Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to
show current usage.Read More
Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors.
Send us feedback.
The quarry’s current head, Vincenzo De Gennaro, reminds visitors that Bernini’s tower still features the coop for the homing pigeons that would transport the orders to the quarry from Rome for the measurements of rocks that were needed.—ABC News, 19 Feb. 2026 The Dickin Medal, which is often compared to the British Victoria Cross, is typically awarded to heroic horses, homing pigeons, and dogs.—Anne Ewbank, Popular Science, 18 Feb. 2026 The story unfolds against the backdrop of a traditional practice involving training homing pigeons and flying them from rooftops.—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 10 Nov. 2025 Chapter narrators alternate between a homing pigeon and a soldier whose futures intersect in the most terrible of war offensives in France.—The Know, Denver Post, 19 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for homing pigeon