What part of speech is sparrow?

Sparrow can be categorized as a noun.

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Parts of speech

  • 1. sparrow is a noun, singular of sparrows.

Inflections

Noun

What does sparrow mean?

Definitions

Noun

sparrow - any of several small dull-colored singing birds feeding on seeds or insects
sparrow - small brownish European songbird

Examples of sparrow

#   Sentence  
1. noun The boy can't tell a swallow from a sparrow.
2. noun Not a single sparrow was to be heard.
3. noun A sparrow is very alert in its movements.
4. noun It may be a sparrow, but it's still meat.
5. noun The sparrow is cheeping.
6. noun I cannot cheep like a sparrow. I'm a pigeon.
7. noun I aimed at a sparrow, but shot down a goose.
8. noun I spent that day listening to the lonely scrapings of a pen. During that time, from time to time, I heard a Java sparrow twittering. It occurred to me that maybe Java sparrows twitter out of loneliness too. I walked out to the veranda to see. Nevertheless, flying to and fro between two perches busily and incessantly, it did not show the slightest hint of grievance.
9. noun My girl loved that sparrow more than her own eyes.
10. noun The idea that God is an oversized white male with a flowing beard who sits in the sky and tallies the fall of every sparrow is ludicrous. But if by 'God' one means the set of physical laws that govern the universe, then clearly there is such a God.
11. noun Tom gave his son a sparrow for Christmas.
12. noun The sparrow was killed by the cat.
13. noun This sparrow can't fly. Its wings are broken.
14. noun He who is frightened of a sparrow will never sow barley.
15. noun That bird is probably a sparrow.
Sentence  
noun
The boy can't tell a swallow from a sparrow.
Not a single sparrow was to be heard.
A sparrow is very alert in its movements.
It may be a sparrow, but it's still meat.
The sparrow is cheeping.
I cannot cheep like a sparrow. I'm a pigeon.
I aimed at a sparrow, but shot down a goose.
I spent that day listening to the lonely scrapings of a pen. During that time, from time to time, I heard a Java sparrow twittering. It occurred to me that maybe Java sparrows twitter out of loneliness too. I walked out to the veranda to see. Nevertheless, flying to and fro between two perches busily and incessantly, it did not show the slightest hint of grievance.
My girl loved that sparrow more than her own eyes.
The idea that God is an oversized white male with a flowing beard who sits in the sky and tallies the fall of every sparrow is ludicrous. But if by 'God' one means the set of physical laws that govern the universe, then clearly there is such a God.
Tom gave his son a sparrow for Christmas.
The sparrow was killed by the cat.
This sparrow can't fly. Its wings are broken.
He who is frightened of a sparrow will never sow barley.
That bird is probably a sparrow.

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