sparrow
IPA: spˈɛroʊ
noun
- The house sparrow, Passer domesticus; a small bird with a short bill, and brown, white and gray feathers.
- A member of the family Passeridae, comprising small Old World songbirds.
- A member of the family Emberizidae, comprising small New World songbirds.
- Generically, any small, nondescript bird.
- (UK, chiefly London) A quick-witted, lively person.
- A surname.
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Examples of "sparrow" in Sentences
- This is the behavior of the sparrow.
- The crow begs the sparrow for shelter.
- There are sparrows and doves in my backyard.
- It studies in the life history of the sparrow.
- The Cape Sparrow is often a host of the Dideric Cuckoo.
- In most of the world, the sparrow is not protected by law.
- The mascot of the 2009 Summer Universiade is a sparrow bird.
- The name combines two birds, the blue jay and the sparrow hawk.
- Due to the depth of the hole, the sparrow cannot be reached by hand.
- To this day, the island is notably short of hedgerow birds such as sparrows.
- The white-throated sparrow is far from flashy, never one to spark love at first sight.
- The sparrow is also fine, and is once more is outside our apartment building where he ought to be.
- Though not obvious to us, the bird -- literally, "sparrow" -- and swallow -- have an object in their motions, so penal evil falls on none without a reason.
- Scripture says that God knows the fall of every sparrow, which is a metaphorical reference to divine omniscience, but that does not mean the Cosmic Mind necessarily intervenes in events.
- If it be true, that the life of a sparrow is the object of God's care; if it be true, that the very hairs of our heads are all numbered by Him, much more must it be true, that there was a
- "Traverse, dear, I shall pray over this matter to-night and sleep on it; and He to whom even the fall of a sparrow is not indifferent will guide me," said Mrs. Rocke; and here the debate ended.
- But as my feet (numb, of course, despite the insulated books and socks) crunch along the frozen grass or the snow, the white-throated sparrow is sure to sing out, pluck my heart strings, and get me feeling all warm inside:
- At intervals during his literary career, I have tried to add a bit to his stature, he “looks shorter than he actually is,” and so on; but for the most part we find him described as a sparrow, a small, dusty brown sparrow — “soon he was, sparrow-like, hopping and darting this way and that in search of crumbs of information.”