How to Use wren in a Sentence

wren

noun
  • Now is also a good time to put out a nest box designed for house wrens.
    — Ernie Cowan, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Feb. 2023
  • Birds that nest on or near the ground, like the house wren, push their young to leave early.
    — National Geographic, 25 June 2018
  • Keep an eye out for the cave swallow, canyon wren and rock wren near the cave entrance.
    — Anna Mazurek, Chron, 2 Jan. 2023
  • Now even those famous little brown wrens are fairly slicked up.
    — Eugenia Sheppard, Harper's BAZAAR, 14 Nov. 2014
  • Parent wrens would still bring food, but often not enter the nest box.
    — Ernie Cowan, sandiegouniontribune.com, 26 May 2018
  • Somewhere far off a marsh wren sang, but never showed itself.
    — Taylor Piephoff, charlotteobserver, 4 May 2018
  • In the case of superb fairy-wrens, there’s safety in numbers.
    — Grrlscientist, Forbes, 27 Mar. 2023
  • Sycamore trees were full of nesting holes for birds like western bluebird and house wrens.
    — Jaclyn Cosgrove, Los Angeles Times, 16 Jan. 2025
  • Of those, the robins are the largest, while the juncos, wrens and finches are all about the same size.
    — Joan Morris, The Mercury News, 10 July 2019
  • Even more surprising is where the wrens decided to nest this time.
    — Ernie Cowan, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 July 2019
  • In the second half, some large bird—not a canyon wren—started cawing with the music.
    — Rivka Galchen, The New Yorker, 10 Oct. 2022
  • Stunning wren duets are conceived as a whole but sung in two parts, by Ed Yong.
    — David Dobbs, WIRED, 9 Nov. 2011
  • The piece ends on the song of the musician wren, a brown-orange bird speckled in black and white.
    — Maya Wei-Haas, Smithsonian, 13 Sep. 2017
  • Nest building is nearly complete, and for two nights an adult house wren has spent the night inside the wren nest box.
    — Ernie Cowan, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Mar. 2026
  • The normal nesting period of house wrens is two weeks to 17 days.
    — Ernie Cowan, sandiegouniontribune.com, 19 May 2018
  • Birds such as tanagers, thrush, orioles, grosbeaks, vireos, wrens, and buntings.
    — cleveland.com, 22 May 2017
  • Soon, one young house wren peeked outside the nest hole, saw its parents and took the plunge, landing safely on a branch.
    — Sheryl Devore, chicagotribune.com, 9 July 2021
  • The Northern house wren is considered a rather plain and drab-looking brown bird with a thin bill.
    — Joan Morris, Mercury News, 21 Apr. 2025
  • This mosquito tends to live in hardwood bogs and feeds on birds like robins, herons, and wrens, spreading the virus among them.
    — Zoya Teirstein, WIRED, 7 Sep. 2024
  • Most tube feeders have short perches so that only small birds like finches, wrens, or titmice can rest on them to eat.
    — Kj Callihan, Better Homes & Gardens, 17 Oct. 2022
  • The size of the opening also prevents larger birds from entering, so your wrens will be safe.
    — Brandi Fuller, Better Homes & Gardens, 17 May 2023
  • The wren parents sat in a nearby tree, gurgling and bubbling and calling to the young inside the box.
    — Sheryl Devore, chicagotribune.com, 9 July 2021
  • As much as the wren coming to adopt the birdhouse as its own, this was another blurring of the boundaries.
    — Literary Hub, 19 Sep. 2025
  • Today, our seven house wren chicks have left the comfort and safety of the tiny, 4 by 4-inch nest box.
    — Ernie Cowan, sandiegouniontribune.com, 26 May 2018
  • Observers spotted a snowy owl and a house wren at Crane Beach in Essex.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 1 Dec. 2019
  • In past years the male house wren jumped into action as soon as eggs hatched, bringing in food to help feed the hungry youngsters.
    — Ernie Cowan, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Aug. 2023
  • Normally, once chicks arrive, the male jumps into action and brings food to help the mother wren.
    — Ernie Cowan, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 July 2023
  • Fall is the best time to hang a birdhouse designed for wrens (with an entrance exactly 1⅛-inch wide).
    — Boston.com Real Estate, 1 Oct. 2019
  • With a new camera installed and a fresh coat of paint, a male wren began the nesting process by placing a few twigs inside.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Apr. 2022
  • This could mean the male wren was killed while defending the nest from another male attempting to claim the nest box as his own.
    — Ernie Cowan, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 July 2023

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