How to Use wattle in a Sentence

wattle

noun
  • Add black beads for eyes, along with a paper beak and wattle.
    — Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 29 Sep. 2023
  • Aim for the point where his red wattles meet feathers on his neck.
    — Adam Moore, Outdoor Life, 10 Mar. 2023
  • Those wattles act as speed bumps to slow the flow and stem erosion.
    — Nan Sterman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Feb. 2025
  • Those wattles act as speed bumps to slow the flow and stem erosion.
    — Nan Sterman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Feb. 2024
  • Ochoa looked toward the bottom of the canyon where dozens of wattles were piled.
    — Blake Nelson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Nov. 2023
  • Many of the roosters’ combs and wattles were cut off and some had injuries on their claws.
    — Alicia Fabbre, Chicago Tribune, 30 Apr. 2026
  • The three hoisted two wattles onto their shoulders and strode up a hill.
    — Blake Nelson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Nov. 2023
  • In the end, a prosthetic neck wattle piece was used to give that sagging, aged look to that area.
    — Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 6 Feb. 2024
  • For steep slopes, wattles can be placed in strategic locations to slow down runoff and catch soil that may wash down.
    — The San Diego Union Tribune, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Mar. 2026
  • Capes scans the horizon, his eyes moving across the acacia trees and the wattle bushes, and takes a deep breath.
    — Keith Drew, AFAR Media, 16 Jan. 2025
  • Pardington spat out the coin and looked at the bird, the male with its long, curved beak and pronounced wattle.
    — Tom Page, CNN Money, 19 Mar. 2026
  • Be sure to stake wattles or logs securely to prevent them from shifting during heavy rain events.
    — Kristin Guy, Sunset Magazine, 31 Oct. 2024
  • Sydney was awash in green and gold, and the wave of wattle is looking to wash over the rest of the country in the coming weeks.
    — Rachel Yabsley, Vogue, 1 Aug. 2023
  • This one featured Australian koalas and golden wattle flowers.
    — Tim Newcomb, Forbes.com, 16 July 2025
  • Thanksgiving Give your goose a harvest look with a colorful turkey tail and wattle.
    — Isabella Milano, Better Homes & Gardens, 29 Oct. 2024
  • Part bug snug and part wattle fence, a dead hedge is a sturdy structure that provides habitat for wildlife and also functions as an inexpensive garden fence.
    — Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 12 Aug. 2024
  • The bite landed on Dottie's wattle, the fleshy red tissue hanging from a chicken's beak that helps regulate body temperature.
    — Craig Shoup, Nashville Tennessean, 18 Sep. 2025
  • During a brief sequence on the women’s high jump, Ichikawa suddenly cuts to what looks like the wattle of an elderly spectator, then to another.
    — Chris Vognar, Vulture, 26 May 2021
  • Plastic bed edging is one option, but natural materials like rocks and woven branches (known as wattle edging) can also be used to frame flower beds.
    — Lauren Landers, The Spruce, 15 Apr. 2026
  • The queen wore the yellow gold, silk tulle dress adorned with sparkling gold wattle — acacia flower — motifs, for her first visit to Australia in 1954.
    — Samantha Conti, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2019
  • Margret Campbell stands at the edge of Sydney’s Harbor foreshore, her hand brushing the leaves of a seasonal wattle tree.
    — Christopher Elliott, Forbes.com, 9 Aug. 2025
  • Advertisement The wattles were the foundation for a project that could potentially transform the region.
    — Blake Nelson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Nov. 2023
  • But years of deforestation and the introduction of invasive species such as black wattle and eucalyptus radically changed the area around the gulch.
    — Reis Thebault, Washington Post, 7 Feb. 2024
  • Yet the wattle’s importance to human societies predates Australia’s colonial period by tens of thousands of years, as new research makes clear.
    — Nora McGreevy, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 Apr. 2022
  • It was created for her royal tour of Australia in 1954 and reveals white and yellow wattle blossom motifs to honor her first visit to the country as queen.
    — Nicole Kliest, Vogue, 30 Apr. 2026
  • Another Baldwin favorite is the twisted desert wattle (Acacia aphylla), a sculptural plant with twisty, deep green branches and little fluff balls of yellow flowers at the tips.
    — Jeanette Marantos, Los Angeles Times, 1 Dec. 2023
  • Sprigs of wattle have been used to represent Australia for decades, notably decorating the colonial-era Commonwealth Coat of Arms.
    — Nora McGreevy, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 Apr. 2022
  • Invasive black wattle, pine and gum trees crowd the jagged slopes that encircle this region’s sprawling wine lands, displacing native vegetation and choking off precious water that would otherwise trickle into the city’s reservoirs.
    — Katharine Houreld, Washington Post, 28 Feb. 2024
  • Symptoms in infected birds include neurological symptoms, fatigue, swollen comb or wattles, difficulty walking, nasal discharge and decreased egg production.
    — Annie Berman, Anchorage Daily News, 14 May 2023
  • The beauty of the virtual chicken is that the researchers could test the female’s reaction to a rooster with a wattle and without one, and watch her responses to wattles of varying size and flexibility—all by altering the appendage digitally.
    — Kate Wong, Scientific American, 21 Jan. 2014

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