The diner-out bemoaned himself a little, while Schmucke met his lamentations with coaxing fondness, like a home pigeon welcoming back a wandering bird.

Others were sent out a-fowling; who brought home pigeons, parrots, cockatoos, etc.

And Ginger, beaming happily, swooped on Sally's table like a homing pigeon.

Lord Emsworth's mind shot back to Blandings like a homing pigeon.

How all her thoughts, like homing pigeons, had the one goal!

All the while he was roaring on, his machine seemingly feeling like a homing pigeon.

Juliet went into her open arms as straight as a homing pigeon to its nest.

The upper part he had made into a pretty fine loft for his fancy homing pigeons.

Back into the cage, like a homing pigeon!

This will be a homing pigeon story.

The biplane tipped dangerously, righted itself and sped like a homing pigeon in the direction of the German lines.

From every direction groups of white-garbed peons were drawing like homing pigeons toward this center of the visible landscape.

"Yes," observed Frank, "we're homing pigeons now, if any kind of bird."

The animals' owner, who has not been identified, was very cooperative and knowledgeable about the birds, which included homing pigeons, Marquis said.

Some fans sneaked homing pigeons into the Nepstadion under their coats to send their tickets winging back to relatives for repeated use.

"It must have been one of his homing pigeons!"