Sentence examples for a bird on a string from inspiring English sources

An innocent-looking little boy with manly features wears a night slip and shoes and stands in an abbreviated landscape, holding a bird on a string.

Like a bird on a wire.

They knew what they had agreed on — the size of the canvas, the pose and the decorative elements (the bowl of strawberries, the bird on a string, the piano, the view from the window) — and from this agreement they inferred mastery.

Maybe a palomar knot would work for a cooking method called à la ficelle ("on a string"), in which a whole bird or piece of meat is tied up and hung to roast in front of a fire.

And have a bird on their arm?

Don't buy a bird on impulse.

5th fret on the E string, 7th fret on the A string, *Optional* 7th fret on the D string.

When he moved, it was like a stuffed bird being twitched on a string; but he was definitely alive.

Dampen it first, so it is heavier, as a bird with string on its feet can still fly and you should catch it before it tries to.

Three acrobatic dancers in flowing, fairy-like red Valentino dresses whirl above the ruins and float like birds on a wire strung across the Colosseum, which is now lit with different colors.

To achieve this, the cups were placed on boards which the birds had to pull on a string through a lattice.