How to Use carrier pigeon in a Sentence

carrier pigeon

noun
  • Pony Express or carrier pigeon would be faster.
    — Ticked Off, The Orlando Sentinel, 28 Feb. 2026
  • Hey, at least she's managed to eliminate the carrier pigeon from that process.
    — Brendan Morrow, The Week, 17 May 2022
  • The British send Alan Bates, who trains carrier pigeons, to defuse the works.
    — Charles Champlin, latimes.com, 8 Mar. 2018
  • This is true even when nothing connects the particles — no force, wave or carrier pigeon.
    — Quanta Magazine, 19 Jan. 2016
  • Postal consumers shouldn’t have to mull over carrier pigeons to get their letters and cards delivered.
    — David Williams, Baltimore Sun, 23 Apr. 2024
  • Connecting by postcards seemed as odd as using a carrier pigeon.
    — Joan Donaldson, The Christian Science Monitor, 28 June 2021
  • Pigeons follows a carrier pigeon who loses his job the day a telephone is installed in his owner’s home.
    — Diana Lodderhose, Deadline, 6 May 2026
  • European merchant bankers used carrier pigeon networks in the 18th century to get an edge.
    — Chris Farrell, Star Tribune, 6 Feb. 2021
  • They were written by Barack Obama and delivered by a carrier pigeon with socialist leanings.
    — Rex Huppke, chicagotribune.com, 11 Feb. 2022
  • Attach thousands of tiny notes to an extremely industrious carrier pigeon?
    — Emily Dixon, Marie Claire, 17 Feb. 2021
  • Right below the Villa's observatory, there once stood a bird coop for Gianni's many carrier pigeons.
    — Sara Tardiff, ELLE Decor, 16 June 2017
  • These supplies, ranging from M-4 tanks, 240-mm howitzers and flame throwers, to bazookas, razor blades, and carrier pigeon free, were moved by ships on a rigid timetable.
    — Popular Mechanics, 6 June 2019
  • These supplies, ranging from M-4 tanks, 240-mm howitzers and flame throwers, to bazookas, razor blades, and carrier pigeon free, were moved by ships on a rigid timetable.
    — Popular Mechanics, 6 June 2019
  • Two other sections regarding the legal protection of carrier pigeons and arrests on the Fourth of July have been updated.
    — Grace Tucker, The Enquirer, 1 Mar. 2024
  • The ship was fitted with a full-length flight deck, aviation support equipment, an aircraft elevator for moving between the flight deck and hangar, and even a carrier pigeon house for use with airplanes that didn’t have radios.
    — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 25 Mar. 2022
  • Syrian smugglers now use a variety of cunning techniques to move their drugs to Jordan, including drones and carrier pigeons, which have been taught to fly with tiny bags of contraband affixed to their legs.
    — Ed Caesar, The New Yorker, 4 Nov. 2024
  • The Rothschilds supposedly owe much of their fortune to a carrier pigeon that brought news of the French defeat at the Battle of Waterloo faster than ships.
    — The Economist, 5 Oct. 2019
  • If the current trend continues, many sturgeon species could follow the morbid example of the carrier pigeon, which was hunted to extinction by European American settlers.
    — Gabe Allen, Discover Magazine, 20 Sep. 2022
  • The footage of that incident wasn’t sent by carrier pigeon from the International Space Station; it was recorded on a police bodycam and was available immediately.
    — Michael Harriot, The Root, 24 May 2018
  • One famous American carrier pigeon, Cher Ami, delivered 12 important messages.
    — Nora McGreevy, Smithsonian Magazine, 13 Nov. 2020

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