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How to use drake in a sentence

15 example sentences · noun

Drake means a male duck (bird). Example: “A drake belonging to a chemist, having drunk water out of a copper vessel which had contained phosphorous, continued its amorous activities until death.”

Examples of drake by meaning

nounA male duck (bird).

  • A drake belonging to a chemist, having drunk water out of a copper vessel which had contained phosphorous, continued its amorous activities until death.1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 202

nounDragon.

  • Clay caught sight of the drake's wing outlined against the rising flames as it swept low over the desert.2016, Anthony Ryan, The Waking Fire: Book One of Draconis Memoria

More sentences with drake

  • The sea drake uncoiled from the palace as they approached .2020, Natalie Grey, Saira & the Dragon's Egg. From the entry sea drake
  • Be aware: skytime has been granted so all drakes are coming out to play.2016, James Barclay, Heart of Granite. From the entry skytime
  • Aric had heard improbable tales of earth drakes eating entire mekillots.2010, Jeff Mariotte, City Under the Sand: A Dark Sun Novel. From the entry earthdrake
  • The drake beamed at his children and wagged his stumpy tail proudly.1987, Animal fairy tales. From the entry turkeyling
  • Drake is a "Chopped" Diddy Ahh Blud🥀🥀🥀🥀.2025 May 8, u/nbayoungsummrsratio, Reddit, archived from the original on 15 May 2025. From the entry Diddy blud
  • The monster, a subspecies of dragon, was a sea drake.2024, Hagure Metabo, A Livid Lady's Guide to Getting Even. From the entry sea drake
  • From my own informal research within the watershed, this drake is far more common than any other drake.2013, Boots Allen, Snake River Flies: Eighty Years of Proven Patterns for a .... From the entry flav
  • Drake Mallards do not quack like hens.2008, L. Elliott, K. Colver, R. Moore, The Calls of Ducks and Geese, →ISBN, page 1. From the entry rhaeb
  • It happens that a water turtle ate the dead drake.1975 June 12, rsk, “The Scribbles”, in Robert Kendall, editor, Reporter, 86th year, number 139, Martinsville, Ind.: Reporter-Times, Inc.…. From the entry duckflesh
  • Suddenly he caught sight of a nice flat stone, and, jumping up, began to make ducks and drakes on the water.1913, D[avid] H[erbert] Lawrence, “chapter 7”, in Sons and Lovers, London: Duckworth & Co. […], →OCLC. From the entry ducks and drakes
  • Drake walks in a tight circle.2019 November 11, Spencer Kornhaber, “When the Biggest Rapper in the World Gets Booed Off Stage”, in The Atlantic, Washington, D.C.: The…. From the entry Juuling
  • Drake thought of it as a sort of “grown-up gap year,” a reflection of the growing popularity, over the last few decades, of Wanderjahr-like jaunts.2017 October 30, Raillan Brooks, “Why Send a Journalist on a 52-Week Trot Around the Globe?”, in The New York Times, →ISSN. From the entry wanderjahr
  • I consider the flav (commonly known as the lesser or small western green drake) to be the most important drake found in the Snake River watershed.2013, Boots Allen, Snake River Flies: Eighty Years of Proven Patterns for a .... From the entry flav

Meaning of drake

  1. noun A male duck (bird).
  2. noun Dragon.
  3. noun Lesser draconic creature.

Full definition of drake

Questions about drake in a sentence

How do you use drake in a sentence?
Drake is used as a noun. For example: “A drake belonging to a chemist, having drunk water out of a copper vessel which had contained phosphorous, continued its amorous activities until death.”
What is a short sentence with drake?
“Drake walks in a tight circle.”
What does drake mean?
Drake means a male duck (bird).

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