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

Kovalchuk was a crane operator in Ukraine for 15 years before moving to Poland as a refugee when Russia invaded her country in 2022.

From Barron's • Mar. 7, 2026

At least, though, it seemed confined to its little porthole, unable to do more than crane its neck and stare him down as Boaz drew himself uneasily to his feet.

From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny