Sentence examples for ibis from inspiring English sources

Birds, especially the scarlet ibis, weave the book's multiple storylines together and provide a moving backdrop for a story that celebrates the often overlooked courage, loyalty and competence of children.

"The first birds I've seen – my first stork, my first peregrine, my first glossy ibis – they all fell out of the sky, shot," said Mifsud.

Researchers at the zoo are helping to reintroduce the Przewalski wild horse back into Mongolia, the oryx to Jordan, and the ibis to Morocco.

Neel, a bankrupt Raja falsely accused of forgery (he was one of the Ibis convicts), finds himself in Canton (present-day Guangzhou) drawn to help the Chinese authorities against the English.

And redemption comes in the form what else?—of the Ibis.

As IS entered Palmyra, among the many losses reported was the disappearance of the last surviving northern bald ibis in the Middle East (pictured).

Mac cosmetics this year launched a range of Iris Apfel colours, including Pink Pigeon and Scarlet Ibis, referencing the name of the Met show – Rare Bird – and Apfel's penchant for bright colours.

Related: Scarlet Ibis by Gill Lewis – review The Little Rebels judges were unanimous in their decision to award the prize to Gill Lewis.

Judge Kim Reynolds said, "We all agreed that Scarlet Ibis stands out as a book that not only fulfils the criteria for the award but is also excellently crafted.

Kerry Mason, from Letterbox Library (who administer the award) added, "From boys who take up knitting to peace loving forest birds to fighting fascism, this year's shortlist entertained, tickled, provoked and rallied- but in the end, for all of our judges, Scarlet Ibis stood out for wrapping up very 'live', pressing, social concerns within skilled, gripping, storytelling".

The winner of this year's Alliance of Radical Booksellers (Little Rebels children's book award for radical fiction is Gill Lewis for her book, Scarlet Ibis (published by OUP).