How to Use sandpiper in a Sentence

sandpiper

noun

• The pectoral sandpiper breeds in the Arctic, at a time when the sun never sets.
  — Ed Yong, Discover Magazine, 9 Aug. 2012
• The sky is a sheet of blue, a breeze wraps us with clean air, a sandpiper mom shrieks over her hatchlings.
  — Ned Rozell, Alaska Dispatch News, 15 July 2017
• Now, the unsteady first steps of tiny sandpiper chicks have been captured on video.
  — Nadia Drake, WIRED, 15 Jan. 2013
• The bird to receive the lowest IAA score was the sandpiper with a score of negative 23, the Guardian reports.
  — Elizabeth Gamillo, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 May 2021
• A sandpiper’s egg is shaped like a teardrop, an owl’s like a golf ball, and a hummingbird’s like a jelly bean.
  — Elizabeth Pennisi, Science | AAAS, 22 June 2017
• In Longmeadow, a snowy egret was seen and a stilt sandpiper was found at the Longmeadow flats.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 25 Sep. 2021
• At low tides, sandpipers and willets are common on the mudflats.
  — Tom Stienstra, SFChronicle.com, 30 Jan. 2020
• There was also a whimbrel and a pectoral sandpiper seen last week.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 4 Aug. 2019
• In a tip of the wing from the avian community, a murmuration of sandpipers swirls and dips above the rushing tide.
  — National Geographic, 13 June 2017
• The other, with speckled brown-and-white feathers and a drooping bill, was a purple sandpiper.
  — Paul A. Smith, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 6 Jan. 2022
• The poet Gavrila Derzhavin was known for giving sandpipers.
  — Alex Halberstadt, Town & Country, 9 Oct. 2015
• Gliding across the water as the sun came up and the shorebirds — kingfishers, sandpipers, herons, egrets — sprang to life was a heavenly treat.
  — Susan Maas / Special To The Pioneer Press, Twin Cities, 2 Feb. 2017
• The ceiling, which would be a credit to a fine hotel, is decorated with sandpipers and blue herons.
  — Jacques Kelly, baltimoresun.com, 8 July 2017
• Some of these visitors will include green-winged teal, the colorful wood duck, Western and Clark’s grebes, some species of sandpiper and loons.
  — Ernie Cowan, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Sep. 2019
• But a new study reveals that even a small amount of oil could cause major damage to bird populations like the western sandpiper.
  — Ryan Cross, Science | AAAS, 7 July 2017
• Don’t expect great cellphone reception, and your closest neighbor might be a sandpiper nesting in the beach grass.
  — Steve Annear, BostonGlobe.com, 4 May 2023
• That’s probably the front-runner here, with its Pixar imprimatur and cute little sandpiper birds.
  — Mike Hogan, VanityFair.com, 21 Feb. 2017
• From Plum Island, came reports of two little blue herons, a Baird’s sandpiper, a black guillemot, and a yellow-throated warbler.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 2 Oct. 2021
• Hummingbirds lay eggs that look like Tic Tacs, owls lay nigh-perfect spheres, and sandpipers lay almost conical eggs that end in a rounded point.
  — Ed Yong, The Atlantic, 22 June 2017
• Awe-inspiring wildlife can be found on land (including black bears and deer), in the sea (several species of whales, sea otters, and seals), and in the sky above (bald eagles, sandpipers, and hundreds more).
  — Lauren Dana Ellman, Travel + Leisure, 16 July 2023
• The ruddy turnstone and purple sandpiper seem to like each other's company.
  — Paul A. Smith, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 6 Jan. 2022
• At Forest Beach in Chatham there was a pectoral sandpiper along with a whimbrel and the continuing marbled godwit and 5 Western willets.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 7 Dec. 2022
• There were reports of 120 white-winged scoters, five Western sandpipers, three American golden-plovers, three black skimmers, and three merlins.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 23 Sep. 2019
• Common murres, for instance, are fast, powerful fliers and have asymmetric eggs, as do least sandpipers, which migrate long distances.
  — Steph Yin, New York Times, 22 June 2017
• Good flyers like sandpipers and murres tend to lay eggs that are more elongated and more asymmetrical—a bit like the shape of a Zeppelin—likely because lots of time in the air requires lightweight, compact bodies.
  — Elizabeth Pennisi, Science | AAAS, 22 June 2017
• This 2016 film was directed by Alan Barillaro, who studied sandpipers and their behaviors in preparation for this short.
  — Sydni Ellis, Peoplemag, 17 Mar. 2023
• Among other subjects, the book explores the sea’s geography, its intertidal life, its deeps, diving mammals and birds, and epic migrations of some of its animals, from salmon to gray whales to sandpipers.
  — Lynda V. Mapes, The Seattle Times, 23 Apr. 2018
• Wintering migrants: In winter the refuge sees a big population of shore birds from the north, including Western sandpiper and spotted sandpiper as well as waterfowl such as ducks.
  — Shanti Lerner, The Arizona Republic, 1 Apr. 2022
• Feeding together in tight flocks for safety, plovers, dowitchers and sandpipers feed skittishly.
  — Dave Taft, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2017
• Be sure to bring your binoculars: dowitchers, western sandpipers and American avocets are all on display.
  — Peter Fish, San Francisco Chronicle, 21 Feb. 2018

Last Updated: 1 Oct 2024