crane
Example Sentences
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But whenever I’m far enough away from the glow of streetlights, I crane my neck up and search for them.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026
In the rice paddies of Buri Ram, Thailand, a sarus crane gently cleans its one-week-old chick before lingering in a quiet beak-to-beak moment.
From BBC • Mar. 25, 2026
It’s not too late to save the whooping crane, the red-cockaded woodpecker, the piping plover or any of the other 86 birds on the U.S.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 23, 2026
"He's up there!" she exclaimed, waving energetically at another crane cabin in the sky.
From Barron's • Mar. 7, 2026
Sadako’s golden crane and Kokeshi doll were there, too.
From "Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes" by Eleanor Coerr
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
