How to Use robin in a Sentence
robin
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Each team will play each other once in pool play, round robin style.
—Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 26 July 2024
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The robin started coming around our side door a few weeks ago.
—Lynn Petrak, chicagotribune.com, 31 May 2017
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Rather than have a knockout stage, the final round was a round robin.
—Jim Reineking, USA TODAY, 25 May 2018
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Some folks say the first day of spring comes with the first trumpeter swan or the first robin.
—John Schandelmeier, Anchorage Daily News, 15 May 2021
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Some, like robins, switch from earthworms and insects to fruits and berries.
—Don Lyman, BostonGlobe.com, 24 Jan. 2020
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The men lost in the bronze-medal game and the women didn’t make it out of round-robin play.
—Los Angeles Times, 18 Feb. 2022
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Score it for 40% off in a robin's egg blue, gray, or taupe color.
—Sam Peters, Good Housekeeping, 1 Sep. 2022
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Each of the 15 teams was placed in a five-team bracket for round-robin play.
—Chuck Fieldman, chicagotribune.com, 5 July 2018
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Just e0 feet away a pair of robin-sized birds bobbed and pecked on a pile of mussel shells.
—Paul A. Smith, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 6 Jan. 2022
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Strayer would like to get a sweep, though that is hard to do in this round-robin format.
—Mike Hutton, Post-Tribune, 2 May 2017
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Each golfer plays the other three in his group over the first three days in a round-robin format.
—Todd Kelly, The Arizona Republic, 21 Mar. 2022
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In the nearby woods a robin sings, 14 hours ahead of schedule.
—The Indianapolis Star, 8 Apr. 2024
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Later, the teams were re-seeded based on the round-robin results.
—Brett Shweky, sun-sentinel.com, 6 Dec. 2021
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Vicky Persinger are 1-2 in round robin play, with six matches to go.
—Katie McInerney, BostonGlobe.com, 3 Feb. 2022
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This year, those same two teams came out on top in the round robin — without breaking much of a sweat.
—Carol Schram, Forbes, 16 Aug. 2022
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Of those, the robins are the largest, while the juncos, wrens and finches are all about the same size.
—Joan Morris, The Mercury News, 10 July 2019
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To get here, five teams played 16 games in the round-robin semifinals.
—Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press, 18 Jan. 2022
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Some may even know that the state bird is a robin, or that the state flower is a violet.
—Cailey Gleeson, Journal Sentinel, 6 Dec. 2024
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The arrival of robins is a sure sign that spring is on its way in Michigan, right?
—Jennifer Dixon, Detroit Free Press, 2 Mar. 2024
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There is a round robin set of play where the 10 teams involved play each other once.
—Khadrice Rollins, SI.com, 29 Nov. 2017
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These shrikes are smaller than robins but have large, blocky heads, hence the name loggerhead.
—Karl Schneider, IndyStar, 1 Oct. 2025
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The Facebook post shows a red robin flying over Jack's grave.
—Caroline Alkire, Good Housekeeping, 6 Apr. 2017
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After the round robin, the top four teams move into the semifinals.
—Bernie Wilson, Anchorage Daily News, 4 Feb. 2022
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The robins that used to arrive in early April now show up in mid-March.
—Washington Post, 19 June 2018
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It is estimated that robins eat the fruit of more than 50 species of plants.
—Rita Pelczar, Better Homes & Gardens, 27 Jan. 2026
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Flocks of hungry robins and cedar waxwings descend like storms on fruiting dogwoods.
—Steve Bender, Southern Living, 23 Apr. 2026
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The robins that used to arrive in early April ago now show up in mid-March.
—Washington Post, 19 June 2018
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Its berries provide food for many birds including robins and bluebirds.
—Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 31 Jan. 2026
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The field of 48 two-woman teams will play 45 holes of round robin net four-ball match play.
—Mark Kazlowski, Dallas News, 12 Apr. 2023
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The sight of a flock of robins poking about in the grass in search of a juicy worm is a delight to observe in the spring.
—Rita Pelczar, Better Homes & Gardens, 27 Jan. 2026
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