How to Use robin in a Sentence

robin

noun

• The men lost in the bronze-medal game and the women didn’t make it out of round-robin play.
  — Los Angeles Times, 18 Feb. 2022
• The games, in a round-robin format, were three-on-three.
  — Ben McGrath, The New Yorker, 30 May 2019
• The Big 12 wanted to play a 10-team, nine-game round-robin.
  — Matt Murschel, orlandosentinel.com, 21 Nov. 2019
• Of those, the robins are the largest, while the juncos, wrens and finches are all about the same size.
  — Joan Morris, The Mercury News, 10 July 2019
• Some folks say the first day of spring comes with the first trumpeter swan or the first robin.
  — John Schandelmeier, Anchorage Daily News, 15 May 2021
• Vegas beat Chicago in the first round, and swept the round robin to claim the No. 1 seed in the West.
  — Matthew Defranks, Dallas News, 5 Sep. 2020
• Each of the 15 teams was placed in a five-team bracket for round-robin play.
  — Chuck Fieldman, chicagotribune.com, 5 July 2018
• For robin's egg blue, let the eggs soak for 30 minutes.
  — Amanda Garrity, Good Housekeeping, 7 Mar. 2019
• At the end of the round-robin, the two teams with the most points in each group move onto the next round, known as the Round of 16.
  — Leah Prinzivalli, SELF, 14 June 2018
• Lehner played two of the three games during the round-robin.
  — Fox News, 12 Aug. 2020
• To get here, five teams played 16 games in the round-robin semifinals.
  — Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press, 18 Jan. 2022
• In the nearby woods a robin sings, 14 hours ahead of schedule.
  — The Indianapolis Star, 8 Apr. 2024
• The snow has not been gone for that long, and the summer road-robins are training for 5Ks and 10Ks.
  — John Schandelmeier, Anchorage Daily News, 29 May 2018
• Vicky Persinger are 1-2 in round robin play, with six matches to go.
  — Katie McInerney, BostonGlobe.com, 3 Feb. 2022
• Just e0 feet away a pair of robin-sized birds bobbed and pecked on a pile of mussel shells.
  — Paul A. Smith, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 6 Jan. 2022
• The field of 48 two-woman teams will play 45 holes of round robin net four-ball match play.
  — Mark Kazlowski, Dallas News, 12 Apr. 2023
• Each golfer plays the other three in his group over the first three days in a round-robin format.
  — Todd Kelly, The Arizona Republic, 21 Mar. 2022
• Score it for 40% off in a robin's egg blue, gray, or taupe color.
  — Sam Peters, Good Housekeeping, 1 Sep. 2022
• The winter sun shines, a robin lands on a nearby bough.
  — Jacob Whitehead, The Athletic, 20 Nov. 2024
• Trim painted robin’s egg blue ties a new addition to the rest of the house.
  — Washington Post, 16 Sep. 2021
• The same goes for the Stars between Bishop and Khudobin, who split time in the round-robin.
  — Stephen Whyno, Star Tribune, 10 Aug. 2020
• Later, the teams were re-seeded based on the round-robin results.
  — Brett Shweky, sun-sentinel.com, 6 Dec. 2021
• Rather than have a knockout stage, the final round was a round robin.
  — Jim Reineking, USA TODAY, 25 May 2018
• The robins that used to arrive in early April now show up in mid-March.
  — Washington Post, 19 June 2018
• The arrival of robins is a sure sign that spring is on its way in Michigan, right?
  — Jennifer Dixon, Detroit Free Press, 2 Mar. 2024
• To make: Dye or paint wooden eggs white or robin's egg blue.
  — Charlyne Mattox, Country Living, 30 Mar. 2023
• The robins that used to arrive in early April ago now show up in mid-March.
  — Washington Post, 19 June 2018
• Some, like robins, switch from earthworms and insects to fruits and berries.
  — Don Lyman, BostonGlobe.com, 24 Jan. 2020
• With the round-robin format a thing of the past, the schedule could be a deciding factor.
  — Dallas News, 13 Jan. 2023
• Both Target's bold red and Tiffany & Co.'s robin egg blue belong to the Pantone color family.
  — Emma Bowman, NPR, 5 Dec. 2024

Last Updated: 15 Jan 2025