How to Use fowl in a Sentence

fowl

noun
  • I spotted a long-legged fowl by the water's edge.
  • The next pitch was singled to right field where the fowl watched the fair ball fly by.
    San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Oct. 2022
  • But if the concept fails to fake flight, well, no harm, no … fowl.
    Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 17 Nov. 2022
  • In the field around us grew a grassy fern known as fowl mannagrass.
    Ned Rozell, Anchorage Daily News, 14 Apr. 2018
  • Don't cry fowl if you get burned by Dave's Hot Chicken.
    Kara Baskin, BostonGlobe.com, 13 July 2023
  • The bailiff didn’t hear the fowl the first day, according to court documents.
    Adam Nossiter, BostonGlobe.com, 23 June 2019
  • These take the guesswork out of cooking the perfect steak, roast, sausage, or fowl.
    Brad Fenson, Field & Stream, 8 June 2023
  • That includes what many consider the foulest fowl on the earth, the black vulture.
    René A. Guzman, ExpressNews.com, 22 Sep. 2020
  • For this was on Saint Valentine’s day, / When every fowl comes there his mate to take.
    Jill Gleeson, Country Living, 11 Jan. 2023
  • The homeowners’ chickens and other fowl died in the fire.
    Elise Takahama, BostonGlobe.com, 17 May 2018
  • Joyous shouts were heard as villagers dashed and splashed around in the water, trying to catch the fowl.
    Chris Pandolfo, Fox News, 18 Aug. 2023
  • When the cannon fired, in the pups plunged, struggling adorably to return the dummy fowl to their owners.
    Chloe Schama, Vogue, 16 Dec. 2021
  • There was a Sue Bird in the comments, and a flagrant fowl reference as well.
    Akeem Glaspie, The Indianapolis Star, 19 May 2020
  • She and some of her neighbors complained that the dead fowl had remained there so long after the fire.
    Serena O'Sullivan, azcentral, 10 July 2019
  • Over the decades, the aviary has been home to birds from all over the world as well as housing more run-of-the-mill fowl like pigeons, turkeys and quail.
    Melissa Montoya, Peoplemag, 11 Jan. 2023
  • The notion that the primary value of the fish of the sea and the fowl of the air is as utilities pervades many books of this type.
    Melissa Holbrook Pierson, Washington Post, 6 Feb. 2023
  • Feed for the fowl will also have to be stored in a secured, sealed container.
    San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 June 2019
  • The custom still takes place each July, although now only to count the fowl and check their health.
    Amy Crawford, Smithsonian, 28 June 2018
  • All the summer there was no want; and now began to come in store of fowl, as winter approached...
    James Freeman, WSJ, 23 Nov. 2022
  • Some residents had asked that goose/duck crossing signs be placed on the road to slow down the motorists and keep the fowl from harm.
    Karen Caffarini, Post-Tribune, 6 June 2019
  • Bantam is a term used for many kinds of small fowl; a banty egg weighs roughly an ounce.
    Tim Neville, Outside Online, 8 July 2021
  • But the pro-chicken side says the fowl make less noise than crying children and barking dogs.
    Sasha Hupka, The Arizona Republic, 30 Nov. 2022
  • The wild boars fled for higher ground, replaced by water fowl.
    Lori Hinnant and Vasilisa Stepanenko, Anchorage Daily News, 25 May 2023
  • League staff members have bestowed upon the fowl the name of Henny Penny, said the league.
    Washington Post, 2 Feb. 2022
  • Last week, after five hours spent waiting, Black was able to photograph the one-of-a-kind fowl.
    Meghan Overdeep, Southern Living, 23 Feb. 2018
  • Lola and Angel have access to a sliver of the lake south of downtown, which is fenced-off from the wild fowl.
    Ryan Gillespie, The Orlando Sentinel, 24 Jan. 2026
  • The illness, known as HPAI, can be deadly for domestic fowl.
    Beth Warren, Nashville Tennessean, 12 Dec. 2025
  • Several fowl seized on the property were treated for lice.
    Rick Sobey, Boston Herald, 1 Dec. 2025
  • Twice a day, seven days a week, the famous fowl waddle single file through the lobby.
    Rebecca Angel Baer, Southern Living, 27 Nov. 2025
  • Fish and fowl are still largely absent, which gives this Disney franchise room to grow.
    Peter Debruge, Variety, 25 Nov. 2025

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