beak

Example Sentences

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Over time, however, many of the stranger pairs began sharing space more comfortably and eventually perched together, touched beaks or groomed each other.

From Science Daily

Championship teams don’t start so slow in this game that it felt over almost before Chuck the Condor flashed his hideous beak.

From Los Angeles Times

“They’ve got big beaks and big feet right now, so they look like an awkward teenager growing into themselves,” she said.

From Washington Post

Apart from the usual concerns of noise, durability and logistics, the system needed to be protected against local cockatoos, who tend to pull things apart with their beaks.

From New York Times

Not yet recovered from their first emergency journey, they turned their beaks southward, where their energy stores finally gave out.

From Salon