How to Use owlet in a Sentence

owlet

noun
  • In one case an owlet landed on the house's deck as four adults sat outside in the evening.
    Val Cunningham Special To The Star Tribune, Star Tribune, 12 Jan. 2021
  • There’s a lot of nuzzling, with the mother rubbing her beak over the owlet’s head.
    David Fleshler, Sun-Sentinel.com, 4 Aug. 2017
  • Meanwhile, the owlets are growing up and starting to find their wings.
    Saryn Chorney, ajc, 3 May 2018
  • Arizona Game and Fish: Watch bald eagles, bats, a great horned owl with owlets and more at azgfd.com/wildlife/viewing/webcamlist.
    Weldon B. Johnson, azcentral, 6 Apr. 2020
  • That owlet is still doing well and being fed by its trio of parents.
    Saryn Chorney, ajc, 3 May 2018
  • The owlet also returned to two adorable siblings, who were also seen snuggled in the nest in photos shared by the LAFD.
    Hattie Lindert, PEOPLE.com, 13 Apr. 2022
  • Occupying a couple groups of 75-foot tall trees are two adult great horned owls, and their three owlets.
    Mike De Sisti, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 28 Apr. 2020
  • Veterinarian Kevin Smyth said the owlet appears to be about three weeks old.
    Robert Allen, Detroit Free Press, 3 May 2018

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