During the rehearsal, she was assigned the solo that required a rare reed instrument, and she practiced it obsessively.

In the misty marsh at dawn, reed buntings sang softly among the reeds.

I watched a reed bunting perched among the reeds, its long, deeply notched tail flicking as it sang.

The organist adjusted the voicing of the reed pipe to mellow its tone.

The security system uses reed switches on every window to detect when it's opened.

The technician installed a reed switch near the door frame to detect when it closed.

The nesting reed thrush sang softly at dawn among the tall marsh grasses.

At dawn, the reed thrushes launched into song, filling the marsh with rich, melodic notes.

Along the marshy edge of the river, bur-reeds tangled around the old fence posts, their spiky seed heads catching on passing clothes.

The heron stood motionless at the edge of the reed bed, waiting for a fish to swim by.