Words similar to wind-up

Example sentences for: wind-up

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Hanging over the overwrought whole are an overcast sky and an elusive "wind-up" bird--so named for its creeeak, creeeak song, which nauseates and dooms the select few who hear it.
You’ll also find Portuguese carved ox yokes, a roomful of iron keys, old sewing machines, canes, wind-up toys — in short an endless catalogue of art and artifacts.
The play itself, a revival of a 1966 thriller, fares no better: "a tediously contrived wind-up toy that yells 'Boo!
"Cinnamon's grandfather, the nameless veterinarian, and I had a number of unusual things in common--a mark on the face, a baseball bat, the cry of the wind-up bird.
Baum replaced the wind-up chattering teeth she lost, and she has established a new emergency drawer of Motrin, pantyhose and tampons.