then, like a bird of night on silent wings, came this walking in his sleep.
4
Casca dwells especially on the ' bird of night.'
5
Along the shore of the sleeping lake our engine swept like a great, black, wingless bird of night.
6
While I was talking with For, the bird of night had indeed furtively spread its black wings over Avendoom.
7
Foul bird of night!
8
The bird of night makes its ill-omened sound;
9
No gurgle along the shore: no splash against the great logs that made the wharf; no bird of night calling to its mate.
10
A deep, brooding shadow was on her heart, though she could not see the bird of night from whose wings it had fallen.
11
Numerous species of the goatsucker, well known as the bird of night, inhabit the forests of the Amazon as well as the settled districts.
12
Clouds obscured the stars; not a sound was to be heard, except the voice of some bird of night, which came from a distance.
13
As he looked he saw La Meffraye come to the door and set her face within, like some bird of night, hideous and foul.
14
Poor injured little bird of night, how sadly hast thou suffered, and how foul a stain has inattention to facts put upon thy character!
15
They had no fancy to be left in the darkness with the bird of night and the "dried spirits" of the ancient cliff dwellers.
16
Like three birds of night and omen, these three evil natures settled on the rich man's roof.