How to Use carrion in a Sentence

carrion

noun
  • Vultures live chiefly on carrion.
  • Scavengers like carrion bugs and birds prey on what soft tissue is left.
    — Fox News, 4 Oct. 2019
  • The species consumes fish, birds, carrion and leaves, experts said.
    — Lauren Liebhaber, Miami Herald, 4 Apr. 2025
  • The Roman skies Blutch draws are full of flies and carrion birds.
    — Douglas Wolk, New York Times, 1 June 2016
  • But still, those are animals that eat carrion and meat and anything else.
    — Natalie Krebs, Outdoor Life, 23 May 2024
  • But across the street from the wall are a clutch of trailers desiccating like carrion.
    — Elizabeth Weil, ProPublica, 22 Aug. 2021
  • The protein and fat from carrion would have fueled the early humans’ brain and body growth.
    — Matt Hrodey, Discover Magazine, 4 Oct. 2023
  • Scientists also learned the condors’ carrion of choice has changed over the years.
    — Byscience News Staff, science.org, 4 May 2023
  • Nautiluses feed on a diet of small fish, crustaceans and carrion.
    — Scott Travers, Forbes, 7 Sep. 2024
  • Late-night comedians pecked at the news like vultures on carrion.
    — Michael J. Mooney, Popular Mechanics, 1 Apr. 2016
  • Three other men crawl toward the art on hands and knees, leaving slimy trails behind, drawn like slugs to carrion.
    — Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 14 Sep. 2022
  • But then, carrion eaters never do worry much about shaming themselves.
    — John Kass, chicagotribune.com, 21 Apr. 2018
  • Two black carrion crows swooped down on the unprotected head of a woman passing by.
    — New York Times, 4 June 2021
  • The carrion odor of a voodoo lily is meant to attract pollinating flies and beetles.
    — Joshua Siskin, Oc Register, 27 May 2026
  • That which had been Grey was a still warm mess of carrion somewhere in the unreal map below.
    — Richard Snow, WSJ, 17 Jan. 2020
  • Other species like eagles and ravens also include carrion as part of their diets.
    — Debra Utacia Krol, azcentral, 30 Dec. 2019
  • Hard economic times draw companies like this the way carrion draws vultures.
    — Charles P. Pierce, Esquire, 8 Mar. 2018
  • The slime attracts flies and other insects that normally feed on or lay their eggs in carrion or feces.
    — Dan Gill, NOLA.com, 26 Aug. 2017
  • Instead, these carrion-feeding bees used those baskets to collect the chicken.
    — Joshua Hawkins, BGR, 27 Nov. 2021
  • So why not start feeding demons delicious fruit instead of rotten carrion and see what happens?
    — Christian Holub, EW.com, 14 May 2021
  • The television talking heads pick over each and every juicy tidbit like vultures over carrion.
    — Kay Jones, CNN, 13 Aug. 2021
  • Bald eagle are also known to scavenge for food and carrion, even stealing from other hunting birds mid-flight.
    — Madeline Gunderson, USA Today, 19 June 2026
  • Some of species' pitchers have mottled coloring that looks a bit like tasty carrion, which lures prey inside the pitcher.
    — Liz Langley, National Geographic, 30 Oct. 2019
  • The small white plane circled — the stadium, the team, the season — like a vulture circling carrion.
    — Miami Herald, 14 Sep. 2025
  • The birds can live for 60 years and fly vast distances in search of carrion, so their range could extend into several states.
    — CBS News, 4 May 2022
  • Their revolting stench attracts flies and other insects that are irresistibly drawn to the smell of carrion.
    — Grrlscientist, Forbes, 26 Feb. 2025
  • Coyotes also clean up carrion, remove sick animals from the gene pool, and protect crops and gardens.
    — Jennifer Dixon, Detroit Free Press, 15 Mar. 2024
  • Clements said the plant’s scent is designed by nature to attract carrion beetles and flesh flies from miles away to help with the pollinating process.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Nov. 2021
  • Fish and Game's red fox fact sheet states that their diet includes small mammals, birds and bird eggs, vegetation and carrion.
    — Bob Hallinen, Anchorage Daily News, 9 Apr. 2018
  • Caracaras are frequently ground-dwellers, clacking around on the rocks and scavenging smaller birds, eggs, insects and carrion.
    — Washington Post, 7 May 2021

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