How to Use fledge in a Sentence

fledge

verb

• The young birds haven't yet fledged.
• Chicks fledge, or leave the nest, at about 12 weeks old.
  — Orange County Register, 5 Jan. 2017
• About two-thirds of the puffins fledged chicks last year, Lyons said.
  — Patrick Whittle, BostonGlobe.com, 29 Aug. 2023
• At about four months old, the chick becomes a fledging and is ready to leave the nest.
  — National Geographic, 24 Mar. 2020
• The warblers moved around most when babies were in the nest and were starting to fledge.
  — Riley Black, Smithsonian Magazine, 28 Aug. 2020
• A video shows Spirit fledging the nest from an oak tree.
  — Dana Hedgpeth, Washington Post, 5 June 2017
• Semel worked with the city of Waukegan to place ropes and signs around the nesting site to keep humans away so the young can hatch and fledge.
  — Sheryl Devore, Lake County News-Sun, 3 July 2017
• For those who put up bird nesting boxes in spring, now is a good time to watch for the young to fledge.
  — Sheryl Devore, chicagotribune.com, 9 July 2021
• On a recent visit, the young were about 150 days old, nearly time to fledge.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Aug. 2019
• Born last spring, #1111 is the second condor ever to fledge, or learn to fly, in Zion.
  — The Salt Lake Tribune, 22 Jan. 2022
• The parent birds look ratty by the time the kids have fledged, but a few months later they’re all turned out in fresh feathers.
  — Murr Brewster, The Christian Science Monitor, 13 Sep. 2017
• The cliffs where birds set up nests will stay closed for the rest of the breeding season, until the chicks fledge sometime around late July.
  — Rebekah Wahlberg, The Salt Lake Tribune, 1 Mar. 2021
• In some cases, the natural chicks don't thrive and only the cowbird chick survives to fledge from the nest.
  — Val Cunningham Special To The Star Tribune, Star Tribune, 6 July 2021
• After the babies fledge, the pair sometimes return later to raise a second brood in the same nest.
  — Joan Morris, The Mercury News, 22 Mar. 2017
• Much like short-track speedskating, snowboarding wasn't even full-fledged a sport in the 1980s.
  — Barry Svrluga, chicagotribune.com, 13 Feb. 2018
• The baby eagle was believed to be a female by the nonprofit and fledged that year.
  — Helena Wegner, Sacramento Bee, 26 Feb. 2024
• The baby eagle was believed to be a female by the nonprofit and fledged that year.
  — Helena Wegner, Sacramento Bee, 7 Feb. 2024
• Keep an eye out for the 55 species that nest at the park, including the bright yellow warbler and the least bell’s vireo (the babies will soon be fledging!).
  — Dakota Kim, Los Angeles Times, 16 Mar. 2023
• Despite the odds, M15 succeeded, and both eaglets fledged in March.
  — Meghan Overdeep, Southern Living, 4 Jan. 2024
• Despite the odds, M15 succeeded, and both eaglets fledged in March.
  — Meghan Overdeep, Southern Living, 28 Nov. 2023
• Birdwatchers are now concerned about when Tuffy will fledge — the term for when birds grow feathers large enough to fly on their own.
  — Daniel S. Levine, Peoplemag, 23 June 2023
• From nest building to fledging is a process that can continue through June.
  — Tom Stienstra, SFChronicle.com, 6 Feb. 2020
• Orion fledged the nest in June and hasn’t been seen on the camera since, according to officials for the Dulles Greenway.
  — Dana Hedgpeth, Washington Post, 6 Feb. 2023
• In that year, declining numbers of their fish prey led to only about a quarter of the birds fledging chicks.
  — Margaret Osborne, Smithsonian Magazine, 6 Sep. 2023
• Young are fledged now, and the family groups are moving around and dispersing.
  — Taylor Piephoff, Charlotte Observer, 31 Jan. 2024
• The following spring, Starr laid and hatched two eggs, one of which successfully fledged.
  — Chelsey Lewis, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 5 Mar. 2020
• Harriet has fledged dozens of eagles since the early 1990s.
  — Washington Post, 15 Jan. 2020
• The older birds seem to understand the timeline needed for their young to fledge and forgo breeding in late spring years.
  — John Schandelmeier, Anchorage Daily News, 11 Apr. 2020
• As every parent of a college student knows, fledging is a process, not an event.
  — Jill Singer, BostonGlobe.com, 17 Aug. 2019
• The chicks will then rely on their parents for food for about two months before fledging, or first taking flight.
  — Eugene Register-Guard, OregonLive.com, 5 May 2018

Last Updated: 10 Nov 2024