The pewitturned over and stooped oer my head Where the raven croaked loud like the ploughman ill-bred, But the lark high above charmed me all the day long, So I sat down and joined in the chorus of song.
The pewit hollos "chewrit" as she flies And flops about the shepherd where he lies; But when her nest is found she stops her song And cocks [her] coppled crown and runs along.
Hence stork and swallow are the friends of man, while the pewit dwells in exile, fleeing ever from his presence with its lonesome cry.
Hinpoha listened to his disgruntled "pewit phoebe, pewit phoebe," and made haste to throw him some crumbs.
Audubon was of course perfectly familiar with the common Wood Pewee, Contopus virens, and with the Pewit Flycatcher, Sayornis phoebe.
I'll have a sprig of the evergreen pine and give the pewit call, and then you'll be sure.
They lingered in an agony of suspense, not daring to leave until they saw that Jock and Alan were safe, and then from a little distance up the shore came the pewit call.
If you see a man, keep still in your places and give the pewit call.
A RAINY DAY The next morning, as she was finishing the beds, Jean heard the pewit call and at once knew that the Clan was abroad.
She puckered her lips and gave the pewit call, but there was no answer.
The Clan, lingering behind their parents, looked back at the group on the castle terrace before the trees hid them from sight, and Jock sent the pewit call shrilling through the dusk.
He shook hands all round and sprang quickly into the carriage, and as it rattled away with him down the road, he stood up, waving his bonnet with the spray of evergreen pine in it and whistling the pewit call.
John informed the company that after parting from his father and Anne he had rambled to the harbour, and discovered the Pewit by the quay.
The Pewit was not a dull vessel, and when we were convoyed home from Lisbon, she could keep well in sight of the frigate scudding at a distance, by putting on full sail.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "pewit" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
