gulls 1 of 2

plural of gull

gulls

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of gull

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of gulls
Noun
The five chalets are spread out on a tranquil hillside where gulls and wildflowers seem to outnumber people. — Madeline Weinfield, Travel + Leisure, 31 Oct. 2026 Good kept an eBird list of everything seen and heard during the shoot, which included geese, gulls, and a handful of birds from the Ardeidae family (among them, herons and egrets) that threatened to upstage the models with their long legs. — Margaux Anbouba, Vogue, 20 Oct. 2026 Adults learn to surface with only their heads exposed, keeping their backs underwater and out of reach of the gulls. — ABC News, 2 Oct. 2026 This week, hundreds of brown pelicans, California gulls and sandpipers rested along the shoreline as waves rolled in. — Paul Rogers, Mercury News, 13 Aug. 2026 The old beach was right next to the South Shore Park boat launch, which happened to be a prime hangout for gulls and other birds. — Caitlin Looby, jsonline.com, 6 Aug. 2026 A couple of other gulls hovered nearby, but none nearly as close as Jerry. — Natalie B. Compton The Washington Post, Arkansas Online, 2 Aug. 2026 Other soaring waterfowl like cranes, pelicans and large gulls flying through high-altitude migration corridors can also often misjudge the speed and presence of these rotating blades. — Indrabati Lahiri, Forbes.com, 26 July 2026 Silent and purposeful, the pelicans cut through a raucous chaos of gulls at the end of the wharf and glided on into the marsh. — Literary Hub, 16 July 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for gulls
Noun
  • How could anyone in the military support a repulsive, draft-dodging coward who called dead soldiers suckers and losers?
    — Voice of the People, New York Daily News, 30 Oct. 2026
  • The theory seems to be that there will always be another crop of suckers willing to pump money into the ecosystem, so the market will provide.
    — Joseph Kahn, HollywoodReporter, 8 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • Sebastian Galeano fools the Lake Mary defense by carrying it himself and scampers 40 yards for the touchdown.
    — Buddy Collings, The Orlando Sentinel, 28 Aug. 2026
  • Runway, Pika, and a dozen others can produce footage that fools the eye on first watch.
    — Sandy Carter, Forbes.com, 27 May 2026
Noun
  • The same bacterial strain was detected in the patient and in pigeons from the source of the meat, raising the possibility of foodborne transmission.
    — Rachel Melegrito, Scientific American, 26 Oct. 2026
  • Outside the double-height windows, bands of pigeons glided through the middle distance.
    — Nolan Kelly, Artforum, 26 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • Mulching too early in fall can trap warmth that tricks the plants into sending out new growth, but mulching after the ground has frozen won’t properly insulate roots.
    — Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 4 Nov. 2026
  • Scams involving direct payments A scammer tricks you into authorizing a wire transfer, sending money through a payment app or purchasing gift cards.
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 24 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • American women, being birthed as special victims with special status, are not.
    — Voice of the People, New York Daily News, 2 Nov. 2026
  • Two of the victims were grazed by bullets, and a 20-year-old man was shot in the abdomen, WSOC reports.
    — Mark Price November 2, Charlotte Observer, 2 Nov. 2026
Verb
  • Here, the dream carries the true emotional weight, and the waking world is what deceives us.
    — The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 15 Oct. 2026
  • The complaint also claims that the image deceives customers into thinking Lipa has endorsed the product and dilutes her brand identity.
    — Mary Cunningham, CBS News, 11 May 2026
Verb
  • Blake Shelton The 2017 honoree officially became stepdad to Gwen Stefani‘s kids Kingston, Zuma and Apollo in 2021.
    — Maria Yagoda, PEOPLE, 27 Oct. 2026
  • Pursuing big goals while parenting shows kids the value of hard work and resilience.
    — Lauren Brown West-Rosenthal, Parents, 15 Sep. 2026

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“Gulls.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gulls. Accessed 14 Nov. 2026.

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