On the one gray day, clouds enveloped everything beyond a little brown sparrow perched on the terrace railing.

A small brown sparrow was trapped there and beat itself against the brilliant panes.

Melinda was plain, a tattered little brown sparrow, with big frightened eyes.

Mother is gorgeous, the twins are adorable, my stepfather is the handsomest man at Court - and I'm the little brown sparrow.

A small brown sparrow appeared from the indeterminate upper spaces of the courtyard, alighting on the branch of an ornamental plum tree.

He tilted his head to one side, like a brown sparrow.

She preferred to look like a brown sparrow in all that wool.

A little brown sparrow.

She was like a brown sparrow, her eyes bright and bird-like as she assessed him.

In comparison, Cathy felt drab and plain, a brown sparrow next to a golden canary.