cage

cage
01. We need to get a little [cage] for the cat to take it to the veterinarian in.
02. The orangutan somehow escaped from its [cage], and spent the afternoon in the trees surrounding the zoo.
03. I don't like to keep birds in a [cage]; it seems cruel to prevent them from flying around.
04. The lion was pacing back and forth in its [cage], growling at the spectators.
05. The businessman was walking around his office like a [caged] animal.
06. The [cages] for these animals are much too small; they need more room to move around.
07. Chickens are kept in small [cages] stacked one on top of another.
08. I heard it once explained that [caged] birds don't sing; they cry.
09. Spiro Agnew once said that marriage is like a [cage]; one sees the birds outside desperate to get in, and those inside desperate to get out.
10. An American politician once said that some newspapers are fit only to line the bottom of bird [cages].
11. There is a Mexican proverb which observes that though a [cage] may be made of gold, it is still a [cage].
12. Parrots that are kept in [cages] often become mentally ill from boredom.
13. Beautiful women in bikinis were dancing in large [cages] on either side of the stage where the band was playing.

Grammatical examples in English. 2013.

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