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How to use duckling in a sentence

10 example sentences · noun

Duckling means a young duck. Example: “The inelegance of the ugly duckling stood in contrast to its ultimate life as a swan.”

Examples of duckling by meaning

nounA young female duck.

  • Muscovy ducks with ducklings.1961, Allan A[rthur] McArdle, Poultry Management and Production (Agricultural and Livestock Series), Sydney, N.S.W.: Angus and Robertson...

More sentences with duckling

  • The inelegance of the ugly duckling stood in contrast to its ultimate life as a swan.From the entry inelegance
  • Behind her trailed twelve more English ships of the line like a paddling of ducklings.2018, Gerald Stulc, The Surgion's Mate, Sarasota, Florida: First Edition Design Publishing. From the entry paddling
  • “We got you!” Fung said as they backed the duckling named Zan against a wall.2015, Tales of the Tigress, page 5. From the entry yuh-uh
  • Show them the ugly duckling has morphed into a swan, that kind of thing.2011, Jason Hawes, Grant Wilson, Tim Waggoner, Ghost Trackers, →ISBN, page 7. From the entry screw you
  • Once ducklings are imprinted on someone or something, it's virtually impossible to unimprint them.1991, Judith Rich Harris, Robert M. Liebert, The Child: A Contemporary View of Development, page 203. From the entry unimprint
  • A waddle of ducks and ducklings appeared around her feet.2024, micheal dubh, The Girl who Rode the Unihorn: Of love and climate devastation, Seanchaidh, page 333. From the entry waddle
  • Try the whole filet mignon, roast duckling, green lasagna, choucroute garni, Cornish hens, and the macedonia of fruit made each day.1991, New York Magazine, volume 24, number 50, page 94. From the entry macedonia
  • This would be unlikely with a very rapid imprinter such as a duckling or a chick, but mammals tend to become socialized more slowly.2009, Desmond Morris, The Human Zoo, page 101. From the entry imprinter
  • Another feature of imprinting is that it must take place soon after the duckling is hatched or it won't take place at all.1991, Judith Rich Harris, Robert M. Liebert, The Child: A Contemporary View of Development, page 203. From the entry unimprint

Meaning of duckling

  1. noun A young duck.
  2. noun A young female duck.

Full definition of duckling

Questions about duckling in a sentence

How do you use duckling in a sentence?
Duckling is used as a noun. For example: “The inelegance of the ugly duckling stood in contrast to its ultimate life as a swan.”
What is a short sentence with duckling?
“Muscovy ducks with ducklings.”
What does duckling mean?
Duckling means a young duck.

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