How to Use birdsong in a Sentence

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  • The forest was filled with birdsong.
  • In addition to being fun, listening to birdsong can reduce stress and anxiety, studies show.
    Cathy Free, Washington Post, 15 Jan. 2024
  • Echoes of birdsong and the splashy stream fill the canyon.
    Roger Naylor, azcentral, 13 July 2018
  • The clink of glasses to the sounds of waves or birdsong.
    Chris Dwyer, CNN, 15 July 2021
  • Even at night, the birdsong of the islands will call to you.
    Allie Almario, Town & Country, 5 Oct. 2016
  • Even at night, the birdsong of the islands will call to you.
    Allie Almario, Town & Country, 5 Oct. 2016
  • Then all of a sudden there is birdsong and the first glow of dawn.
    J. M. Coetzee, Harper's Magazine, 27 Apr. 2020
  • Not for the birdsong or the grass waving in the wind or the trees, the trees everywhere.
    John Temple, The Atlantic, 24 Sep. 2022
  • Users can record a birdsong and the app identifies the bird.
    cleveland, 9 May 2022
  • At night, no sound but birdsong until the birds too are asleep.
    Jon Maksik, Condé Nast Traveler, 20 Apr. 2017
  • The only sounds are the wind, distant birdsong and the thumping of hammers on the chalk that can be felt through the feet.
    Emily Cleaver, Smithsonian, 6 July 2017
  • Walk through the gate into a meadow, and birdsong erupts around you.
    BostonGlobe.com, 3 June 2021
  • The sound effects make birdsong and wind in the trees seem sinister.
    oregonlive, 10 Oct. 2022
  • As birdsong goes, their act was like a five-year-old belting opera.
    Tarpley Hitt, miamiherald, 29 Mar. 2018
  • Clear and wild, never dammed, the river is home to salmon and steelhead, and forests alive with elk and birdsong.
    Lynda V. Mapes, The Seattle Times, 27 May 2018
  • A silence hung in the air: the trees devoid of birdsong, structures plunged into the dark, dark hush.
    Alice Anderson, Good Housekeeping, 16 Aug. 2017
  • The sound of birdsong and the gentle drone of prayers are a relief for 59-year-old Ryma Stryzhko, who fled from Kharkiv.
    Renata Brito, Anchorage Daily News, 11 Apr. 2022
  • Australia’s unique forests are the birthplace of birdsong.
    Ed Yong, The Atlantic, 8 July 2021
  • My son Felix and I slept with the windows open, so I was woken by birdsong.
    Sarah Moss, Travel + Leisure, 2 June 2023
  • Trails run along both sides of the river there, passing through wetlands and woods filled with birdsong.
    Chelsey Lewis, Journal Sentinel, 18 Aug. 2022
  • There’s a dining table, plus a barbecue, a hot tub with views of the vineyard, and the sound of birdsong from all around.
    Lauren Burvill, Condé Nast Traveler, 19 May 2022
  • That is why birdsong fills the air during the spring and summer breeding season.
    The Economist, 28 Nov. 2019
  • The kids were riding bikes and visiting a neighbor’s pet rabbit, and the air was full of birdsong.
    Lizzie Widdicombe, The New Yorker, 14 Aug. 2021
  • People have marveled at the clear air and enjoyed the birdsong that’s no longer masked by traffic noise.
    Heather Knight, SFChronicle.com, 23 June 2020
  • Traffic noise is nonexistent, and the paths are alive with birdsong and the sudden scurry of lizards.
    Jeanette Marantos, Los Angeles Times, 3 Nov. 2021
  • We were greeted by warm, moist air and the sound of birdsong, played from sets of electronic speakers above us.
    1843, 22 Nov. 2019
  • The walk from the dock to the dining hall to my villa took me along forest paths with purple flowers and a soundtrack of birdsong.
    John Bowe, Travel + Leisure, 18 Oct. 2023
  • Here at the monastery, though, on this pleasant spring day, birdsong ricocheted off the cliffs and the only thing to explode were the poppies.
    Tim Neville, New York Times, 29 Jan. 2018
  • Some saw blasting music as a sign of disrespect; others shared their love of the birdsong and peace.
    Mary Forgione, Los Angeles Times, 23 Dec. 2021
  • The country has birdsong and cicadas; the suburbs mean leaf blowers and lawn mowers.
    Curbed, 7 Aug. 2023

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