How to Use mallard in a Sentence

mallard

noun
  • Few hunters know a mallard from a scaup — or even know what a scaup is.
    — John Schandelmeier, Anchorage Daily News, 18 July 2021
  • The wet fly has a wing of mallard flank and a body made of red silk or floss.
    — Paul A. Smith, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 21 Apr. 2018
  • The pyramid was topped with a pair of mallards.
    — Natalie Krebs, Outdoor Life, 14 Jan. 2026
  • The sketch showed a drake and hen mallard dropping into a marsh.
    — Paul A. Smith, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 27 Aug. 2021
  • Their bears are damp from trout, their mallards balance on feathers.
    — Christopher Borrelli, chicagotribune.com, 26 May 2017
  • Trumpeter swans nest there, and sandhill cranes, as well as the mallards.
    — Molly Guthrey, Twin Cities, 22 May 2017
  • The usual Canada goose flock was present, as were a pair of mallards.
    — Taylor Piephoff, charlotteobserver, 16 Mar. 2018
  • At the edge of the property is a pond where swans, mallards and coots paddle around.
    — Pete Wells, New York Times, 24 Apr. 2018
  • When mallards are found, their mom and dad are usually nearby.
    — Gina Kalsi, PEOPLE, 23 Apr. 2026
  • Morgan said some birds are wild, including the mallards that strut around on the shore.
    — Lex Talamo, The Seattle Times, 24 Jan. 2018
  • Canada geese and mallards, meanwhile, tend to stick around much later in the fall.
    — Maia Pandey, Journal Sentinel, 26 Sep. 2024
  • But one day the mallard was gone and the nest was empty, with no sign of eggshells or any disturbance.
    — Val Cunningham Contributing Writer, Star Tribune, 1 Sep. 2020
  • Passengers may spy mergansers and mallards, deer, and even black bears.
    — Mark Orwoll, Travel + Leisure, 5 Oct. 2023
  • But my two favorites are the mallard and pheasant from Duck Camp.
    — The Editors, Field & Stream, 24 May 2023
  • Two slices of ham form a neck, while a pheasant and a mallard stand in for a shoulder that leads us to sausage fingers.
    — Natasha Gural, Forbes, 24 June 2022
  • Many mallard/green-wing hybrids will have a chestnut brown mallard-like breast and yellow bill.
    — Ryan Chelius, Outdoor Life, 1 Mar. 2021
  • There are also a ton of coastal marshes and estuaries that draw black ducks and mallards.
    — Alex Robinson, Outdoor Life, 6 Aug. 2025
  • Well, Avery the mallard is not only cute but also loves dabbling in the world of art.
    — Nikita Charuza, Peoplemag, 7 Mar. 2023
  • These decoys are perfect for mixing into a spread of standard mallard floaters.
    — Alex Robinson, Outdoor Life, 29 Oct. 2025
  • But the video eventually cuts to a different clip in which the mallard is clearly dead.
    — Katie Hill, Outdoor Life, 13 July 2023
  • For instance, mallards defy norms of male dominance by putting the females in charge of picking a mate.
    — Jeanette Marantos, Los Angeles Times, 1 June 2023
  • Within days the mallard was attracting thousands of people to the bridge in hope of seeing the duck’s eggs hatch.
    — Journal Sentinel, 23 May 2024
  • Does the fossil record contain evidence of a mallard the size of a 727?
    — A.o. Scott, New York Times, 15 Feb. 2018
  • There’s a reason that mallards are the most abundant duck in North America.
    — Andrew McKean, Outdoor Life, 20 Dec. 2023
  • The drake mallard hung around, quacking from the roofline of my neighbor’s house for a few days, and then another female appeared.
    — Frank Abderholden, Lake County News-Sun, 3 June 2018
  • For example some wigeon or divers mixed along the side of a mallard spread can help the rig be more visible and realistic.
    — Joe Arterburn, Outdoor Life, 14 Nov. 2024
  • In this case, the collision was from a drake mallard duck (Anas platyrhynchos) lying dead on its belly in the sand.
    — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 5 June 2023
  • Usually, the lake had a mix of pines and maples around it, mallards and mergansers on it, the sky’s changing moods reflected in it.
    — Alec Scott, Sunset Magazine, 22 Jan. 2018
  • Now, according to the articles, the duck paddled around with the common mallards, circling idly for crumbs of bread.
    — Anelise Chen, The Atlantic, 25 Feb. 2025
  • Unable to obtain carcasses of Eurasian coot or teal, the researchers used the wing bones of two female mallard ducks.
    — Franz Lidz, New York Times, 28 Aug. 2023

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