How to Use fowl in a Sentence

fowl

noun
  • I spotted a long-legged fowl by the water's edge.
  • There should be no more than 20 fowl per acre.
    — Eva Flowe june 15, Charlotte Observer, 15 June 2026
  • But if the concept fails to fake flight, well, no harm, no … fowl.
    — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 17 Nov. 2022
  • The next pitch was singled to right field where the fowl watched the fair ball fly by.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Oct. 2022
  • In the field around us grew a grassy fern known as fowl mannagrass.
    — Ned Rozell, Anchorage Daily News, 14 Apr. 2018
  • Take a gander at this stately fowl.
    — Michele Laufik, Martha Stewart, 9 Mar. 2026
  • The wild boars fled for higher ground, replaced by water fowl.
    — Lori Hinnant and Vasilisa Stepanenko, Anchorage Daily News, 25 May 2023
  • Bantam is a term used for many kinds of small fowl; a banty egg weighs roughly an ounce.
    — Tim Neville, Outside Online, 8 July 2021
  • To have fowl at home, residents need permits.
    — Eva Flowe june 15, Charlotte Observer, 15 June 2026
  • These take the guesswork out of cooking the perfect steak, roast, sausage, or fowl.
    — Brad Fenson, Field & Stream, 8 June 2023
  • Thursdays will be game night — meaning wild game, fish or fowl specials, with board and card games.
    — Carol Deptolla, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 30 Jan. 2020
  • That includes what many consider the foulest fowl on the earth, the black vulture.
    — René A. Guzman, ExpressNews.com, 22 Sep. 2020
  • The fowl each laid ten eggs a go, enough to feed your entire household every morning.
    — Literary Hub, 17 Oct. 2025
  • But the pro-chicken side says the fowl make less noise than crying children and barking dogs.
    — Sasha Hupka, The Arizona Republic, 30 Nov. 2022
  • The bailiff didn’t hear the fowl the first day, according to court documents.
    — Adam Nossiter, BostonGlobe.com, 23 June 2019
  • The bowties are made from pheasant, guinea, rooster, goose and other fowl feathers.
    — Kirby Adams, The Courier-Journal, 13 Apr. 2018
  • Still think inundating your love with fowl and service people is the way to go?
    — Chris Morris, Fortune, 6 Dec. 2022
  • Twice a day, seven days a week, the famous fowl waddle single file through the lobby.
    — Rebecca Angel Baer, Southern Living, 27 Nov. 2025
  • The forecast for Thanksgiving doesn't look fowl.
    — Lauren Bostwick, CBS News, 22 Nov. 2025
  • Analysis of bones from now-extinct elephant birds could shed new light on the fate of the giant fowls.
    — James Rogers, Fox News, 13 Sep. 2018
  • Fish and fowl are still largely absent, which gives this Disney franchise room to grow.
    — Peter Debruge, Variety, 25 Nov. 2025
  • The custom still takes place each July, although now only to count the fowl and check their health.
    — Amy Crawford, Smithsonian, 28 June 2018
  • Some residents had asked that goose/duck crossing signs be placed on the road to slow down the motorists and keep the fowl from harm.
    — Karen Caffarini, Post-Tribune, 6 June 2019
  • Properties are limited to no more than 20 fowl per acre.
    — Charlotte Observer, 19 June 2026
  • Last week, after five hours spent waiting, Black was able to photograph the one-of-a-kind fowl.
    — Meghan Overdeep, Southern Living, 23 Feb. 2018
  • Several fowl seized on the property were treated for lice.
    — Rick Sobey, Boston Herald, 1 Dec. 2025
  • For this was on Saint Valentine’s day, / When every fowl comes there his mate to take.
    — Jill Gleeson, Country Living, 11 Jan. 2023
  • There was a Sue Bird in the comments, and a flagrant fowl reference as well.
    — Akeem Glaspie, The Indianapolis Star, 19 May 2020
  • But then Brian announced that the album was done, and they were left with a record that was neither fish nor fowl.
    — Chris Willman, Variety, 17 Feb. 2026
  • Wear was arrested Tuesday and is charged with felony grand theft and grand theft of domestic fowl.
    — Erin Pflaumer, CBS News, 12 Jan. 2023

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