owl
Example Sentences
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The bird, whose head was peeping out, was a great horned owl, authorities said.
From Los Angeles Times
“I see them everywhere I go. There’s an owl out the back of my house. I feel like I’m constantly looking upwards now.”
From Los Angeles Times
Also: “The rapper Eminem is terrified of owls,” and “if you put sheep in a maze, they mostly turn left.”
The owl ruffles its feathers and looks away.
From Literature
Nuthatches, warblers, sparrows, and the occasional wood dove—perfectly acceptable birds all, to be sure, but where were the sage and mysterious owls?
From Literature
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
