How to Use bobwhite in a Sentence

bobwhite

noun
  • The villagers raised their hands in prayer, asking God to calm the gust for the sake of the bobwhite, the starling, and the fowl.
    Literary Hub, 17 Oct. 2025
  • Cardinals, grosbeaks, bobwhites, and other wildlife eat redbud seeds.
    Luke Miller, Better Homes & Gardens, 11 July 2025
  • Spring-fed ponds stocked with bass, a cypress duck pond, wooded acreage for deer and wild bobwhite quail, orchards, gardens, and a swimming pool spread across the grounds.
    Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 20 Aug. 2026
  • Now the Gambel’s quail of the Southwest is almost entirely a desert bird and not, like the Eastern bobwhite, a dweller on farms and fields.
    Jack O'Connor, Outdoor Life, 23 Oct. 2025
  • Hunting them was bobwhite hunting in a Mexican environment.
    Jack O'Connor, Outdoor Life, 23 Oct. 2025

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