How to Use pond in a Sentence

pond

noun
  • They moved here from across the pond.
  • Faye the swan was a resident of the pond for over a decade.
    Marissa G. Muller, Peoplemag, 2 June 2023
  • Ibises and killdeers waded in the pond, but the ducks wouldn’t stop.
    Brandon Loomis, The Arizona Republic, 30 Aug. 2023
  • The king lived in a coral-block palace on an island in the middle of a pond.
    Carolyn Kormann, The New Yorker, 30 Oct. 2023
  • And the woods can be pocked with streams, ponds and swamps that freeze quickly.
    Luis Ferré-Sadurní, New York Times, 11 Feb. 2024
  • The teen then went back into the pond to help the uncle and could not stay afloat.
    William Thornton | Wthornton@al.com, al, 5 June 2023
  • The couple’s gravestones will be by a willow tree at the edge of the pond.
    Erin Clements, Peoplemag, 20 Nov. 2023
  • On this side of the pond, however, it’s been a tougher sell.
    Dylan Sloan, Fortune, 20 Feb. 2024
  • But sometimes, the big fish should stay in the small pond to defend the minnows from the sharks.
    Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 8 Mar. 2024
  • One of a kind three story brick home overlooks the pond on Schiller Park.
    Tj MacIas, Kansas City Star, 24 Feb. 2024
  • The existing lake to the south would be expanded, and two ponds would lie west of the lake.
    Stacy Ryburn, Arkansas Online, 28 Sep. 2023
  • The land that the Basin School District’s schools sit on used to be a pond that had been dredged by miners.
    Asia Fields, ProPublica, 15 Dec. 2023
  • There's also a picnic area and restroom by the duck pond.
    Jen Guadarrama, The Indianapolis Star, 2 Mar. 2024
  • Campbell was in a pond near the Obamas’ home, but the Obamas were not there at the time, police said.
    Gabrielle Settles, USA TODAY, 2 Aug. 2023
  • It’s been a while since the Tigers and Tide were consistently fishing in the same pond, so to speak.
    Michael Casagrande | McAsagrande@al.com, al, 1 Aug. 2023
  • The pond, two or three acres in extent, teemed with pike, pickerel, and perch.
    Don Holm, Outdoor Life, 3 Apr. 2023
  • That water draws heat from the cores of the site’s six reactors and from the ponds where spent fuel rods are stored.
    Will Wade, Bloomberg.com, 6 June 2023
  • The question extended beyond the worn grass and murky pond of the campus.
    TIME, 12 Jan. 2024
  • His pitch shot to the green landed on the putting surface but had too much spin and rolled backward into the pond.
    Bill Pennington Doug Mills, New York Times, 8 Apr. 2023
  • Two of them allegedly pinned down Faye, who was nesting near the pond.
    Jonathan Edwards, Washington Post, 2 June 2023
  • The pond in question extends from alongside a skate park and a Fred Meyer store.
    Matt Thompson, Spin, 5 Oct. 2023
  • The group posted photos and videos of a red van being pulled from the pond in Orlando.
    Stepheny Price, Fox News, 1 Jan. 2024
  • There are also two back decks connected to the house — one of which overlooks a koi pond.
    Lennie Omalza, The Courier-Journal, 8 June 2023
  • The descent is followed by a leisurely stroll past a scenic pond and former mill site.
    Madeline Bilis, Travel + Leisure, 10 Aug. 2023
  • The work at the pond started small and without consistency.
    Theresa Vargas, Washington Post, 8 July 2023
  • This alarm works for more than just above-ground and in-ground pools—it can also be used in indoor pools, small ponds, or hot tubs.
    Andrea Wurzburger, Better Homes & Gardens, 31 May 2023
  • The edges of beaver ponds and meandering lowland seeps are hotspots.
    Matthew Every, Field & Stream, 18 Oct. 2023
  • Likewise, largemouths living in small farm ponds go nuts for this lure.
    Joe Cermele, Field & Stream, 4 Jan. 2024
  • It's set within a pine and fir forest, complete with picturesque lakes and ponds.
    Patricia Doherty, Travel + Leisure, 15 Oct. 2023
  • His body was found 14 days later less than a half-mile from the facility, lying in a swamp next to a pond.
    Steven Rich, Washington Post, 17 Dec. 2023

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