How to Use owl in a Sentence
owl
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The video shows the third time that the owl hit the window, Auger says.
— Andrew Mark Miller, Fox News, 25 Mar. 2023 -
The owl hunts at night and tends to sleep during the day.
— Taylor Nicioli, CNN, 3 Mar. 2023 -
In this case, the pupils of this fossil owl were small.
— Jeanne Timmons, Ars Technica, 25 May 2022 -
Then, toward the end of the video, Lamar stares at a caged owl.
— Samantha Chery, Washington Post, 5 July 2024 -
Many owl species, like the barn owl, weigh less than two pounds.
— Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi, Discover Magazine, 31 July 2023 -
The owl tells him to sing and play his rattle in the morning.
— Nathan Solis, Los Angeles Times, 25 Nov. 2021 -
But when the owl from the Christmas tree swooped down to scoop up the van and the poor, doomed, tiny bros?
— Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 22 Dec. 2021 -
Because the owl started to inspect the origin of the sounds.
— Karen Hopkin, Scientific American, 16 Sep. 2022 -
But when fall arrives, the boy must go to school, and the owl must migrate.
— New York Times, 24 May 2023 -
The waning moon, hung in the sky; A great gray owl winged silently by.
— John Schandelmeier, Anchorage Daily News, 25 Dec. 2022 -
Milky eagle owls are the largest type of owl in Africa and are fierce hunters.
— Brook Endale, The Enquirer, 25 Mar. 2021 -
Workers wrapped the owl in a blanket and took it to City Wildlife.
— Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 1 Nov. 2023 -
For Wohl, releasing the owls back into the wild is the best part of her job.
— Emily Alvarenga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Feb. 2024 -
The snowy's wingspan ties the great gray owl with the largest of North American owls.
— Paul A. Smith, Journal Sentinel, 22 Nov. 2022 -
The carving was in the shape of an owl, its wings spread wide around my finger.
— Devi Lockwood, Wired, 21 Sep. 2021 -
But the pair like to say they were introduced by a long-eared owl.
— Ryan Garza, Freep.com, 8 May 2023 -
And don’t worry—no 16-bit owls were harmed in the making of this video game.
— Marc Griffin, VIBE.com, 16 July 2024 -
Gray noted that the owl did more damage to the truck than to itself.
— David Aaro, Fox News, 4 May 2021 -
An owl named Tyto escaped from the Fort Worth Zoo in 2013.
— Dallas News, 13 Jan. 2023 -
As dusk fell one evening in September, an owl hooted and the wind sighed in the pines.
— Jenna Russell, BostonGlobe.com, 30 Oct. 2022 -
The virus was confirmed in a wild owl that was found dead in Cache County last month.
— Jordan Miller, The Salt Lake Tribune, 18 May 2022 -
And birds of prey like buzzards, sparrowhawks, barn owls, and tawny owls.
— Elizabeth Waddington, Treehugger, 13 Sep. 2023 -
The video then ends with a moody shot of Kendrick Lamar staring down a caged barnyard owl.
— Marc Griffin, VIBE.com, 5 July 2024 -
The Silent Knight takes a flashlight from his belt in one hand and holds the owl up high in his other hand.
— Scott Patsko, cleveland, 11 Sep. 2021 -
Not a picky eater, this owl will hunt up to 379 different species.
— Emily Harwitz, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 July 2023 -
An eagle owl that escaped the Central Park Zoo is still on the loose.
— CBS News, 14 Feb. 2023 -
Then, as if playing to the crowd, the bird flipped on its back and swiveled its head like an owl to keep a bead on its prey.
— Mike Klingaman, baltimoresun.com, 18 Aug. 2021 -
The eastern screech owl was the most common owl in the state, according to Roberts’ work.
— John Myers, Twin Cities, 26 May 2024 -
Lamar released the video for the fiery rap, which featured clowns and an owl piñata last week.
— Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 16 July 2024 -
The area supports wildlife ranging from bighorn sheep, and mule deer to bald eagles, owls and songbirds.
— Debra Utacia Krol, The Arizona Republic, 12 Aug. 2024
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