Sentence examples for magpie it from inspiring English sources

The bird was named for its similarity in colouration to the European magpie; it was a common practice for early settlers to name plants and animals after European counterparts.

But, sorry, I'm one of the other lot, and to us fact magpies, it is maddening that the piece fails to give this obviously interesting information.

I'm a real magpie when it comes to music; it's all random and there's no pattern to what I like.

If you see a magpie, salute it.

I've always been a magpie when it comes to inspiration for music.

He's a clever magpie when it comes to looking around for shards to assemble his characters from.

The most common bird-sound I used to hear was the clack of a handsome azure-winged magpie as it rummaged through my crab-apple tree.

With a new shell and fittings gathered with magpie glee, it has the same "as found" feel of the Everyman that has become the practice's trademark style.

If, like me, you're a magpie when it comes to shiny things, the little silver bullets that the lipsticks come in will be very pleasing indeed.

I often get my makeup done at work, and I am a magpie when it comes to spotting things in other people's makeup kits.

When someone is said to have "been on the magpie geese", it's a roundabout way of saying they've spent too long at the dining table over the off-season.