Usage of "the bird" | TermGallery

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Hand gesture.

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Examples for "the finger"

In each case, the finger of blame points directly at human activities. 
 The Guardian 

And the magicians said to Pharao: This is the finger of God. 
 The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Old Testament — Part 1 

For breakfast, the finger bowls and plates may be brought in first. 
 School and Home Cooking 

Under the powerful light the finger prints stood out distinct and clear. 
 I Spy 

His speech was too late to stop the pressure of the finger. 
 The Man in Gray: A Romance of North and South 

Three of the fingers waved. 
 A touch of death 

A camera had caught me flipping the bird while leaving the MCME. 
 Bones Never Lie 

People love Sally Field flipping the bird at a cop and getting away with it. 
 Reuters 

He was caught on air today flipping the bird to a BBC News Channel anchor, Simon McCoy. 
 The Guardian 

I restrained myself from flipping the bird at the honker, but only because I had enough trouble. 
 11/22/63 

It was, in a sense, the football version of Robbie Williams flipping the bird as he led the opening ceremony. 
 The South African 

Usage of the bird in English

It happened quite quickly, and soon the bird was no longer faded. 
 Folktales from africa: the baboons who went this way and that 

Substitute the insect for the bird; and the problem remained the same. 
 The Mason-Bees 

Minnie Riperton's 'Lovin' You.' You know, the one with the bird sounds. 
 The wildwater walking club 

Simpson said the bird could live several weeks before needing another meal. 
 The Guardian 

Questor said something in response, but Abernathy was looking at the bird. 
 The Tangle Box 

Photo taken with the bird-borne camera, National Institute of Polar Research, Japan. 
 Wired 

Brann watched the bird and drank in the music of his song. 
 The Complete Works of Brann, the Iconoclast — Volume 12 

Blake saw the bird later that day, wandering about and looking confused. 
 Wired 

Away it flew, and down fell the bird fluttering in the water. 
 On the Banks of the Amazon 

I have never seen the bird below 6000 feet in the breeding-season. 
 The Nests and Eggs of Indian Birds, Volume 1 

Handsome in the glistening summer sun sat the bird of rainbow plumage. 
 Old Indian Legends 

He walked away towards the pot with the bird in his hand. 
 Trooper Peter Halket of Mashonaland 

Many days passed; and Yillah, the bird, and the shell were inseparable. 
 Mardi: and A Voyage Thither, Vol. I 

She dropped on her knees beside it; but the bird was still. 
 Blue Bonnet's Ranch Party 

And it was only human intervention that saved the bird, said Pretorius. 
 The South African 

But what about the time the bird is INSIDE this gravitational area? 
 Wired 

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Meanings of the bird in English