How to Use falcon in a Sentence

falcon

noun

• Monkeys live in the trees, and toucans and falcons nest in the garden.
  — Peter Terzian, ELLE Decor, 30 Sep. 2010
• Ari Daniel Shapiro: There was something special about Frightful, though, even for a falcon.
  — IEEE Spectrum, 1 June 2012
• The most dangerous peril for small birds at a feeder comes from an airborne predator that attacks in high speed, for example a falcon or hawk.
  — Anders Brodin, Scientific American, 25 June 2024
• The four falcons hatched in May, and females typically start flying a little more than six weeks after hatching.
  — Ethan Baron, The Mercury News, 8 June 2024
• Five years of research spent tromping around a forest getting stung helped establish that this amazing falcon species has found a way to exploit wasp behavior to become a specialist on an unusual food source.
  — Gwen Pearson, WIRED, 26 Dec. 2013
• Prairie falcons that nest in those walls soar through the air.
  — Sammy Roth, Los Angeles Times, 26 Sep. 2023
• Owls, vultures, hawks and falcons are the stars in this show.
  — charlotteobserver, 29 May 2017
• In June 2012, the singer had Bang Bang ink a falcon in the shape of a handgun on her right ankle.
  — Julia Meehan, Peoplemag, 10 Feb. 2023
• Chavez and his falconers use hawks and falcons for the job.
  — Ben Brazil, Daily Pilot, 8 Aug. 2019
• But add a hungry hawk or falcon, and your jaw will drop.
  — Wired, 20 Nov. 2019
• But even among the falcon-crazed, excitement about the World Cup – the first ever in the Arab world – looms large.
  — Isabel Debre, The Christian Science Monitor, 23 Nov. 2022
• Like a falcon, an owl can snatch small birds midair and have been known to eat feral cats.
  — Elizabeth Fletcher, Philly.com, 9 Mar. 2018
• Not surprisingly, the falcons were gone, but a goshawk came off the rocks next to the nest and spun off down canyon.
  — John Schandelmeier, Anchorage Daily News, 9 Jan. 2018
• Its silhouette is pure speed, like that of a falcon in a 200-mph dive.
  — K.c. Colwell, Car and Driver, 6 Mar. 2023
• One thing is certain, that ol' Falcon 9 sure can fly—and nobody seems to be able to catch it.
  — Jay Bennett, Popular Mechanics, 13 July 2017
• The falcons were spotted this spring brooding in the Roland Park water tower in the 4200 block of Roland Ave.
  — Lillian Reed, baltimoresun.com, 3 June 2019
• When a falcon strikes, how does a flock of pigeons respond?
  — Bob Holmes, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 Nov. 2021
• The bride wore a leather glove with a piece of quail meat attached to entice Marty the falcon to swoop down and land on her arm.
  — Sabienna Bowman, Peoplemag, 25 Jan. 2024
• But moms also have to teach their young how to be a monkey, a cheetah, a whale, or a falcon.
  — Brian Handwerk, National Geographic, 8 May 2020
• Or will Mbappe be allowed to just wait on the wing, and strike like a falcon at Croatia’s goal?
  — John Kass, chicagotribune.com, 13 July 2018
• Shakira and her two sons enjoyed a Dubai desert getaway; the singer posed with a falcon on her arm.
  — Ingrid Schmidt, The Hollywood Reporter, 31 Dec. 2022
• DownMost of my 20+ years, the falcons that nest atop Market Tower have hatched in April.
  — Laura James-Reim, Indianapolis Star, 6 May 2018
• Peregine falcons are no longer endangered and were introduced to nests around the state by the DNR.
  — Tom Leyden, Indianapolis Star, 5 June 2018
• Their daring ways have gotten the falcons in trouble with the sheep farmers of the Falklands.
  — Darren Incorvaia, New York Times, 20 Nov. 2023
• Thanks to the diverse habitats found within the park, guests can spot owls, falcons, eagles, and more.
  — Jacqueline Dole, Travel + Leisure, 29 Mar. 2024
• Birders keep an eye out for falcons, wood storks, and bald eagles.
  — Kristin Harmel, Travel + Leisure, 19 Mar. 2023
• In a different show, the falcon metaphor could feel like the writers are picking it up and slapping us across the face with it.
  — Jesse Raub, Vulture, 27 Feb. 2024
• Trained falcons open and close the book, fierce but constrained, like the human characters.
  — Maile Meloy, New York Times, 11 May 2017
• As the myth goes, on the night before the battle, Lazar was visited by a saint in the form of a gray falcon with a message from the Virgin Mary.
  — Marc Santora, New York Times, 30 Jan. 2018
• Later, there’s a scene where the same falcon is clearly meant to step on a rose, but the bird hesitates and misses.
  — New York Times, 17 May 2022

Last Updated: 17 Sep 2024