How to Use seagull in a Sentence

seagull

noun
  • Why do seagulls live by the sea?
    — Hallie Milstein, Southern Living, 2 May 2026
  • For once, there were more boo birds than seagulls in the stands.
    — Andrew Baggarly, New York Times, 10 May 2026
  • Someone had just brought in a seagull that had been hit by a car.
    — Ian Frazier, New Yorker, 5 May 2025
  • Geese and seagulls mudlark on the bank.
    — Theo Lloyd-Hughes, New York Times, 1 Feb. 2026
  • This one might be tougher to solve than the goose and seagull problem.
    — Keith Matheny, Detroit Free Press, 1 Oct. 2017
  • Then, in an instant, a seagull swooped in.
    — Ashley Vega, PEOPLE, 21 Apr. 2026
  • Outside, seagulls squawk; a crane lifts sand and plops it on a boat.
    — Hannah Martin, Architectural Digest, 4 Sep. 2025
  • Just be wary of hungry seagulls, who might swoop in for a bite of your food.
    — Joshua Mandell, Sacramento Bee, 30 Jan. 2024
  • As the sky darkens, the wind picks up, and the cries of the seagulls lessen.
    — Literary Hub, 11 Aug. 2025
  • The seagull problems start when fans begin to leave the game.
    — Chris Bumbaca, USA TODAY, 5 July 2019
  • Sightings of seagulls have been made as well as thrushes and robins.
    — Jeff Lowenfels, Anchorage Daily News, 13 Apr. 2023
  • Two seagulls rode the air with outstretched wings, rocking side to side.
    — Literary Hub, 30 June 2025
  • The air carries a strong whiff of fish and chips and the threat of seagull splatter.
    — Eamon Lynch, azcentral, 15 July 2019
  • Scallops of white surf surged against the pocked foot of a rock covered in seagulls.
    — Dana Goodyear, The New Yorker, 30 Sep. 2019
  • Noise and crowds were replaced by the sounds of lapping waves and seagull cries.
    — Bailey Bujnosek, InStyle, 12 Jan. 2026
  • Just like seagulls flocking to a french fry that's fallen.
    — Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 2 Apr. 2026
  • Gulf breezes are a given here, as are the sounds of seagulls and the surf coming in.
    — Libby Monteith Minor, Southern Living, 15 May 2026
  • Gulf breezes are a given here, as are the sounds of seagulls and the surf coming in.
    — Libby Monteith Minor, Southern Living, 11 May 2025
  • People chatter, kids laugh, seagulls screech and birds chirp.
    — Zareen Syed, Chicago Tribune, 8 Aug. 2025
  • Or in spring, where there was this great fuzz of pink sea thrift, and the call the seagulls was just amazing.
    — Cnt Editors, Condé Nast Traveler, 13 July 2023
  • Along the way, predators such as seagulls, crabs and raccoons will snatch them off the beach.
    — Monica Cull, Discover Magazine, 7 July 2023
  • In some portions away from the shore, seagulls are able to stand with just their feet getting wet.
    — Antonio Olivo, Washington Post, 5 Mar. 2023
  • The team planned to do a separate study focused on seagulls this year.
    — Cnn.com Wire Service, The Mercury News, 27 Dec. 2024
  • One of Chavez’s clients is a landfill that is often swarmed by seagulls.
    — Hugo Martin, Los Angeles Times, 18 Aug. 2019
  • The sea was frothy and infinite and blue-green beneath the span of a seagull’s wing.
    — Gary Shteyngart, The Atlantic, 4 Apr. 2024
  • The seagull appears to poke the garment around with its beak a few times before the clip ends.
    — Soo Kim, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 June 2025
  • Overhead, squadrons of seagulls and other birds snatched bug after bug out of midair.
    — Dac Collins, Outdoor Life, 14 May 2026
  • His depiction of the seven deadly sins as seagulls came to him in a dream.
    — Caroline Reilly, Robb Report, 6 June 2025
  • Whether or not the city of Bath needs another seagull is a point of contention.
    — National Geographic, 1 June 2017
  • Seagulls circled the smokestack and a gentle swell from the last storm gently rolled the ship.
    — Porter Fox, New York Times, 19 Aug. 2016

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