birdliming

present participle of birdlime

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for birdliming
Verb
  • The first stage of making a film is capturing it.
    Jared Weiss, New York Times, 8 June 2026
  • Many of them were capturing ordinary moments of her parents Pat and Jerry Dykeman.
    Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 7 June 2026
Verb
  • Beyond being expensive to maintain, the dams are destructive to rivers, blocking fish habitat while warming the water, depleting oxygen levels and trapping sediment upstream.
    CBS News, CBS News, 12 June 2026
  • The mosquito trapping and testing program, coordinated by the Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station, started on June 1 and lasts until the end of October.
    Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 12 June 2026
Verb
  • At least one wolf died during a collaring operation, according to previous Bee reporting.
    Corey Schmidt, Sacbee.com, 15 May 2026
  • The collaring project aims to give insight into pup survival, and causes and rates of mortality.
    Erin Hassanzadeh, CBS News, 1 May 2026
Verb
  • Another one of the Tates’ lawyers filed a claim on Fisher’s behalf, accusing Hadley of entrapping him.
    Heidi Blake, New Yorker, 8 June 2026
  • This might not be a circumstance where the AI would shine in aiding the mental health of the user (or, on the other side of the coin, deluding them and entrapping them).
    Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 31 May 2026
Verb
  • As runners chase faster times and longer distances, recovery science is catching up — and the nervous system is becoming the next frontier.
    Samantha Agate, Kansas City Star, 4 June 2026
  • Unfortunately, their romance is challenged by one of Dean’s best friends dying unexpectedly, and his difficult past with an ex-girlfriend catching up with him.
    Bailey Bujnosek, InStyle, 28 May 2026
Verb
  • Adelman seems more like a passionless technician who can’t or won’t work on meshing the team’s personalities.
    Bennett Durando, Denver Post, 13 May 2026
  • That’s the whole point; the Phillies have not been skilled at meshing younger players into this operation.
    Matt Gelb, New York Times, 27 Mar. 2026
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“Birdliming.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/birdliming. Accessed 15 Jun. 2026.

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