How to Use homing pigeon in a Sentence

homing pigeon

noun
  • Jardy suspects that this capsule slipped off the homing pigeon’s leg early in its journey.
    — Nora McGreevy, Smithsonian Magazine, 13 Nov. 2020
  • Their memory for places and for their home roost is unshakable, as homing pigeons have demonstrated.
    — Ian Frazier, New Yorker, 5 May 2025
  • The latest trend to rebuild the homing pigeon scene in the United States is something called a one-loft race.
    — John Schandelmeier, Anchorage Daily News, 8 May 2021
  • At the time, homing pigeons were used to relay messages from the front lines, so the soldiers tried sending two birds back to headquarters for help.
    — Cady Drell, Marie Claire, 20 Nov. 2018
  • While the Chicago Archaeopteryx is about the size of a homing pigeon, the species could reach up to 20 inches long.
    — Aaron Boorstein, Smithsonian Magazine, 6 May 2024
  • Highlights are pancake breakfasts, homing pigeon release, antique car show.
    — Susan Dunne, Hartford Courant, 20 July 2022
  • While Vider's head often can be found in the clouds alongside his birds, his nose was buried in books that taught him how to succeed in the business of homing pigeons.
    — Elizabeth Hernandez, chicagotribune.com, 1 Aug. 2019
  • While Vider’s head often can be found in the clouds alongside his birds, his nose was buried in books that taught him how to succeed in the business of homing pigeons.
    — Elizabeth Hernandez, The Denver Post, 24 July 2019
  • Bob, a homing pigeon, went missing during a race in the Channel Islands in mid-June.
    — Howard Koplowitz | [email protected], al, 1 Aug. 2022
  • Fort Monmouth, a former military base, used to be a headquarters for training homing pigeons and their handlers.
    — Ian Frazier, New Yorker, 5 May 2025
  • In the project, da Costa outfitted homing pigeons with sensors to collect data on air quality.
    — Matt Shaw, Forbes.com, 6 May 2025
  • Allegedly, a homing pigeon was killed by a dolly while the Netflix production was filming in Rome.
    — Vulture, 13 Jan. 2023
  • Whittlesey also attempted to alert allies of their position via homing pigeons.
    — Scott Travers, Forbes, 4 Jan. 2025
  • In the Gulf of Mexico—or the Gulf of America, as it’s now known—a homing pigeon flew into the ship’s bridge.
    — Adam Iscoe, New Yorker, 4 Aug. 2025
  • The story unfolds against the backdrop of a traditional practice involving training homing pigeons and flying them from rooftops.
    — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 10 Nov. 2025
  • Officers responded to a report of a homing pigeon on the deck of a home in the 7000 block of Eagle Trail.
    — Star Tribune, 19 Sep. 2020
  • Many people received letters in the mail, but the messages also arrived via email, text, TV screen, homing pigeon, and, in one case, skywriting.
    — Matthew Gavin Frank, Harper's Magazine, 6 June 2023
  • His predominant interest was in raising tumbling and homing pigeons, which reminded him of his childhood in Turkey.
    — courant.com, 13 June 2019
  • Chapter narrators alternate between a homing pigeon and a soldier whose futures intersect in the most terrible of war offensives in France.
    — The Know, Denver Post, 19 Oct. 2025
  • The report cited a production insider who said a homing pigeon was allegedly killed by a dolly during a take, and because Bay was the director, he was held responsible.
    — Elizabeth Wagmeister, Variety, 14 Jan. 2023
  • The authorities have restricted live entertainment venues, ordered people to vacate apartments and banned flying kites, sky lanterns and even homing pigeons, a charming feature of many neighborhoods.
    — Steven Lee Myers, New York Times, 28 Sep. 2019
  • Known for his self-deprecating sense of humor, Dedera once described filing a column from an old cavalry camp in the Mazatzal Wilderness Area via homing pigeon.
    — John D'anna, azcentral, 3 Mar. 2020
  • The Dickin Medal, which is often compared to the British Victoria Cross, is typically awarded to heroic horses, homing pigeons, and dogs.
    — Anne Ewbank, Popular Science, 18 Feb. 2026
  • Scientists have long known that migrating birds and homing pigeons navigate in part by sensing the Earth’s magnetic fields, especially at night or in overcast conditions when visual landmarks or sunshine are in short supply.
    — ArsTechnica, 28 May 2026
  • According to the outlet, Bay has attempted to clear the case with Italian authorities but has failed after the European country accused him of killing a homing pigeon while on set for the Netflix film.
    — Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 12 Jan. 2023
  • The quarry’s current head, Vincenzo De Gennaro, reminds visitors that Bernini’s tower still features the coop for the homing pigeons that would transport the orders to the quarry from Rome for the measurements of rocks that were needed.
    — ABC News, 19 Feb. 2026

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