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• Thrush, a monilia infection of the inside of the mouth, is common.1997, Horst D. Weinberg, The Pediatrician's New Baby Owner's Manual. From the entry monilia
• Consider the cold-eyed thrush, that springy carnivore of lawns, worm stabber, basher to death of snails.1967, J. A. Baker, The Peregrine, page 14. From the entry basher
• The most potent cause of thrush is exposure of the frogs to filth and damp.1907 October 8, S.S. Cameron, “Diseases of Farm Animals”, in The Journal of Agriculture, volume 5, page 636. From the entry balling
• Those at risk include the wood thrush, a well-known songbird, and the Baltimore oriole, the mascot of Maryland’s baseball team.2019 October 10, Emily Holden, “Two-thirds of bird species in North America could vanish in climate crisis”, in The Guardian. From the entry oriole
• “There is a thrush in that granjeno.”2013, Philipp Meyer, The Son, Simon & Schuster, published 2014, page 114. From the entry granjeno
• Names for a group: A flute or mutation of thrushes.2010, Doug Bennet, Tim Tiner, The Complete Up North: A Guide to Ontario's Wilderness from Black Flies to the Northern Lights, page 57. From the entry mutation
• People with AIDS tend to die after years of suffering, often screaming from the agony of cryptococcal meningitis or choking on thrush fungus.2009 September 27, Donald G. Mcneil Jr., “If AIDS Went the Way of Smallpox”, in New York Times. From the entry cryptococcal
• The voices of male vireos are a constant in the spring woodland, providing background music to the longer, prettier songs of tanagers and thrushes.1998, Sally Roth, Attracting Birds to Your Backyard, page 257. From the entry vireo
• With immune system damage come the infections associated with AIDS: PCP, MAC, toxoplasmosis, crypto, meningitis, thrush, lymphomas, CM, fungal infections, and many others.1996 September, Michael Immel, “The Changing Story of a Virus”, in Gay Community News, page 7. From the entry crypto
• Birdwatchers would enjoy a host of sparrows, a herd of swans, a descent of woodpeckers, a herd of wrens, and mutation of thrushes.1984, Virginia Wildlife, volume 45, Virginia Commission of Game and Inland Fisheries. From the entry woodpecker
• Adam Kadmon immediately contracted the thrush.1983, Robert Nye, The Facts of Life. From the entry milt
• Familiar summer-morning bird song rises from the trees, reeds and bushes – song thrush, wren, reed bunting and the rhythmic, steady, repeated “chit-chit-chit” of a reed warbler.2016 July 12, Rob Yarham, The Guardian. From the entry reed warbler
• Where before flocks of house sparrows were just that, now they are unwelcome visitors, scarfing up the expensive songbird feed intended for cardinals and thrushes and other less-ordinary birds.2009 January 23, Perdita Buchan, “Feathered Friends, Heavy Lifting Required”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times…. From the entry scarf up
• Wild begonias and ferns along the road, stumps choked with purple and white convolvuli, a kurrichane thrush massaging the shadows with long liquid glides and quick curt mordents.1982, TC Boyle, Water Music, Penguin, published 2006, page 336. From the entry Kurrichane thrush
• Giant pheasants and thrushes, crisply roasted and garnished with rich sauces, a huge vat of potage de légumes, a tub of salade Niçoise, a side of bifteck drenched in gravy.1968, John G[rant] Fuller, chapter 6, in The Day of St. Anthony’s Fire, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company, page 109. From the entry pantagruelian

Meaning of thrush

1. noun Any of numerous species of songbirds of the cosmopolitan family Turdidae, such as the song thrush, mistle thrush, bluebird, and American robin.
2. noun A female singer.
3. noun A fungal infection caused by species of genus Candida, affecting the mouth or vagina; candidiasis.

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How do you use thrush in a sentence?

Thrush is used as a noun. For example: “Cervical cancer and recurrent vaginal thrush are both strongly linked to the presence of HIV in women.”

What is a short sentence with thrush?

“Adam Kadmon immediately contracted the thrush.”

What does thrush mean?

Thrush means any of numerous species of songbirds of the cosmopolitan family Turdidae, such as the song thrush, mistle thrush, bluebird, and American robin.