Die woordeboekdefinisie van die woord "kanarie" is 'n klein, helderkleurige vink inheems aan die Kanariese Eilande en Afrika, wat dikwels as 'n troeteldier aangehou word. Die term "kanarie" word ook metafories gebruik om te verwys na 'n persoon of ding wat dien as 'n vroeë waarskuwing van gevaar of moeilikheid, aangesien kanaries eens in steenkoolmyne gebruik is om die teenwoordigheid van giftige gasse op te spoor.
1. Rows of canary palms flank the road for a stretch.
2. In her free time, she enjoys gardening, learning Spanish, visiting family and friends and travelling overseas, especially to the Canary Islands.
3. I retrieved a pen and a canary yellow notepad from my briefcase.
4. He was strongly bent to get me a woman of my own size, by whom I might propagate the breed but I think I should rather have died than undergone the disgrace of leaving a posterity to be kept in cages like tame canary birds, and perhaps in time sold about the kingdom to persons of quality, for curiosities.
5. Mark got the uncomfortable feeling that Leach was weighing up exactly how to get at him, like a cat with a slightly irritable canary.
6. Love spells use canary feathers, and these are crow.
7. Inside, nothing but her heartbeat could be heard, fluttering like an excited canary.
8. Jason Stanley Eugene Inozemcev Ian Vollmer Andy Birskeugh John Holland Glenn Cantillo Krisserin Canary Karl Dominey Anthony Caso Brian Esquivel Dan Wills Mattie Leto Lorraine Gonzalez Evan Scott Richard King Cheyann Reagan Houston Stout Monique Johnson Brandie Light Sabrina Lee Chris Zanderholm Joe Worden Darryl MarcAurele Carrie Cressy Lisa Lindsay Tooley Paul White Mat Santos Diane Farmer Watzek Dana Schneider Ryan Couture Michael Polvere Motu Ili Bruce Boyington Dave Curtis Terri Riker Jason Gallagher Florante Ortaliza Daniel Teach Nena LB Rob Cipriano Andy Law Velma St.
9. One of the doctors here injected you with a potent cocktail of drugs that would have made a condemned man sing like a canary.