How to Use avian in a Sentence

avian

adjective
  • This risk of mold, which can cause fatal avian diseases, is greatly reduced when bird feeders are cleaned regularly.
    Meghan Overdeep, Southern Living, 11 Mar. 2021
  • Researchers are worried that a deadly avian flu could arise in Southeast Asia and spread globally.
    Gary Robbins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Mar. 2021
  • Early 1900s -The avian flu is first identified in Italy.
    Cnn Editorial Research, CNN, 6 June 2021
  • The disease is just one among many that people in India worry about, joining tuberculosis, dengue fever and avian flu.
    Emily Schmall, New York Times, 21 Mar. 2021
  • Those who make the traverse can reap the rewards while looking out for black bears, wild hogs, alligators and abundant avian residents in the wilderness area.
    Patrick Connolly, orlandosentinel.com, 26 Feb. 2021
  • There are several reasons why the price of eggs has increased, including the ongoing avian flu outbreak and costs of fuel, grain and labor.
    Shelby Slade, The Arizona Republic, 12 Sep. 2024
  • Somewhat lesser known is the hippogriff, a part-equine, part-avian predator capable of galloping on the ground like a horse and then launching into the air to fly like an eagle.
    Michael B. Habib, Scientific American, 17 Mar. 2021
  • Birds migrating are often confused by large buildings and lights during nightfall, which is why Bush wrote to the Dallas paper urging Texans to help our avian friends.
    Jay R. Jordan, Chron, 17 Mar. 2021
  • 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
  • Well, the good news is the United States has been preparing for avian flu outbreaks for more than 20 years.
    Patrick Jarenwattananon, NPR, 3 Apr. 2024
  • An outbreak of avian flu and high demand led prices to peak in late December.
    Peter Charalambous, ABC News, 13 Jan. 2023
  • Cases of avian flu have been rising in backyard flocks and wild birds across dozens of states in recent months.
    Zoe Sottile, CNN, 24 Apr. 2022
  • The spread of an avian flu virus has decimated flocks of birds (and killed barn cats and other mammals).
    Arthur Allen, CBS News, 29 May 2024
  • But this is the first time the surveillance system detected an avian flu like this.
    Lindsey Leake, Fortune Well, 12 Sep. 2024

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