How to Use duckling in a Sentence
duckling
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In the past, the ducklings fell over on ramps with no sides.
—Dana Hedgpeth, Washington Post, 1 May 2018
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The ramps are used by the ducklings to get into the water.
—Dana Hedgpeth, Washington Post, 1 May 2018
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One day, my mum added a duckling who couldn’t walk to our menagerie.
—Longreads, 16 Sep. 2022
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The ducks were crossed Sixth Street to avoid a dog when three of the ducklings fell into a storm drain.
—San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 July 2019
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Her 8 ducklings fell through a large drainage grate on shoulder of the road.
—Prescotte Stokes Iii, star-telegram, 15 Apr. 2018
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Apparently the show is pitched to the duckling in all of us.
—Jesse Green, New York Times, 23 Apr. 2018
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Behind the bleachers, a hawk swooped down and picked up a duckling from a group of 10-12 babies.
—The Indianapolis Star, 14 May 2023
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No mother duck was around, so the crews removed the grate and used a net to capture each duckling.
—Pauline Repard, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 June 2019
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Females are all brown and might be herding a flock of ducklings.
—Chelsey Lewis, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 8 May 2020
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But first, here’s a question: What do ducklings and neo-Nazis have in common?
—The Christian Science Monitor, 25 June 2019
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The ducklings sleep with Fred in his dog basket, the BBC reported.
—Natalie Dreier, ajc, 22 May 2018
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Since May 20, the NPS reports 80 ducklings have been found dead in the reflecting pool.
—Sean Rossman, USA TODAY, 10 June 2017
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If for some reason the duck and her ducklings are in need of rescue, capture the mother first.
—Joan Morris, The Mercury News, 17 June 2019
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All six ducklings were rescued — one by hand, and the other five in the strainer basket.
—Katie Wiseman, The Indianapolis Star, 23 May 2024
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Security guard Nick Kreft saw the ducklings fall in and the mother fly away.
—Julio Ojeda-Zapata, Twin Cities, 26 May 2017
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Once all the ducklings were gone, folks stood around in shock and horror as Juniper went after the mama.
—Julia Gomez, USA TODAY, 1 May 2024
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Adding pep on the sidelines will be ducklings, piglets and baby bunnies.
—Kristi Turnquist, OregonLive.com, 2 Feb. 2018
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But as is so often the case, take a ho-hum little thing and put it in a garden and the ugly duckling does its changeling thing.
—Paul Cappiello, The Courier-Journal, 18 Aug. 2017
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By far, the cutest member of the family was the young duckling with its distinctive black and white stripes on its body.
—Cori Brown, baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll, 10 Nov. 2019
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Police said the workers placed the ducklings in a box and turned them over to the care of Falmouth Animal Control.
—Laney Ruckstuhl, BostonGlobe.com, 14 June 2018
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Behind the bar, whole ducklings and chickens rotate on the spit roaster.
—Joyce Smith, kansascity, 26 Jan. 2018
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Ramps for ducklings are back at the reflecting pool at the U.S. Capitol, wildlife experts said.
—Dana Hedgpeth, Washington Post, 1 May 2018
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Last Thursday, eight ducklings were swept into a storm drain.
—The Christian Science Monitor, 25 June 2019
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Watch a clip of his comments here, and more importantly, watch a clip of the capitol ducklings here.
—Madeleine Aggeler, The Cut, 26 Sep. 2017
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Parker does well as Doris, the hardly ugly but uncertain duckling that takes a seat in the back row in class and stays mum.
—Lisa Kennedy, Variety, 25 Jan. 2024
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And as for her former days as an ugly duckling and the kids in her junior high school who used to make fun of her now stylish asset?
—David Handelman, Cosmopolitan, 1 Jan. 1950
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When my two daughters were little, a friend brought a duckling to our house that he’d been given and didn’t want his own children to have.
—Ann Hymes, The Christian Science Monitor, 16 Aug. 2021
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And water-type trainers are sure to choose Quaxley, the local duckling.
—Marisa Lascala, Good Housekeeping, 14 Oct. 2022
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The couple decided to hand-rear the helpless duckling and named her Freda.
—Kelli Bender, Peoplemag, 25 June 2023
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The ducklings fell as the family of ducks was crossing the highway in rush hour traffic, the fire department said.
—Ruth Bruno, courant.com, 21 May 2018
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