Example Sentences

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The groom wore a bespoke mallard green suit and ornate bolo tie for the ceremony, per Vogue, while the bride rocked some 5-inch Louboutin heels under her Oscar de la Renta gown.

From Los Angeles Times • May 15, 2026

It’s to the Moscow mallard and her ducklings I head to find out what Russians think of America and of the US election.

From BBC • Oct. 20, 2024

Traffic came to a halt near the South Everett Park & Ride due to a mother mallard and eight ducklings crossing the southbound lanes.

From Seattle Times • May 19, 2024

It is a frustration to some scientists looking to catalog biodiversity that mallard ducks, monarch butterflies, white-tailed deer and other common species are the most frequently posted to the site.

From New York Times • Dec. 9, 2022

Sitting low in the water like a mallard, he floated into the tunnel and vanished.

From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams