Examples of seagull in a Sentence
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The sea was frothy and infinite and blue-green beneath the span of a seagull’s wing.
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Gary Shteyngart, The Atlantic, 4 Apr. 2024
That title may well belong to one seagull who, in 1998, swooped down to pluck Brad Fabel’s ball from the green before taking flight and dropping it into the water.
—Jack Bantock, CNN, 13 Mar. 2024
Grey herons, tawny owls, bats, seagulls, groundhogs, badgers, rabbits and even the occasional fox or boar from the suburbs have been treated at the hospital.
—Jess McHugh, Washington Post, 9 Mar. 2024
Avian flu is a type A influenza virus that originated in birds and has been detected in more than a hundred species like seagulls, owls and ducks in the US since 2022.
—Carma Hassan, CNN, 1 Apr. 2024
Researchers interested in such questions often have to compare different species with contrasting behaviors — say, a seagull and a hummingbird, both of which fly, but with different movements at different speeds.
—Quanta Magazine, 11 Mar. 2024
Just be wary of hungry seagulls, who might swoop in for a bite of your food.
—Joshua Mandell, Sacramento Bee, 30 Jan. 2024
If that’s news to you, consider this lovely episode of Radiolab, which digs into research from the 1970s on the female seagulls that nested and raised chicks together.
—Rachel Wilkerson Miller, SELF, 27 Dec. 2023
And a flock of seagulls is wonderful for the evocative simplicity of the birds’ construction (the little wire that makes each one able to turn its head is the kind of tiny, extra-thoughtful touch that appears throughout the show).
—Sara Holdren, Vulture, 17 Jan. 2024
Gary Shteyngart, The Atlantic, 4 Apr. 2024
That title may well belong to one seagull who, in 1998, swooped down to pluck Brad Fabel’s ball from the green before taking flight and dropping it into the water.
—Jack Bantock, CNN, 13 Mar. 2024
Grey herons, tawny owls, bats, seagulls, groundhogs, badgers, rabbits and even the occasional fox or boar from the suburbs have been treated at the hospital.
—Jess McHugh, Washington Post, 9 Mar. 2024
Avian flu is a type A influenza virus that originated in birds and has been detected in more than a hundred species like seagulls, owls and ducks in the US since 2022.
—Carma Hassan, CNN, 1 Apr. 2024
Researchers interested in such questions often have to compare different species with contrasting behaviors — say, a seagull and a hummingbird, both of which fly, but with different movements at different speeds.
—Quanta Magazine, 11 Mar. 2024
Just be wary of hungry seagulls, who might swoop in for a bite of your food.
—Joshua Mandell, Sacramento Bee, 30 Jan. 2024
If that’s news to you, consider this lovely episode of Radiolab, which digs into research from the 1970s on the female seagulls that nested and raised chicks together.
—Rachel Wilkerson Miller, SELF, 27 Dec. 2023
And a flock of seagulls is wonderful for the evocative simplicity of the birds’ construction (the little wire that makes each one able to turn its head is the kind of tiny, extra-thoughtful touch that appears throughout the show).
—Sara Holdren, Vulture, 17 Jan. 2024
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“Seagull.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/seagull. Accessed 19 Apr. 2024.
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