murmuration
Example Sentences
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Most of us know a murmuration of starlings, but we’ve rarely seen it described this well:
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 2026
Come to think of it, thoughts are perhaps not unlike a murmuration of starlings, flitting and swooping and morphing with seemingly serendipitous activation.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 29, 2026
Who hasn't gazed at a murmuration of thousands of starlings wheeling rhythmically above their roost at dusk, and not wondered at the majesty and mystery of natural systems?
From Salon ● Aug. 17, 2023
Essays by Emily Raboteau, Lia Purpura, J. Drew Lanham, Elizabeth Kolbert and others, as well as poems by Mary Oliver and Li-Young Lee, crescendo gradually into a murmuration that captivates the attention.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 4, 2023
A murmuration of starlings swirls on the air current.
From "What the Night Sings" by Vesper Stamper
