sparrow

IPA: spˈɛroʊ

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.

Examples of "sparrow" in Sentences

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.”