Sentence examples for And magpie from inspiring English sources

He has that extraordinary combination of Germanic and magpie sensibilities.

An autodidact and magpie, Dyer also enthuses when putting himself in the picture.

"An autodidact and magpie, Dyer... enthuses when putting himself in the picture," noted Rob Sharp in the Independent.

In the dreary land of city and state politics, Isac (as he is known) has invented a singular niche — that of extreme political buff and magpie.

Tom Edden as Fagin was simply outstanding as the horrible old corrupter of youth whose self-serving survival instincts and magpie acquisitiveness overwhelm any natural redeeming instincts he may have had lurking within.

Gone is the life-affirming humour and magpie genre-hopping of his early work, replaced by a more mature sensibility and a Sixties pop vibe that always sounds bang up to date, thanks to Brian 'Danger Mouse' Burton's production skills.

It's a measure of her charm that she gets away with the self-congratulatory premise – and a measure, too, of the affection she commands, which will only increase in light of this enjoyable meander around Toksvig's life and magpie-ish interests.

"You know how crows and magpies and blue jays are the juvenile delinquents of the air?

Wisteria cascades from the ceiling and magpies soar over the tiled roofs of the palace.

There were ravens on the fence and magpies in the ditch, their young yet to come.

Corvidae, songbird family, of the order Passeriformes, that includes crows, jays, and magpies.