How to Use avian in a Sentence

avian

adjective

• Their eggs were huge, larger than that of even the biggest non-avian dinosaurs.
  — Riley Black, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 Dec. 2020
• This same colony of birds was decimated the previous year due to avian flu.
  — Cecilia Rodriguez, Forbes, 23 Sep. 2024
• A few million years later, a cataclysmic asteroid strike sparked an extinction event that wiped out the non-avian dinosaurs.
  — Amy McKeever, National Geographic, 18 Nov. 2020
• Crowds of birders and onlookers showed up to see this avian rarity; the last time the fluffy bird was spotted in the park occurred 130 years ago.
  — Pamela Wright, BostonGlobe.com, 23 Feb. 2021
• The preserve’s avian residents provide a great natural soundtrack.
  — Patrick Connolly, orlandosentinel.com, 19 Feb. 2021
• Common yellowthroats and American woodcocks and ovenbirds, avian ice cubes tightly sealed in plastic.
  — Washington Post, 24 Nov. 2020
• Kolo’s 40-page book isn’t the only holiday item featuring the avian newsmaker.
  — Nardine Saad, Los Angeles Times, 17 Dec. 2020
• These findings indicate that modern birds started to evolve and proliferate prior to the mass extinction that wiped out the non-avian dinosaurs.
  — Riley Black, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 Dec. 2020
• While migratory birds cross many borders during their annual cycle, avian ecologists often focus only on that moment in time where the birds are in their study area.
  — Rebecca McGuire, Scientific American, 14 Jan. 2021
• Moreover, snowballing agricultural crises like avian flu and ASF can make meat prices extremely erratic.
  — Time, 22 Jan. 2021
• Research scientist Glen Golden, who has trained dogs and ferrets to detect avian flu in birds, explains why certain animals are well suited to sniff out sickness.
  — Glen J. Golden, The Conversation, 13 Jan. 2021
• As his predecessor had with avian flu, Dr. Redfield quickly offered American help to fight the outbreak in Wuhan.
  — New York Times, 1 Jan. 2021
• Surveillance of thieving seabirds for avian flu could potentially aid in detecting the disease early on, and in doing so, be an important step in seabird conservation, per the study.
  — Alexa Robles-Gil, Smithsonian Magazine, 18 Sep. 2024
• The closest case of avian flu to date was 110 miles away.
  — Victoria Moorwood, The Enquirer, 13 Apr. 2022
• The cost of a dozen — though volatile thanks to avian flu — has doubled to more than $3.
  — Rob Wile, NBC News, 14 Aug. 2024
• An outbreak of avian flu caused a shortage of eggs, the price of which soared.
  — Jonathan Swan, New York Times, 8 June 2024
• There are other avian options to bronze in the oven and present with panache.
  — Florence Fabricant, New York Times, 13 Nov. 2023
• Egg prices, which have been volatile after a bout of avian flu, fell 7.3%.
  — Christopher Rugaber, Fortune, 15 May 2024
• For starters, this is the first time that the posture seen in the embryo has been seen in a non-avian dinosaur.
  — Joshua Hawkins, BGR, 22 Dec. 2021
• Bioterrorism, the avian flu, the Iraq war, and pedophile priests?
  — Ew Staff, Peoplemag, 23 Oct. 2022
• An avian flu outbreak, meanwhile, has sent egg prices up 21% over the past year.
  — Max Zahn, ABC News, 10 May 2023
• In 2008, Science published a new avian tree based on DNA.
  — Ben Crair, The New Yorker, 15 July 2022
• So far, tests confirmed 10 of those birds were positive for the avian flu.
  — Cheri Carlson, USA TODAY, 24 Apr. 2023
• Instead, the pouches were simply stuck to the backs of the avian assistants with some duct tape.
  — Robin Andrews, Wired, 29 Nov. 2021
• Miller said the ponds were refilled last year once the immediate threat of avian flu had passed.
  — Hanh Truong, Sacramento Bee, 25 May 2024
• Angry Birds fans can take the avian battle to a whole new level at the end of the month, thanks to Electric Gamebox.
  — Deborah Martin, San Antonio Express-News, 7 June 2022
• Try a masked cape and corset look for an avian look with Victorian flair.
  — Katarina Avendano, Good Housekeeping, 12 May 2022
• After a bird tests positive for avian flu, they are culled to control the spread of the disease.
  — Michelle Cheng, Quartz, 24 Jan. 2023
• What’s more, the virus has spread far beyond its typical avian hosts.
  — Claire Bugos, Verywell Health, 9 Feb. 2023
• The price of eggs, which spiked last summer due to an avian flu outbreak, has fallen nearly 8% over the past year.
  — Max Zahn, ABC News, 17 July 2023

Last Updated: 20 Nov 2024