How to Use hummingbird in a Sentence

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• Listen for the sounds of the wind, the bees buzzing, the clicking of the hummingbirds, and the chirping of the birds.
  — Caron Golden, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Feb. 2024
• In the box is a stuffed hummingbird — of a species that should not exist.
  — Washington Post, 6 Apr. 2021
• The bee hummingbird is the tiniest living bird in the world.
  — Leslie Nemo, Discover Magazine, 11 Mar. 2020
• Be sure to keep an eye out for bunnies and hummingbirds along the way.
  — Robin Soslow, Chron, 26 Feb. 2023
• And it’s not even a hummingbird or a swan or a peacock.
  — oregonlive, 9 July 2020
• In the books and movies, the Golden Snitch is a metal ball with wings that darts around like a hummingbird.
  — Palak Jayswal, The Salt Lake Tribune, 21 Apr. 2022
• The 718 is a hummingbird: light, focused, and sparkling, a joy to behold.
  — Elana Scherr, Car and Driver, 19 Dec. 2022
• Blame the bird feeders — all three of them (plus a bird bath and a hummingbird feeder, of course).
  — Aj Willingham, CNN, 9 Apr. 2024
• Some of the hummingbirds may still have young in the nest, but most have finished their nesting.
  — Calvin Finch, ExpressNews.com, 5 July 2019
• The Anna's hummingbird can even reach speeds of 60 miles per hour.
  — Monica Cull, Discover Magazine, 1 June 2023
• If one hummingbird is at the feeder and a second comes along, a fight breaks out.
  — John Kelly, Washington Post, 28 Aug. 2022
• In 2020 there were two, a lesser goldfinch and an Allen's hummingbird, Brady said.
  — Hannah Kirby, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 3 Aug. 2021
• Spring is in the air in Michigan and hummingbirds are making their way north.
  — Jenna Prestininzi, Detroit Free Press, 2 Apr. 2024
• Geri’d said, shaking her head at the weeping, the sobbing, as the last bit of life eked out of that last hummingbird.
  — Manuel Gonzales, Wired, 2 Mar. 2020
• Spring is here in Michigan and hummingbirds are on their way north.
  — Jenna Prestininzi, Detroit Free Press, 8 Apr. 2023
• But lo and behold, at the bus stop, Lopez spots a beautiful hummingbird in the rain.
  — Anne Branigin, Washington Post, 16 Feb. 2024
• Aidan also pointed out that in the trees above, there flew a hummingbird.
  — Kevin Fisher-Paulson, San Francisco Chronicle, 2 Mar. 2021
• Both the hummingbird and the giant tortoise have an equal number of ticks.
  — Heather Lanier, Longreads, 10 Jan. 2023
• These are tiny little birds, and think of, a hummingbird weighs about as much as a penny.
  — Jessie Opoien, Journal Sentinel, 25 Apr. 2024
• Malkin then called attention to her red carpet ring, which was in the shape of a hummingbird.
  — Michaela Zee, Variety, 7 Jan. 2024
• Extra hummingbird food can be stored in the fridge for up to two weeks, according to BlessThisMess.com.
  — Caitlin McLean, USA TODAY, 8 July 2022
• There are three groups of birds that have it: hummingbirds, parrots and songbirds.
  — Nicholas Stfleur, STAT, 15 Mar. 2024
• And, of course, there’s the peaceful atmosphere of the porch, the sense of history, the hummingbird softly buzzing by.
  — Dan Rodricks, Baltimore Sun, 10 Aug. 2024
• The key leads to a box that contains a taxidermied hummingbird of a species that may be extinct.
  — Noah Berlatsky, Los Angeles Times, 30 Mar. 2021
• Wood and Williamson still don’t know if this change is happening too fast for hummingbirds to adapt.
  — The Arizona Republic, 30 June 2023
• The planet on which Jane gets her coffee from some barista is the same in which the last hummingbird dies in a dwindling forest.
  — Noah Berlatsky, Los Angeles Times, 30 Mar. 2021
• Unlike the hummingbird, however, the moth does not have a beak.
  — Ernie Cowan, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Nov. 2023
• In life, Oculudentavis would have been about the size of a small hummingbird.
  — Riley Black, Scientific American, 11 Mar. 2020
• The whimsical floral and hummingbird pattern gives off a unique look that is perfect for your bedroom or living room.
  — Mia Meltzer, Rolling Stone, 18 Sep. 2024
• But to the scientists who study them, hummingbirds offer much more than an entertaining spectacle.
  — Bob Holmes, Smithsonian Magazine, 9 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 10 Nov 2024