beak

Example Sentences

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Meanwhile the narrator’s financially devious husband appears as a vulture with “the brooding eye, the blood-tipped beak, the flabby folds of flesh” of a bird of prey.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 24, 2025

Tesla, too, has its beak in the federal trough.

From Slate • Jun. 6, 2025

A council spokesperson said the attraction is "projected to beak even" within five years of of a planned major revamp, which will mark "an important milestone in its long-term sustainability".

From BBC • Apr. 12, 2025

Pipping is when a baby bird uses its beak to crack open its shell, and a pip watch is the online vigil and hoopla surrounding that activity.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 4, 2025

For another thing, its long yellow beak seemed to be attached to its head by a string that tied into a bow at the back.

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