How to Use swan in a Sentence

swan

noun
  • The swan-neck tap, with its two silver wings.
    — Literary Hub, 6 Nov. 2025
  • How her mind moved from two swans to a snail shell is beauty.
    — Victoria Chang, The New York Review of Books, 2 Oct. 2025
  • The chefs would pinch swans out of the dough for them and whisk them around the city.
    — Clarissa Wei, Los Angeles Times, 1 Dec. 2023
  • With the swan and black duck secured, the count dropped to two birds — the whistling ducks.
    — Scott Haugen, Outdoor Life, 18 Dec. 2025
  • Nearby, a mating pair of wild swans that live on the lake peered over the fence.
    — Ryan Gillespie, The Orlando Sentinel, 24 Jan. 2026
  • An end to the war could be a positive black swan for markets.
    — Brendan Ahern, Forbes, 23 Mar. 2023
  • Its adorable swan-like design adds a whimsical touch to any room.
    — Nora Colomer May Earn A Commission If You Buy Through Our Referral Links. This Content Was Created By A Team That Works Independently From The Fox Newsroom., FOXNews.com, 6 Aug. 2025
  • Angry swans brood and colorful birds perch atop old cages.
    — Karen Burshtein, Time, 12 Mar. 2026
  • The city owned 25 of the swans; the other four were transient.
    — Hal Boedeker, The Orlando Sentinel, 30 Jan. 2026
  • Now, the swans have to deal with hunters and von Rothbart’s jealousy.
    — David Lyman, Cincinnati Enquirer, 5 Feb. 2026
  • When the swan died, Muriel remembered, her nails tapped twice on the stage.
    — Frances Wilson september 23, Literary Hub, 23 Sep. 2025
  • This charm is my favorite of the batch; The swan’s neck is curved to look like half a heart.
    — Tamim Alnuweiri, InStyle, 26 June 2026
  • On the white brick wall behind the bar hung what looked like a triptych of a swan on a pink settee.
    — Lisa Cericola, Southern Living, 15 Sep. 2025
  • Dessert in hand, sit on a dock, dip your feet in the water, and watch the lake’s resident swans.
    — Tribune Content Agency, Baltimore Sun, 8 Apr. 2026
  • Just as ominous, one of those hunters is a prince who is smitten by a swan princess named Odette.
    — David Lyman, Cincinnati Enquirer, 5 Feb. 2026
  • The idea rests on the notion that black swans are very rare in nature, with nearly all of the birds white.
    — The Arizona Republic, 26 Mar. 2024
  • Three others were wild swans who apparently joined the flock at the park.
    — Ryan Gillespie, The Orlando Sentinel, 12 Jan. 2026
  • There were lots of things available of the other women around her, the other swans.
    — Brande Victorian, The Hollywood Reporter, 6 Mar. 2024
  • The swan, after all, is the national bird of this fairy-tale kingdom.
    — Laird Borrelli-Persson, Vogue, 6 Feb. 2024
  • Iowa released four swans in 1994 as part of their restoration plan.
    — Lucia Cheng, Des Moines Register, 13 Jan. 2026
  • His work has the feel of the ancient, the swans’ necks bent into the handles of amphorae.
    — Jocelyn Silver, Vogue, 22 Feb. 2026
  • Gold’s black swan scenarios One key risk for gold is the above-ground aspect.
    — Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 5 Feb. 2026
  • About 15 neighbors whose homes are near the pond named the swans and fed them corn, lettuce and carrots.
    — Kyle Melnick, Washington Post, 7 Mar. 2024
  • Swans mate for life, after all, and these birds can famously be seen forming a heart shape with their necks and heads.
    — Sophia Beams, Better Homes & Gardens, 21 Jan. 2026
  • Each of the swans carries out their personal vendetta against Capote in their own way.
    — Brande Victorian, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Mar. 2024
  • Slim had a soft spot for Capote, and was the only swan to forgive the disgraced author.
    — Kalia Richardson, Rolling Stone, 3 Feb. 2024
  • And there could be a black swan event, like some insane, overnight leap in capability.
    — Reed Albergotti, semafor.com, 14 Nov. 2025
  • The roofline meets the C-pillar in a long arc that tapers to an elegant swan’s tail.
    — Tribune News Service, cleveland, 5 Mar. 2022
  • All the while, the swans were winning the hearts of Manlius residents and tourists.
    — Jonathan Edwards, Washington Post, 2 June 2023
  • Friends who’ve seen excerpts are horrified; one swan, given a sneak preview, cuts him out of her life.
    — al, 11 Oct. 2021

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