murmuration

Example Sentences

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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

This latest video shows winter scenes around the UK, in woodlands, mountains and a murmuration of starlings over the sea.

From BBC • Jan. 9, 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