How to Use tern in a Sentence

tern

noun

• He’s seen dolphin push small fish from under the weeds to on top of the weeds, and the terns swoop down to eat the fish.
  — Steve Waters, Sun-Sentinel.com, 25 May 2017
• Lighter, more buoyant flyers like terns, will stay with the storm longer.
  — Taylor Piephoff, charlotteobserver, 22 Sep. 2017
• A tern — one of many seabirds common to the marshes the group was touring in Masonville Cove.
  — Scott Dance, Washington Post, 1 July 2017
• Two black vultures and a fly-over Caspian tern were observed in the Blue Hills.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 31 July 2021
• The terns and pelicans have gone to roost, and the dolphins no longer crisscross the water by the hundreds.
  — Erik Vance, Scientific American, 22 Aug. 2017
• There were five Caspian terns at Bathing Beach in Hingham.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 7 Oct. 2019
• Harsen’s Island is home to one of the state’s largest colonies of black terns – a species of special concern in Michigan.
  — Michigan Wildlife Council, Detroit Free Press, 21 Aug. 2017
• Overhead, white fairy terns hover and peep among the coconut trees.
  — James Shreeve, WIRED, 1 Aug. 2004
• At Cranes Beach in Ipswich, four black skimmers and a royal tern were seen.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 28 Aug. 2021
• Nearby a Herring gull chick sought shelter under the shade of a dead tern.
  — Paul A. Smith, Journal Sentinel, 1 July 2022
• But some elegant terns — anchovy-loving seabirds that nest in large colonies — fly all the way down to Chile.
  — Emily Anthes, New York Times, 29 Aug. 2023
• In the past, for instance, the Corps has built island habitats for terns, Dobroski said.
  — Josh Snyder, Arkansas Online, 12 June 2023
• There are more birds now, common terns and healthier sea gulls.
  — Amelia Nierenberg, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2019
• The island is a nesting site for rare species of petrels, shearwaters and terns.
  — Evan Halper, latimes.com, 18 Sep. 2017
• Howard said that three or four sooty terns (seabirds) working a weedline is often a good sign of dolphin.
  — Steve Waters, Sun-Sentinel.com, 25 May 2017
• By the way, black tern was number 124 on my Mecklenburg County Year List.
  — Taylor Piephoff, Charlotte Observer, 31 Jan. 2024
• Overhead, white fairy terns hover and peep among coconut trees.
  — Gary Robbins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Dec. 2023
• South Coast: There was a little blue heron, a sandwich tern and a willow flycatcher in Fairhaven.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 28 Aug. 2021
• Along with the tern, the teachers saw the abundance of birds that have made Masonville a popular spot for birdwatchers.
  — Scott Dance, Washington Post, 1 July 2017
• The tern is probably the most imperiled seabird in Alaska.
  — WIRED, 26 Aug. 2023
• Smolts are picked off by birds like double crested cormorants and caspian terns.
  — oregonlive, 27 Aug. 2023
• Since 2014 the black tern has been listed as an endangered species in Wisconsin.
  — Paul A. Smith, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 19 May 2022
• The white tern, or Manu-o-Kū, is a rarity among them—a native seabird that is doing well in an urban setting.
  — Melody Bentz, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 July 2021
• Observers spotted four Caspian terns at a park in Squantum.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 14 Oct. 2019
• Arctic terns and Aleutian terns gather together on ocean spits to scratch out nest cups.
  — Anchorage Daily News, 15 June 2019
• Things take a tern when ge takes a loan from a wealthy neighbor and his coerced into becoming a FBI informant on the man.
  — Michael O'Connell, The Hollywood Reporter, 2 Mar. 2018
• Revere: Just off Point of Pines, there were good numbers of shorebirds, four Manx shearwaters, and a royal tern.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 11 Aug. 2019
• This was utterly predictable, once the president was so eager to accept the terms before the terns were even spelled out.
  — Fox News, 17 May 2018
• Black terns and eastern meadowlarks have also dwindled.
  — John Myers, Twin Cities, 26 May 2024
• California least tern Head to Mission Bay for a chance to see the California least tern, the world’s second smallest tern at about 9 inches long.
  — Maura Fox, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Feb. 2024

Last Updated: 4 Nov 2024