How to Use seagull in a Sentence

seagull

noun

• If a seagull flies over the sea, what flies over the bay?
  — Kelly O'Sullivan, Country Living, 29 Aug. 2023
• The air carries a strong whiff of fish and chips and the threat of seagull splatter.
  — Eamon Lynch, azcentral, 15 July 2019
• Then again, the seagulls and pigeons didn’t seem to mind.
  — Matt Tunseth, Anchorage Daily News, 29 July 2019
• This one might be tougher to solve than the goose and seagull problem.
  — Keith Matheny, Detroit Free Press, 1 Oct. 2017
• Or in spring, where there was this great fuzz of pink sea thrift, and the call the seagulls was just amazing.
  — Cnt Editors, Condé Nast Traveler, 13 July 2023
• The seagull problems start when fans begin to leave the game.
  — Chris Bumbaca, USA TODAY, 5 July 2019
• Just be wary of hungry seagulls, who might swoop in for a bite of your food.
  — Joshua Mandell, Sacramento Bee, 30 Jan. 2024
• The sea was frothy and infinite and blue-green beneath the span of a seagull’s wing.
  — Gary Shteyngart, The Atlantic, 4 Apr. 2024
• Scallops of white surf surged against the pocked foot of a rock covered in seagulls.
  — Dana Goodyear, The New Yorker, 30 Sep. 2019
• The Switchblade 300 is a drone the size of a seagull that takes two minutes to prepare for flight.
  — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 28 Mar. 2022
• Do the sharks, the seagulls, and the huge fish represent the Holy Trinity?
  — Ian Frazier, The New Yorker, 11 Sep. 2023
• Along the way, predators such as seagulls, crabs and raccoons will snatch them off the beach.
  — Monica Cull, Discover Magazine, 7 July 2023
• Herbs to start from seed: Sorrel Geese, seagulls, thrushes: This is the week the geese come back.
  — Jeff Lowenfels, Anchorage Daily News, 13 Apr. 2023
• As a result, his line wrapped around one of the seagulls that had pointed out to him the location of the fish.
  — Todd Masson, NOLA.com, 22 June 2017
• The sound of lapping waves and the call of seagulls mixed with a steady whirring of the port’s machinery as rain began to fall.
  — Rachel Chason and Chloe Sharrock, Anchorage Daily News, 27 Apr. 2023
• In some portions away from the shore, seagulls are able to stand with just their feet getting wet.
  — Antonio Olivo, Washington Post, 5 Mar. 2023
• Luckily, the seagull quickly flew out of Holman's face, and the girls enjoyed the rest of the ride.
  — Gabriela Miranda, USA TODAY, 22 July 2021
• This isn't the first time a seagull in England has had a run in with Indian food.
  — N'dea Yancey-Bragg, USA TODAY, 8 July 2019
• Seagulls circled the smokestack and a gentle swell from the last storm gently rolled the ship.
  — Porter Fox, New York Times, 19 Aug. 2016
• The department says the suspect emptied the bag of popcorn to lure a group of seagulls, then ran over the birds.
  — Jordan Culver, USA TODAY, 6 Jan. 2020
• Whether or not the city of Bath needs another seagull is a point of contention.
  — National Geographic, 1 June 2017
• One of Chavez’s clients is a landfill that is often swarmed by seagulls.
  — Hugo Martin, Los Angeles Times, 18 Aug. 2019
• Sightings of seagulls have been made as well as thrushes and robins.
  — Jeff Lowenfels, Anchorage Daily News, 13 Apr. 2023
• The Cratchits’ Christmas feast won’t be a small turkey but a seagull and driftwood.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Nov. 2021
• Take the 59-mile drive: Watch for the signs with blue-and-yellow seagulls on them that designate this scenic drive.
  — Marla Jo Fisher, Orange County Register, 17 Feb. 2017
• There was sea salt in the air, and sleepless seagulls were birling in the darkness overhead.
  — Douglas Stuart, The New Yorker, 6 Jan. 2020
• The twin-hull Stratolaunch Aircraft looks like two seagulls joined at the wingtip.
  — Jack Stewart, WIRED, 2 June 2017
• The seagulls remain ready to pounce, but the ice-cream shops and chippies that supply their prey are mostly shut.
  — The Economist, 28 May 2020
• As soon as a bird entered, the camera locked right onto the moving object, which was a seagull.
  — Becca Farsace, The Verge, 17 June 2024
• But going from that level of description to the complexity of an organism like a fish that knows where to swim to in order to go to its breeding ground and seagulls and things like this.
  — Quanta Magazine, 20 June 2024

Last Updated: 6 Nov 2024