How to Use fledgling in a Sentence

fledgling

noun
  • The owl had come to the zoo as a fledgling 13 years earlier.
    Dennis Romero, NBC News, 24 Feb. 2024
  • And the fledglings aren’t the only ones who benefit from the rescue.
    Jessica Bishopp, The New Yorker, 8 Nov. 2023
  • Invasive mammals, like rodents, are known to feed on the eggs and fledglings of the Azores bullfinch.
    Anne Pinto-Rodrigues, Smithsonian Magazine, 14 Sep. 2023
  • Koepka looks to become the first two-time winner on the fledgling tour formed last spring and in its 11th event, the ninth for the 32-year-old.
    Edgar Thompson, Orlando Sentinel, 1 Apr. 2023
  • Seventy-one of the nests – or 65% – failed to produce an eaglet to the fledgling stage.
    Paul A. Smith, Journal Sentinel, 19 Nov. 2022
  • One is a fledgling, whose gray, pillowy down is damp and matted.
    Craig Welch, National Geographic, 13 Jan. 2023
  • But the fledgling tradition of mariachi opera did not die with him.
    Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Nov. 2023
  • The Breakers joined a third fledgling league in their 12-year history.
    Joe Eachus, BostonGlobe.com, 18 Sep. 2023
  • The fastest animal on earth made a home of an 11th floor ledge this spring, with three fledglings hatching in early May.
    Annasofia Scheve, The Enquirer, 28 June 2023
  • The hope is that Schwartz can bring out the best in the fledgling bunch and provide guidance for a unit that floundered at times during the 7-10 season.
    cleveland, 17 Jan. 2023
  • Only money hard-earned as a fledgling lawyer can save them all.
    David L. Coddon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 July 2023
  • Jack has struggled to keep Tom’s fledgling dream and business alive in his absence.
    Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 27 July 2023
  • If Gray and his band of fledgling recruiters has its way, a big-deal class will keep getting bigger.
    Staff Writer follow, Los Angeles Times, 21 Dec. 2022
  • There has not been a Test played between the countries for 15 years which makes a mockery of the fledgling World Test Championship.
    Tristan Lavalette, Forbes, 28 Dec. 2022
  • The fledgling carrier flew its first flight within Asia in 2020.
    Rachel Dube, Robb Report, 3 Apr. 2024
  • Yahoo wanted to buy the fledgling startup for a cool $1 billion.
    Thai Son Nguyen, Forbes, 21 Feb. 2024
  • That the first sentence of Clive Barnes’ review in the Times didn’t kill her fledgling career was something of a miracle.
    Neil Genzlinger, BostonGlobe.com, 30 Aug. 2023
  • That the first sentence of Clive Barnes’s review in The Times didn’t kill her fledgling career was something of a miracle.
    Neil Genzlinger, New York Times, 29 Aug. 2023
  • Once upon a time, Britney Spears was a fledgling theater kid.
    Patrick Ryan, USA TODAY, 7 July 2023
  • But Singh’s drafting was a seminal moment for the league’s fledgling efforts to grow the sport in India.
    Sopan Deb, New York Times, 16 Dec. 2022
  • To keep his fledgling team drawn to a new sport, the former Franklin Pierce basketball player is thinking outside the box.
    Ethan Fuller, BostonGlobe.com, 14 Apr. 2023
  • With the fledgling band gearing up to play arenas in 2024 in support of Greta Van Fleet, saving rock ’n’ roll can wait.
    Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 29 Nov. 2023
  • Pilot Project, which is based in Chicago, aims to help fledgling brewers get their start in the industry.
    Hannah Kirby, Journal Sentinel, 4 May 2023
  • The encounter with Big Beltran is the spark of inspiration that changes Saúl’s fledgling wrestling career.
    Katie Walsh, Los Angeles Times, 15 Sep. 2023
  • Within that, fledgling fans can expect both a toy line and a digital game, both launching in 2024.
    Abbey White, The Hollywood Reporter, 6 June 2023
  • Paramount, Spin Master and Nickelodeon are partners in the fledgling big-screen franchise.
    Pamela McClintock, The Hollywood Reporter, 1 Oct. 2023
  • Now, after more than a second full year, Doctor says his fledgling company is on track to make a profit in 2023.
    James Raineystaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 5 Feb. 2023
  • But there are plenty of reasons to open up about money, even in a fledgling relationship.
    Megan Cerullo, CBS News, 14 Feb. 2024
  • Petford has 22 goals so far this season for Stonehill’s fledgling program, good for second in the nation.
    Kat Cornetta, BostonGlobe.com, 8 Feb. 2023
  • Driscoll was then in his first year at Southwestern College, where a fledgling troubadour named Tom Waits was one of his classmates.
    George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 May 2023

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