How to Use flock in a Sentence

flock

1 of 2 noun

• Entire bird flocks must be culled to get rid of the virus.
  — Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 27 Mar. 2024
• In Swans, the flock is glamorous and the plumage Olympics-worthy.
  — Vogue, 21 Mar. 2024
• The idea for this study was not random: In the wild, parrots tend to live in large flocks.
  — Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 Apr. 2023
• The plane yawed left and right, dipped and climbed to avoid the flocks, churning my stomach like a roller coaster.
  — Smithsonian Magazine, 10 July 2023
• Pay with your flock of sheep that will go soaring over a cliff to their deaths, for this is the price of wanting.
  — Marti Trgovich, The New Yorker, 8 July 2023
• But if a few flocks pass over without so much as a look, hit them with a greeting call.
  — Will Brantley, Field & Stream, 8 Nov. 2023
• Coupled with the remnants of many pterosaur meals, this suggests a flock of pterosaurs may have gathered on the cliffs by the coast.
  — Jeanne Timmons, Ars Technica, 14 Mar. 2023
• Cockatoo Meet and Greet Join the flock and let one of the zoo's cockatoos perch on your arm.
  — The Indianapolis Star, 21 June 2023
• The path sloped gently downhill through fields with olive groves, cows grazing, and flocks of sheep and goats.
  — Nick Romeo, The New Republic, 23 Aug. 2023
• Vast flocks of crows can survive on what humans throw away.
  — Ben Crair, The New Yorker, 5 Mar. 2024
• Whenever the disease is found the entire flock is slaughtered to help limit the spread of the virus.
  — Terry Chea, Fortune, 27 Jan. 2024
• The flock has been growing since 2007, when her husband started it.
  — Izzy Ross, Detroit Free Press, 11 Sep. 2023
• Legs and arms went up to reveal giant wings, and Ms. Klum crawled through a set of legs and stood at the center atop the thighs of one of her flock mates.
  — Madison Malone Kircher, New York Times, 1 Nov. 2023
• The company also culled more than 3% of its flock in response to the outbreak.
  — Alice Park, TIME, 5 Apr. 2024
• In The Odyssey, Homer described monk seals crowding together like a flock of sheep.
  — Jennie Rothenberg Gritz, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 Apr. 2023
• Sure, Jem’s surname may be slightly on the nose, but in the end, there can be no doubt this young Starling needs to ditch her flock and fly the nest.
  — Peter Debruge, Variety, 12 May 2023
• Staff move the camera to capture the large flocks of sandhill cranes and waterfowl that visit the area.
  — Karl Schneider, The Indianapolis Star, 1 Apr. 2024
• Small agreed that abuse survivors, as well as the broader Catholic flock, must at the very least be informed of case outcomes.
  — Nicole Winfield, al, 25 Mar. 2023
• All the streets are dark, the houses identical, in the sky ragged clouds race, and huge flocks, wings creaking like oars, migrate to the safety of the mind.
  — D. Nurkse, The New York Review of Books, 4 May 2023
• The gate is once again open, and a fresh flock of hopeful migrants is once again passing through, to the relief of many locals.
  — Elian Peltier Carmen Abd Ali, New York Times, 23 Jan. 2024
• The word nomad is rooted in the Greek word nomads, meaning to graze or pasture flocks.
  — Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi, Discover Magazine, 2 Dec. 2023
• Don’t be shocked if trick-or-treaters flock to you and ask to hold your magical umbrella.
  — Karla Pope, Good Housekeeping, 2 Aug. 2023
• College students from across the globe flock to make this city home, and many full-time residents swap dwellings, too.
  — Vivi Smilgius, BostonGlobe.com, 30 Aug. 2023
• In the blue twilight, after nearly a week in the hills and snows, Jomagul brought his flock to a village for refuge.
  — Hannah Beech, New York Times, 30 Mar. 2023
• The teaser begins with Musgraves walking a grassy hill in a long, flowy white dress alongside a flock of white birds.
  — Liza Esquibias, Peoplemag, 5 Feb. 2024
• The next day, the small flock was seen roughly 100 miles west of Port Washington in the Wisconsin River.
  — Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 28 Sep. 2023
• Then, disturbed by a grazing vicuña, the flamboyance, as a flock of flamingos is known, took off.
  — Mark Johanson, Travel + Leisure, 29 July 2023
• Now, having inspired a new flock of birds, her name is etched in history.
  — Michael Schneider, Variety, 18 Oct. 2023
• The birds gather in large flocks during fall and winter and break up during the mating season.
  — Karl Schneider, The Indianapolis Star, 13 Apr. 2024
• But not many ski towns are like Big Sky, Montana, where the average house runs $2.5 million and billionaires flock to private resorts in the mountains.
  — Peter Rubin, Longreads, 2 May 2024

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flock

2 of 2 verb

• The bad news is fans still aren’t flocking to Chase Field.
  — Amanda Luberto, The Arizona Republic, 12 July 2023
• Fans are flocking in droves to see his shows from coast to coast.
  — Rebecca Angel Baer, Southern Living, 24 Apr. 2024
• On days with good wind, kite boarders flock to the park from all over the state to soar over the water.
  — Emma Janssen, Miami Herald, 23 Feb. 2024
• Throughout the day, hundreds flock to the fence lining the tracks and moon the passing trains.
  — Kevinisha Walker, Los Angeles Times, 4 May 2024
• When times are good, new drivers flock to the business.
  — Compiled By Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, Arkansas Online, 1 Aug. 2023
• Movie fans still flock to the location to take photos and go on tours.
  — Sarah Yang, Sunset Magazine, 2 Aug. 2023
• This summer will see a new class of interns flocking to Wall Street to work for some of the biggest banks in the world.
  — Bychloe Taylor, Fortune, 6 June 2023
• Locals flocked to experience the parade firsthand and to take in the sights, sounds, and smells of the cars.
  — Michael Aaron, Car and Driver, 9 June 2023
• Flies flocked to just one of the blades, enticed by traces of blood invisible to the human eye.
  — Jordan Michael Smith, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 Jan. 2024
• Cold-loving fish, like Atlantic salmon, flocked to this stretch of water in droves.
  — TIME, 23 Oct. 2023
• That means droves of shoppers have been flocking to this must-have summer shirt all week long.
  — Isabel Garcia, Peoplemag, 19 July 2023
• Amazon shoppers are flocking to Oofos sandals to wear at home or on the go.
  — Isabel Garcia, Peoplemag, 8 Apr. 2024
• But even under threat of a fine or a public whipping, pilgrims still flocked to the site by the thousands.
  — Lanta Davis and Vince Reighard, Smithsonian Magazine, 15 Mar. 2024
• Tourists have flocked to the park this summer to experience the extreme heat.
  — Aliza Chasan, CBS News, 3 Aug. 2023
• This 360-degree bird’s-eye view of tree canopy reveals why avians flock to Sanibel.
  — Robin Soslow, Miami Herald, 30 Jan. 2024
• That month, more than one million visitors flocked to the Zoo in hopes of catching a glimpse of the animals.
  — Meilan Solly, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 Sep. 2023
• Fans flocked to stadiums decked out in head-to-toe silver, and arms stacked with friendship bracelets.
  — Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 15 Mar. 2024
• All the while, climate change is drying out many of the places people are flocking to, like the southwestern US.
  — Matt Simon, WIRED, 12 Feb. 2024
• Fans flocked to movie theaters dressed in pink costumes and glitter to celebrate the film.
  — Herb Scribner, Washington Post, 13 Apr. 2024
• But as more and more restaurants are calling this area home, visitors have flocked to the Seaport for a wide range of cuisines.
  — Maya Kachroo-Levine, Travel + Leisure, 12 Feb. 2024
• Thousands of people flock to the event as much for the camaraderie as the competition.
  — Linda McIntosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Nov. 2023
• Sevin Foodies and history buffs both flock to Sevin in equal measure.
  — Lindsay Cohn, Travel + Leisure, 17 Dec. 2023
• In the days leading up to the opening, millions of jubilant devotees flocked to the city to celebrate.
  — TIME, 24 Jan. 2024
• The pandemic prompted wealthy financiers to flock here for the low taxes and good weather.
  — Michael Smith, Fortune, 3 Feb. 2024
• People also flocked to outdoor malls, parks and basketball courts when the sun went down.
  — Emily Kask, Washington Post, 3 Sep. 2023
• As to be expected, users flocked to the comment section to debate this novel home decor tip.
  — Cori Sears, Better Homes & Gardens, 27 Oct. 2023
• The Milwaukee area got a taste of a solar eclipse on Monday afternoon — 90% of one, at least ― and citizens flocked to the streets to check out the strange change in the sky.
  — Journal Sentinel, 8 Apr. 2024
• At 9 feet long, the red holly berries and flocked pine cones rest along deep green artificial pine needles.
  — Nicole Pyles, Better Homes & Gardens, 8 Dec. 2023
• Yet fans flock to it, with free tickets for the rare open house disappearing often in minutes.
  — Todd Martens, Los Angeles Times, 13 Mar. 2024
• Visitors flock to our city from all over the world to experience our vibrant and diverse music scene that spans every genre imaginable – from jazz to gospel to blues to rock to hip hop, and more.
  — Master P, Rolling Stone, 6 May 2024

Last Updated: 5 Sep 2024