1.   In recent years these graceful birds have been seen again in increasing numbers.

2.   I felt like a graceful bird.

3.   In recent years, as parks and marshes have become cleaner, the graceful birds have become a fairly common sight throughout the metropolitan area during summer months.

4.   Zeus turned Ceyx and Halcyon into graceful birds after her dream, while ordinary life goes on for the bereaved families.

5.   A princess, the daughter of a Marquesas chief, joins other islanders in an ancient dance that mimics the movements of a graceful bird.

6.   The graceful bird, once a favorite subject of Japanese painters, was a common site here until hunting, development and fertilizers destroyed its habitat.