How to Use loon in a Sentence

loon

noun
  • Unlike many birds, loons are not built to take off from land.
    — Nick Lunemann, CBS News, 6 Apr. 2026
  • Ready to eat tuna melts and listen to loon calls by the fire?
    — Greta Cross, USA Today, 24 Feb. 2026
  • From somewhere out in the night came the hauntingly wild cry of a loon.
    — Tim Folger, National Geographic, 17 Nov. 2020
  • Lydia comes off like an Altman loon who is soon to be exposed.
    — Charles C. W. Cooke, National Review, 9 Nov. 2022
  • Near the dead eagle, Maine wildlife warden Neal Wykes had found a dead loon chick.
    — Theresa MacHemer, Smithsonian Magazine, 29 May 2020
  • Another day, a loon family of three sailed past me, as proudly as if on parade.
    — Susan Lapinski, Star Tribune, 21 July 2021
  • The loon has long been a sentinel creature for detecting mercury in our waters.
    — Jill Neimark, Discover Magazine, 13 Feb. 2013
  • And picked the wrong loon to mess with, Jason Bittel writes for Nat Geo.
    — Steve Winter, National Geographic, 4 June 2020
  • The stories featured the loon, whale, moose and other animals of the region.
    — Mary Hudetz, ProPublica, 4 Dec. 2023
  • An annual count of common loons found more adults and chicks this year than last, Maine Audubon said this week.
    — Patrick Whittle, Fortune, 14 Dec. 2025
  • Bell pressed ahead with the show, loon references and all, and licensed it to HBO.
    — Ben Smith, semafor.com, 31 Jan. 2026
  • The image, known as the rebel loon, blends the outline of a loon with the familiar rebellion emblem.
    — Nick Lunemann, CBS News, 28 Jan. 2026
  • The park is home to a wide variety of birds including loons, herons, eagles and peregrine falcons.
    — Eve Chen, USA TODAY, 22 Apr. 2023
  • On Monday, nearly three dozen loon enthusiasts showed up to watch from the shoreline.
    — Washington Post, 28 May 2021
  • Officials are caring for a common loon and a western grebe that were recovered with oil on their bodies.
    — Hannah Fry, Los Angeles Times, 11 Mar. 2024
  • With more freezing temperatures possible, more of the birds could come tumbling down, loon experts say.
    — Ben Kesling, wsj.com, 24 Apr. 2023
  • Read the America and Israel-hating loon's exact words here.
    — Staff, FOXNews.com, 4 Sep. 2025
  • Going by a stretch of eight games after his return from knee surgery in mid-January, Ainge might have seemed to be a bit of a loon.
    — Sean Deveney, Forbes, 1 Mar. 2021
  • Many of the property’s 93 guest rooms have lakefront views (as well as loon listening privileges).
    — Michael Alpiner, Forbes, 29 May 2021
  • You’re being challenged by some right-wing loon who’s carrying on about socialism and handouts and taxing and spending.
    — Michael Tomasky, The New Republic, 22 Nov. 2021
  • Abnormally cold weather in Wisconsin iced up the wings of migrating loons and caused dozens of them to fall from the sky over the past few days.
    — Ben Kesling, wsj.com, 24 Apr. 2023
  • Haug said the loon carries particular meaning for Minnesotans.
    — Nick Lunemann, CBS News, 28 Jan. 2026
  • This is sending shivers down the spines of regular Democrats, who now sheepishly admit the party has been turned over to the left-wing loons.
    — Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 27 June 2026
  • According to the preamble, 30% of dead loons in a Wisconsin study were lead-poisoned.
    — Paul A. Smith, Journal Sentinel, 19 Apr. 2023
  • Kravitz is feline and fiercely lovely, a girl with her own private pain and motivations; Dano feints and giggles, a simpering loon.
    — Zack Sharf, Variety, 28 Feb. 2022
  • The birds are migrating to the Arctic to breed and this loon, which previously showed up at the preserve, may have gotten blown off course, Buzard said.
    — Don Sweeney, Sacramento Bee, 6 Mar. 2024
  • Such tackle is a leading cause of lead poisoning in loons, according to wildlife rehabilitators.
    — Paul A. Smith, Journal Sentinel, 30 Mar. 2023
  • As loons make their way back to Midwest lakes this spring, some are being forced out of the sky by dangerous weather conditions, leading to crash landings far from water.
    — Nick Lunemann, CBS News, 6 Apr. 2026
  • Maine has thousands more loons than the other New England states, with the other five states combining for about 1,000 adults.
    — Patrick Whittle, Fortune, 14 Dec. 2025
  • Campers venture out into the untrammeled waters for days without seeing another person or hearing anything but the soprano trill of a loon.
    — Jack Brook, The Christian Science Monitor, 2 July 2020

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