loon

Example Sentences

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In the season finale, Shane and Ilya steal away to Shane’s remote cottage on a lake north of Ottawa, where Ilya freaks out when he first hears the cry of a loon.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 22, 2026

As for Foster, who first snagged my attention as the pathetic loon in “Alpha Dog,” he knows how to play a hiss-worthy heel.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 11, 2025

Piper's three-decade-long study of loon behavioral ecology in northern Wisconsin intersects with Gline and Rose's use of Landsat imagery to calculate freshwater lake clarity.

From Science Daily • Apr. 5, 2024

The Coast Guard said three live birds — a cormorant, a loon and a grebe — were found sullied with oil and were being treated.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 11, 2024

Raymie’s mother said that Mrs. Borkowski was as crazy as a loon.

From "Raymie Nightingale" by Kate DiCamillo