Assertion: pigeon | /r/ObjectUse | used as messenger
Facets:
value: since the time of noah
type: TEMPORAL
value: during many wars
type: TEMPORAL
value: during both world wars
type: TEMPORAL
value: sometimes
type: TEMPORAL
Source sentences:
text: Pigeons are still sometimes used as messengers.
text: You might wonder how pigeons can be domesticated and used a messenger.
text: Pigeons can carry messages to distant places and they were used as messengers during many wars
text: Pigeons were also used as messengers during both World Wars.
text: Pigeons have been used as messengers since perhaps the time of Noah, who is said to have used a pigeon to search for land after the floodwater receded.