How to Use roadrunner in a Sentence

roadrunner

noun

• Sometimes a coati, a javelina or a roadrunner shows up in the parking lot.
  — Brandon Loomis, The Arizona Republic, 20 May 2024
• Also, hang feeders high enough to keep your pets or roadrunners from trying to catch the birds.
  — Ernie Cowan, sandiegouniontribune.com, 14 Sep. 2017
• Ostriches are the fastest when compared with other birds on land like an emu or a roadrunner.
  — Mythili Devarakonda, USA TODAY, 20 Aug. 2022
• Miles the roadrunner wasn’t long for this world — 120 hours, give or take — but not for lack of trying.
  — Jonathan Edwards, Washington Post, 12 June 2023
• And just like in the cartoon, the real-life roadrunner escapes without a scratch.
  — Fox News, 15 May 2020
• If comedy is tragedy plus time, Mulaney is a bona fide roadrunner.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 24 Aug. 2021
• Non-canid predators like roadrunners and grasshopper mice did not trigger the response at all.
  — Ryan Brennan, Miami Herald, 13 Apr. 2026
• The greater roadrunner is the larger of the two and the only species that lives in the United States.
  — Shaena Montanari, The Arizona Republic, 3 Sep. 2020
• Real coyotes can run up to 40 mph — twice as fast as the typical roadrunner.
  — René A. Guzman, ExpressNews.com, 24 Nov. 2020
• The vote was declared void and a second election was held — this time the roadrunner and the armadillo were the top contenders.
  — Timothy Fanning, San Antonio Express-News, 19 Nov. 2021
• Modern-day birds like the northern mockingbird and the greater roadrunner use their feathers to forage for food.
  — Elizabeth Gamillo, Discover Magazine, 25 Jan. 2024
• Weighing in at over half a pound, the roadrunner was more likely a male, a follow-up Facebook post stated this week.
  — Washington Post, 19 Nov. 2021
• Maybe the roadrunner just doesn’t have a career in competitive swimming.
  — Karla L. Miller, Washington Post, 6 July 2023
• Maybe the roadrunner just doesn’t have a career in competitive swimming.
  — Karla L. Miller, Anchorage Daily News, 7 July 2023
• The roadrunner took a brief break next to the driver's seat, seemingly scouting out the area in search of potential danger.
  — Vic Verbalaitis, The Arizona Republic, 22 Sep. 2022
• Except for roadrunners outwitting coyotes, the desert supports no wildlife.
  — Roger Naylor, azcentral, 4 Mar. 2020
• Wildlife such as speedy roadrunners, coveys of quails and scampering desert cottontail rabbits can be spotted.
  — Theresa Walker, Orange County Register, 16 Jan. 2017
• Kastmasters, spoons, slabs, roadrunners, and Rattletraps will all work well.
  — Tyler Mahoney special To The Star, kansascity, 13 June 2018
• Instead, this was a joyful announcement to my wife as our resident roadrunner showed up with a couple of companions.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Mar. 2022
• The post, featuring a stark photo of the roadrunner, was flooded with hundreds of comments, many of them suggestions for naming the bird.
  — Jonathan Edwards, Washington Post, 12 June 2023
• Even at a club able to sign just about any roadrunner on the transfer market, the Croatian remains the gold standard for his club and country in this facet.
  — Henry Flynn, Forbes, 21 Oct. 2024
• His roadrunner, dining cheerfully on a lizard, seems as familiar to us as a fellow customer at a neighborhood diner.
  — Danny Heitman, The Christian Science Monitor, 20 May 2020
• Junior Thomas Sandt started for the Roadrunners and exited in the third inning.
  — Rich Mayor, chicagotribune.com, 5 June 2017
• The roadrunner was transported up to Avian Haven, where it was given shelter in an indoor pool area, which is heated in colder months.
  — Washington Post, 19 Nov. 2021
• Out in the remoteness of small-town Arizona, the desert has delighted them with the occasional roadrunner sighting.
  — New York Times, 25 Nov. 2020
• There’s little traffic in the high desert of central Arizona, save for the occasional roadrunner’s dash across the winding highway.
  — Ben Baskin, SI.com, 18 Oct. 2017
• Ahead of us, a roadrunner hurried across Route 51, disappearing into a landscape of pepper trees and cacti.
  — Danielle Bernabe, Travel + Leisure, 9 Nov. 2021
• Hell, Greg Federman noted, many patrons even have names for the roadrunners and crows wandering outside the bar and through the village.
  — Mark Eddington, The Salt Lake Tribune, 22 July 2023
• Few people reading this story will ever see a Florida grasshopper sparrow, a small, brown, drab bird with behaviors of a ghost, a roadrunner and something else.
  — Kevin Spear, Orlando Sentinel, 18 July 2024
• Statistical comparison placed the bones of Archaeopteryx very close to those of mostly ground-dwelling birds such as pheasants and roadrunners, Voeten said.
  — Ashley Strickland, CNN, 13 Mar. 2018