crow

Example Sentences

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"I truly think it had given up by the time the crow had found it," Claire said.

From BBC • Jan. 28, 2026

The Franco-Belgian couturier referenced the extravagant plumage of a roseate spoonbill or the crested cockatoo alongside the humble crow, grey pigeon and magpie.

From Barron's • Jan. 27, 2026

When a crow sometimes consciously detects a stimulus and sometimes does not, specific nerve cells respond in line with that internal experience.

From Science Daily • Dec. 15, 2025

We had a house at the top of Mount Washington where, on a clear day, I could see the downtown skyscrapers surrounding my office—five minutes, as the crow flies.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 17, 2025

Grasshoppers jumped around our feet, bees buzzed, a crow cawed in the woods.

From "The Old Willis Place" by Mary Downing Hahn