caw

Example Sentences

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Carrion crows can count out loud, effectively calling “one, two, three” as they caw, researchers report today in Science.

From Science Magazine • May 22, 2024

So I resolve to let everyone squawk and caw until they get bored, or become distracted, or fall asleep, or cheer up.

From New York Times • Dec. 24, 2021

Meanwhile, those blessed crows sit and caw and take care of themselves.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 30, 2021

It’s in the caw of the crow above that the Ngarigo, the Indigenous people of the Snowy Mountains, hear the voices of ancestors.

From The Guardian • Apr. 13, 2019

He perched on the pole and screamed a dark message in Edward’s left ear: Caw, caw, caw, without ceasing.

From "The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane" by Kate DiCamillo