How to Use drake in a Sentence

drake

noun

• Bear emerged from the water with the drake clamped in his jaws.
  — Hal Herring, Field & Stream, 12 May 2020
• The sketch showed a drake and hen mallard dropping into a marsh.
  — Paul A. Smith, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 27 Aug. 2021
• The drake’s large head is a rusty-red, giving way to a jet-black chest and white or silvery-white back and sides.
  — M.d. Johnson, Field & Stream, 8 Nov. 2023
• The presence of a white bar border on the speculum (found on drake mallards) varies from bird-to-bird.
  — Ryan Chelius, Outdoor Life, 1 Mar. 2021
• Their squids struggle to free themselves from jaws of king eider drakes.
  — Christopher Borrelli, chicagotribune.com, 26 May 2017
• The drake flies right at me, clumsy and clueless compared to the aloof mallards that have avoided me for the past 90 minutes.
  — Phil Bourjaily, Field & Stream, 3 Dec. 2019
• About 6:40 a single drake wood duck dropped over the trees and toward our decoys, but then lifted higher and out of range.
  — Paul A. Smith, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 30 Sep. 2017
• At 6:35 a lone drake mallard winged in to take a look at our spread and Kammerzelt responded with a perfect shot.
  — Paul A. Smith, Journal Sentinel, 2 Oct. 2022
• When the sun hit the water and green drake mayflies began dancing on the surface, a fish lower in the pool began feeding on top.
  — Chris Santella, Washington Post, 13 Aug. 2022
• The drake mallard hung around, quacking from the roofline of my neighbor’s house for a few days, and then another female appeared.
  — Frank Abderholden, Lake County News-Sun, 3 June 2018
• The drake dives, and Dublin swims circles around the spot, then disappears underwater.
  — The Editors, Field & Stream, 16 Dec. 2020
• Scrimshaw panels feature a flying mallard drake and hen on one side, and a retriever on the other.
  — Colin Moore, Outdoor Life, 19 Feb. 2020
• Pingping, who had worked on a poultry farm for two years back in China and knew how to treat sick chickens, broke the aspirin in half and inserted one piece into the drake’s mouth.
  — Joan Acocella, The New Yorker, 16 Aug. 2021
• And, naturally, since pairing has begun, the drakes will be right alongside.
  — Bill Monroe, OregonLive.com, 12 Jan. 2018
• This year's stamp features a drake lesser scaup painted by Richard Clifton of Milford, Delaware.
  — Paul A. Smith, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 27 June 2021
• Hautman's winning painting shows a drake and hen mallard drifting in for a landing, wings extended, in the foreground with other ducks in the distance.
  — Paul A. Smith, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 16 Sep. 2017
• The stark black-and-white appearance of the drakes provides excellent visibility at a distance and over open water.
  — M.d. Johnson, Field & Stream, 30 Nov. 2023
• Unquestionably, the drake wood duck is the most beautiful of all waterfowl, with the female also being more colorful than the females of other species.
  — Jim Gilbert, Star Tribune, 27 May 2021
• Similar to first dates, tech platforms woo us with vibrant design and privacy pop-ups that fan into a showy display, like a Mandarin drake looking for a mate, only to later neglect us.
  — Pamela Pavliscak, Quartz, 2 Aug. 2019
• After spending almost a month receiving treatment, including two surgeries and antibiotics, the drake, or male, mallard was cleared this week to leave, according to a Facebook post from the wildlife center.
  — Grace Toohey, Los Angeles Times, 28 Apr. 2023
• Hunters regularly travel from across the continent to the marshes of South Louisiana for the opportunity to kill a drake canvasback over decoys.
  — Todd Masson, NOLA.com, 6 June 2017

Last Updated: 9 Jun 2024