How to Use ibis in a Sentence

ibis

noun
  • The light and background colors were bright and the ibis was close.
    — Tom Stienstra, SFChronicle.com, 18 Jan. 2020
  • No, the large ibis that lived in Jamaica millions of years ago couldn't fly.
    — Andrew Moseman, Discover Magazine, 5 Jan. 2011
  • In North Dighton, a white ibis was seen in flight over a private farm area.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 21 Aug. 2021
  • Great egrets and great blue herons, white-faced ibis, raptors, hawks and ducks are everywhere.
    — Sharon Grigsby, Dallas News, 1 Oct. 2021
  • Flying ibis, as graceful as ballerinas, elude a snarling dog.
    — Elisa Turner, Sun Sentinel, 13 July 2022
  • Egrets, ibis and pelicans are common.
    — Pam Leblanc, Southern Living, 29 Oct. 2025
  • There, the crop continued to grow while white-faced ibis and killdeer birds loitered around the water.
    — Jake Goodrick, Sacbee.com, 4 Sep. 2025
  • The ibis pulls aside a curtain to reveal a man hidden in the shadows behind the scenes.
    — Christine Fernando, The Indianapolis Star, 11 July 2020
  • For instance, the god of writing, Thoth, was sometimes shown with the body of a man and head of an ibis.
    — Jonathon Keats, Discover Magazine, 10 Nov. 2017
  • And yes, an ibis, the wading bird UM’s yearbooks were named after.
    — Miami Herald, 29 Aug. 2025
  • City officials say an ibis and a heron have also died at Lake Eola.
    — Ryan Gillespie, The Orlando Sentinel, 7 Jan. 2026
  • The northern bald ibis has a ruddy bill and a crest of feathers that look like an intermittent mohawk.
    — Ari Daniel, NPR, 11 June 2026
  • Birds of a feather Tour the aviary kitchen, then feed different types of birds, including terns, ibis and ducks.
    — Amy Schwabe, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 31 July 2019
  • Twenty feet in front of us, a white ibis, hunting in the shallows with its long curved bill, squawked and took flight, fluttering out of sight.
    — New York Times, 21 Feb. 2022
  • Rhoades told me a relatively rare bird, an ibis, was spotted there once and drew dozens of birders to the trail to look for it again.
    — Chelsey Lewis, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 17 Aug. 2017
  • There were two glossy ibis, a black skimmer, and a probable nesting family of four merlins.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 24 July 2021
  • The scarlet ibis, like the flamingo, gains its vibrant color from carotene derived from a diet of crustaceans.
    — Discover Magazine, 29 June 2010
  • One collection of ibises played a role in the early debate about evolution.
    — Kiona N. Smith, Ars Technica, 12 Nov. 2018
  • In part, the low resighting numbers can be explained by the fact that many birds, like the ibis, have a high mortality rate.
    — New York Times, 21 Mar. 2018
  • Insects lay eggs in the carcasses, creating food for mongooses and ibis.
    — Ed Yong, The Atlantic, 19 June 2017
  • The mummified sacred ibis would be her case study, Barsody decided.
    — Maxime Tamsett, CNN, 1 May 2022
  • Unlike an ibis or a largemouth bass, which mostly feeds during the day and uses its large eyes to hunt, swamp eels have tiny eyes and are more active at night.
    — Dac Collins, Outdoor Life, 12 Mar. 2026
  • Birders will appreciate the abundance of egrets, ibis, and pelicans here too.
    — Pam Leblanc, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 Mar. 2026
  • These new Madagascar crested ibis chicks are on top of the world - or at least near the top of the Forest Aviary.
    — Dallas News, 14 June 2022
  • The famed swans as well as pelicans, herons, pigeons, geese and ibis were present but subdued, or possibly gloomy over a night of rising squalls to come.
    — Orlando Sentinel, 28 Sep. 2022
  • The area hosts a large necropolis for thousands of mummified ibis and baboon birds as well as other animals.
    — Menna Zaki, USA TODAY, 13 May 2017
  • Though the streams and the ibis imply the uses of creative energy, the experience of the Star is one of peace.
    — refinery29.com, 25 Aug. 2021
  • Visitors can walk a five-mile forest hiking trail and experience the chance to see kingfishers, hawks and green ibis.
    — Catherine Garcia, TheWeek, 27 May 2026
  • Tagged, chipped and clipped, Eola swans are loyal to the lake, but so is a long list of other wild birds, including ibis, anhinga and egret.
    — Kevin Spear, orlandosentinel.com, 14 July 2021
  • But on the other side is a blue bird, an ibis inspired by the head of Thoth, the ancient Egyptian god of magic, wisdom and truth.
    — Christine Fernando, The Indianapolis Star, 11 July 2020

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