duck

Example Sentences

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“If it quacks like a duck, it’s probably sports betting and it ought to be regulated as such.”

From MarketWatch

Along with the passenger pigeon we exterminated the great auk, the Carolina parakeet, the Labrador duck and the ivory-billed woodpecker.

From The Wall Street Journal

So great was Fred’s control that he had not ducked out the alleyway exit, but came strolling back through the shop.

From Literature

We were pointing to the cloudless sky and ducking, saying it must have been a lightning bolt, and were we the only ones to hear that clap of thunder?

From Literature

Renn ducked into the nearest shelter and emerged with a coil of woven bark rope.

From Literature