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With the shoreline in easy sight, the injured Nancy is stranded to fight off a killer shark with nothing more than her wits (and a seagull, which becomes her Wilson the volleyball).—Chris Nashawaty, EW.com, 20 June 2025 Despite the nippy wind by the lake, Montrose Beach had a busy Sunday: families gathered on picnic blankets to celebrate Mother’s Day, and seagulls, killdeer and red-winged blackbirds scoured for food among the waves that washed ashore.—Adriana Pérez, Chicago Tribune, 12 May 2025 As the boat crescendoed over waves, seagulls screamed in chase, and the captain made radar promises over the loudspeaker: bass, bonito and sculpin — or at the very least, mackerel and pelicans.—Jacqueline Carr, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 June 2025 Then, a seagull suddenly appears in the frame, dragging a piece of clothing across the ground with its beak.—Soo Kim, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for seagull
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