How to Use squawk in a Sentence

squawk

1 of 2 verb

• The customers squawked about the high prices.
• Opponents of the project have been squawking.
• When evening comes and the lights turn on, gulls flock to the rafters and squawk through the night.
  — Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 21 Feb. 2021
• And the seven stars go squawking Like geese about the sky.
  — Alan Jacobs, Harper's Magazine, 13 Apr. 2022
• But the Braves squawked when Urena hit Adams in the backside.
  — Craig Davis, Sun-Sentinel.com, 18 June 2017
• A few hundred feet away, the chickens squawk in their pen.
  — Kat Chow, Bon Appétit, 11 Nov. 2022
• Two jays squawked in the juniper tree, then flitted away.
  — James Murren, latimes.com, 13 July 2019
• This is the smallest commuter in the Hyundai lineup, but the Accent is still spry enough to squawk the tires.
  — Austin Irwin, Car and Driver, 23 Apr. 2021
• Naeher is not the type of goalkeeper who squawks at her back line the whole game.
  — Grant Wahl, SI.com, 2 July 2019
• Save for the Gatherer, and the odd sea bird squawking, there’s no sign of life above the water.
  — Esther Mobley, SFChronicle.com, 6 Apr. 2020
• Julia’s task was to squawk in the background like an escaped bird.
  — Chloe Malle, Town & Country, 19 Jan. 2022
• The alarm squawks over the loudspeaker at the McCall Smokejumper Base.
  — Alfredo Sosa, The Christian Science Monitor, 19 July 2023
• How much talk can a Fed speaker squawk if a Fed speaker can squawk like a hawk?
  — Tracy Alloway, Bloomberg.com, 13 Oct. 2022
• The pair run back to a waiting car as the chickens squawk in their arms and ruffle their feathers.
  — Christian Martinez, Los Angeles Times, 9 Mar. 2023
• But what happens to that lucky bird that lives to squawk another day?
  — Taylor Murphy, Good Housekeeping, 25 Aug. 2022
• The film has yet to cast the villainous Jafar, the squawking Iago, the monkey Abu, and the tiger Raja.
  — Joanna Robinson, HWD, 15 July 2017
• The film has yet to cast the villainous Jafar, the squawking Iago, the monkey Abu, and the tiger Raja.
  — vanityfair.com, 15 July 2017
• As birds squawk behind her, the Gossip Girl actress pleads her case.
  — Henry Chandonnet, Peoplemag, 10 July 2023
• The newest chicks, small enough to fit in the palm of a hand, have already learned to walk and squawk, as shown in photos and a video provided by the zoo.
  — Sarah Bahari, Dallas News, 13 Feb. 2023
• These two seagulls circled round me, dive-bombing and squawking at me.
  — National Geographic, 16 Dec. 2017
• Almost six decades later, students have shrieked and squawked in front of millions of T.V. viewers.
  — Jill Cowan, New York Times, 10 Feb. 2020
• Now someone brings Billy into the room, and Jimmy takes him in his arms and sits on the couch, holding his hands as Billy squawks.
  — Michael Paterniti, GQ, 17 Jan. 2018
• Some might squawk about its slight roll in corners, which is out of character for a supercar.
  — Scott Oldham, Car and Driver, 15 Apr. 2020
• Goose squawked four times, beat his wings and refused to cooperate.
  — Britta Lokting, New York Times, 17 Jan. 2018
• Soon, two babies will be squawking for food that will keep little mama very busy.
  — Jane Napier Neely, La Cañada Valley Sun, 5 Aug. 2019
• Democrats have mostly paid little heed to the nonstop GOP squawking about higher taxes and cuts in state aid to towns.
  — Dan Haar, courant.com, 16 Sep. 2017
• Come together Lights flashed and the occasional siren squawked as the vehicles made their way down the street.
  — Holly V. Hays, Indianapolis Star, 14 Apr. 2020
• As many as 200 of the lanky white birds are flopping awkwardly in the tops of the towering trees, roosting, squawking, falling out of nests.
  — Robert Cadwallader, star-telegram, 3 July 2017
• But while ducks and their fellow water fowl boast these impressive, large penises, the penes of most birds are nothing to squawk about.
  — Christie Wilcox, Discover Magazine, 6 June 2013
• Trump, by contrast, sounds like a ridiculous Chicken Little squawking about the coop.
  — Eugene Robinson, The Mercury News, 5 June 2017

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squawk

2 of 2 noun

• Both sang at the same time, the herons with their squawks and the ducks with their mouse-like cries.
  — Emilie C. Harting, Philly.com, 8 Mar. 2018
• To the squawk in the bird sanctuary and the burbling creek by the old mill.
  — Melena Ryzik Stacy Kranitz, New York Times, 21 Dec. 2022
• The air is filled with squawks, honks and quacks that carry for miles across the marsh.
  — Tom Stienstra, SFChronicle.com, 22 Jan. 2020
• No black voice could ever be more than a brutish squawk.
  — Fara Dabhoiwala, The New York Review of Books, 3 Aug. 2020
• One major squawk: The crew couldn’t connect to the Wi-Fi system.
  — Scott McCartney, WSJ, 31 Aug. 2017
• From his longhouse, at sunset, there was the squawk of parrots, and the night sky soon filled with stars.
  — Jon Lee Anderson, Condé Nast Traveler, 21 Mar. 2018
• But there were squawks of good news at other nesting sites in the region.
  — Christina Hall, Detroit Free Press, 3 July 2017
• How much talk can a Fed speaker squawk if a Fed speaker can squawk like a hawk?
  — Tracy Alloway, Bloomberg.com, 13 Oct. 2022
• In Caracas, voting began at 6 a.m. amid the squawk of macaws.
  — Anthony Faiola, chicagotribune.com, 30 July 2017
• For now, mornings here are marked by the squawk of chachalacas.
  — Sheila Marikar, Fortune, 4 Apr. 2021
• The sounds of squawks and meows could be heard as chickens and stray cats roamed among the vehicles.
  — Noah Goldberg, Los Angeles Times, 19 July 2023
• As a bird in a non-gilded cage, Pitts cocks his head, squawks and moves in little, jerking steps.
  — Matthew J. Palm, OrlandoSentinel.com, 23 May 2017
• Hard launches are greeted with a squawk from the rear tires and a 92-decibel din at full throttle.
  — Michael Simari, Car and Driver, 15 Feb. 2018
• The squawk of gulls circling potential meals is a less welcome part of the background noise.
  — Nick Corasaniti, New York Times, 15 Aug. 2019
• When the boy tries to walk past the rock, the shadow bird squawks causing the luminous entity to shrink back.
  — Christopher Byrd, Washington Post, 27 Feb. 2020
• She often was awakened by the squawks of wild turkeys trudging past her tent.
  — Cynthia Hubert, sacbee, 10 June 2018
• The gleaming chains of cars creep forward slowly with few gaps between vehicles as the squawk of car horns pierces the air.
  — Monique O. Madan, miamiherald, 4 May 2017
• The wee panda, the size of a butter stick, introduced itself with a howling squawk.
  — Robin Wright, The New Yorker, 22 Aug. 2020
• There’s also the magic of being on the water, watching the sunrise from a boat through the Golden Gate, the squawks of the birds and the familiar smell of the old salt air.
  — Tom Stienstra, SFChronicle.com, 10 June 2018
• But then the bird opens its beak — and instead of a squawk, John Oliver’s nasally English accent comes out.
  — Nora McGreevy, BostonGlobe.com, 17 July 2019
• The twins reportedly didn’t even let out a single squawk.
  — Hilary Weaver, Vanities, 13 Dec. 2017
• Since chicken coops seem to be the squawk of the town, options are really limitless.
  — Taylor Mead, House Beautiful, 21 May 2019
• Each parrot has its own distinctive voice with changes in the frequency of its squawks.
  — Ryan F. Mandelbaum, Scientific American, 13 June 2023
• That life is corrosion and decay, blossoms and smiles, the squawk of a cockatoo.
  — New York Times, 6 Sep. 2021
• Those who have heard a penguin squawk on land might not find these results very surprising.
  — Katherine J. Wu, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 Mar. 2020
• Her innovation starts with her husky squawk of a voice, which sometimes emits notes of bell-clear beauty.
  — Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 14 Dec. 2022
• Up in the cockpit, Captain Takahama called for emergency squawk code 7700 on the transponder.
  — Andrew Zaleski, Popular Mechanics, 22 June 2023
• Blue herons, with their slow, wide flap and low squawk, seem somehow disapproving.
  — Jennifer Berney, Outside Online, 7 Apr. 2023
• Despite the hour, there were a few people at the house -- typical during missions -- and the squawk boxes were chirping.
  — Samantha Bresnahan, CNN, 16 July 2021
• First, there will be plenty of second-guessing squawks if George hits the ground running in Oklahoma City.
  — Ben Golliver, SI.com, 6 July 2017

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