How to Use swan in a Sentence

swan

noun

• The chefs would pinch swans out of the dough for them and whisk them around the city.
  — Clarissa Wei, Los Angeles Times, 1 Dec. 2023
• Faye the swan was a resident of the pond for over a decade.
  — Marissa G. Muller, Peoplemag, 2 June 2023
• All the while, the swans were winning the hearts of Manlius residents and tourists.
  — Jonathan Edwards, Washington Post, 2 June 2023
• The idea rests on the notion that black swans are very rare in nature, with nearly all of the birds white.
  — The Arizona Republic, 26 Mar. 2024
• The show’s marquee attraction is a fresco of the myth of Leda and the swan.
  — Meilan Solly, Smithsonian Magazine, 28 Apr. 2022
• An end to the war could be a positive black swan for markets.
  — Brendan Ahern, Forbes, 23 Mar. 2023
• About 15 neighbors whose homes are near the pond named the swans and fed them corn, lettuce and carrots.
  — Kyle Melnick, Washington Post, 7 Mar. 2024
• Slim had a soft spot for Capote, and was the only swan to forgive the disgraced author.
  — Kalia Richardson, Rolling Stone, 3 Feb. 2024
• The roofline meets the C-pillar in a long arc that tapers to an elegant swan’s tail.
  — Tribune News Service, cleveland, 5 Mar. 2022
• There were lots of things available of the other women around her, the other swans.
  — Brande Victorian, The Hollywood Reporter, 6 Mar. 2024
• There’s a Feud show on FX about his infamous swan squad.
  — Andy Hoglund, EW.com, 25 Feb. 2024
• The swan, after all, is the national bird of this fairy-tale kingdom.
  — Laird Borrelli-Persson, Vogue, 6 Feb. 2024
• The village of Manlius is known for their pond and swans, according to Syracuse.com.
  — Caitlin O'Kane, CBS News, 31 May 2023
• Each of the swans carries out their personal vendetta against Capote in their own way.
  — Brande Victorian, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Mar. 2024
• Back on the boat, the team dropped dummy bales of cocaine into the water next to fake swans to see which object the sharks preferred.
  — Jack Tamisiea, Scientific American, 26 July 2023
• The eight species have now inhabited Swan Lake for decades and bring forth dozens of cygnets (baby swans) each spring.
  — Abigail Wilt, Southern Living, 17 June 2023
• First reports on social media show the swan cruising around the main refuge pond in early June.
  — Mark Graves | , oregonlive, 27 Aug. 2023
• Now, the sole survivors after a nearby dam burst on Tuesday are a couple of swans and ducks, the zoo said in a Facebook post.
  — Rachel Pannett, Washington Post, 7 June 2023
• There are swan faucets in the public bathrooms at the Ritz in Paris and Annabelle’s nightclub in London (complete with fluffy ceilings).
  — Sharon Greenthal, Better Homes & Gardens, 7 Aug. 2023
• The play’s lead swans in late to the first day of rehearsals brandishing an inflated ego and a pile of NDAs for everyone to sign.
  — Nina Metz, Chicago Tribune, 9 Aug. 2023
• The rear wing of the Nismo is roughly 10 percent larger than before and sits on swan-neck supports.
  — Jack Fitzgerald, Car and Driver, 13 Jan. 2023
• Best of all: When you’re done, simply pack up the picnic basket, toss your napkin on the table, and swan away like Gatsby and Daisy.
  — Jonathan Soroff, Robb Report, 3 July 2023
• Tanya Juarez and her friend Troy Medina sat on a bench, taking a gander at the paddle boats shaped not like geese, but like swans.
  — Hailey Branson-Potts, Los Angeles Times, 22 Sep. 2023
• Officials have not identified the source of the heavy metals that are believed to have contributed to the swan’s death.
  — Nora Mishanec, San Francisco Chronicle, 8 Mar. 2021
• The license application questions are only the tip of the iceberg, the sign of deeper problems, the beak on Bjork’s swan dress.
  — Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes, 29 May 2021
• The years-long grudge the swans hold against their former friend devolves into a P.R. war to be won by whoever seems the least pathetic.
  — Inkoo Kang, The New Yorker, 1 Feb. 2024
• Friends who’ve seen excerpts are horrified; one swan, given a sneak preview, cuts him out of her life.
  — al, 11 Oct. 2021
• To allow for the possibility of the swan showing up in your favor.
  — Neil Senturia, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Aug. 2023
• Twenty-four swans and one goose have died after an avian flu outbreak in Swansea, officials said.
  — Kate Armanini, BostonGlobe.com, 21 Apr. 2023
• White tights stuffed with socks, tutus and an orange pepper blossomed into Björk’s infamous swan frock from 2001.
  — Max Berlinger, The Hollywood Reporter, 8 Mar. 2024

Last Updated: 9 Jun 2024