owl

Example Sentences

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They recently paid to treat an owl that had been severely burned when a drone crashed into its tree.

From Barron's • May 20, 2026

A barred owl hooted and shook its feathers in a sycamore above the creek, and red-bellied cooters sunned themselves on half-submerged logs.

From Slate • Apr. 27, 2026

Michele Sawers gives Beth Penn a decorative owl.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 22, 2026

Orris shares these stories with Timble, a snow-white owl with luminous yellow eyes who visits the barn each day at dusk “in a rush of wings and night air.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026

Perched upon a wide oak table, among more strange items, Duane spied a snowy owl reading from a large open book.

From "The Very, Very Far North" by Dan Bar-el