How to Use owl in a Sentence
owl
noun
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The video shows the third time that the owl hit the window, Auger says.
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Andrew Mark Miller,
Fox News,
25 Mar. 2023
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The owl hunts at night and tends to sleep during the day.
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Taylor Nicioli,
CNN,
3 Mar. 2023
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In this case, the pupils of this fossil owl were small.
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Jeanne Timmons,
Ars Technica,
25 May 2022
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Many owl species, like the barn owl, weigh less than two pounds.
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Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi,
Discover Magazine,
31 July 2023
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Because the owl started to inspect the origin of the sounds.
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Karen Hopkin,
Scientific American,
16 Sep. 2022
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But when fall arrives, the boy must go to school, and the owl must migrate.
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New York Times,
24 May 2023
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The waning moon, hung in the sky; A great gray owl winged silently by.
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John Schandelmeier,
Anchorage Daily News,
25 Dec. 2022
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Workers wrapped the owl in a blanket and took it to City Wildlife.
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Sarah Kuta,
Smithsonian Magazine,
1 Nov. 2023
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For Wohl, releasing the owls back into the wild is the best part of her job.
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Emily Alvarenga,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
21 Feb. 2024
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The snowy's wingspan ties the great gray owl with the largest of North American owls.
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Paul A. Smith,
Journal Sentinel,
22 Nov. 2022
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But the pair like to say they were introduced by a long-eared owl.
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Ryan Garza,
Freep.com,
8 May 2023
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An owl named Tyto escaped from the Fort Worth Zoo in 2013.
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Dallas News,
13 Jan. 2023
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As dusk fell one evening in September, an owl hooted and the wind sighed in the pines.
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Jenna Russell,
BostonGlobe.com,
30 Oct. 2022
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And birds of prey like buzzards, sparrowhawks, barn owls, and tawny owls.
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Elizabeth Waddington,
Treehugger,
13 Sep. 2023
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Not a picky eater, this owl will hunt up to 379 different species.
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Emily Harwitz,
Smithsonian Magazine,
7 July 2023
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An eagle owl that escaped the Central Park Zoo is still on the loose.
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CBS News,
14 Feb. 2023
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The owls often like to make their nests in the cavities that woodpeckers have left in the trees.
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Shannon Sims,
Smithsonian Magazine,
28 Mar. 2023
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This after the owl has hooted through the night and a sea of clouds lies below my mountain.
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Alex Ross,
The New Yorker,
27 Oct. 2022
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Or be as simple as a little owl in the porch light’s halo.
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Carl Safina,
TIME,
5 Oct. 2023
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An oasis for all Robert and Eva have seen robins, doves, owls, and even hawks in and around their garden.
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Lennie Omalza,
The Courier-Journal,
25 May 2023
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Australian friends made their way to bed, and night-owl West Coasters stayed up late with us.
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Emily Angell,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
5 June 2022
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Hawks and owls prey on rodents bounding across grassy slopes.
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Louis Sahagún,
Los Angeles Times,
27 Feb. 2024
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The Eurasian eagle owl, for instance, is one of the largest and most widely distributed owls in the world.
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Emily Harwitz,
Smithsonian Magazine,
7 July 2023
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One evening back in Cuba, when the artist was about 8 years old, she was visited by an owl.
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Siddhartha Mitter,
New York Times,
22 Sep. 2023
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When the owl comes face-to-face with a dragon, surprising things happen.
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Good Housekeeping,
4 Dec. 2022
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The predator eye balloon is meant to mimic a predator, such as an owl.
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oregonlive,
11 Mar. 2023
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The secret world of owls When David Johnson was 11 years old, an eastern screech owl landed on the edge of his tent.
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David Morgan,
CBS News,
22 June 2023
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Visitors will search the woods of Eden Mill to find Maryland’s native owls from 6-7:30 p.m.
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Katia Parks,
Baltimore Sun,
1 Mar. 2023
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With its proximity to the airport, the campus became home to the owls because of a lack of predators in the area.
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Kari Barnett,
Sun Sentinel,
30 Mar. 2023
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And in that case the reaction of the owl was completely opposite.
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Karen Hopkin,
Scientific American,
16 Sep. 2022
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