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How to use fledgling in a sentence

11 example sentences · adjective, noun

Fledgling means untried or inexperienced. Example: “Fledglings can only be fed finely chopped meat.”

Examples of fledgling by meaning

adjectiveEmergent or rising.

  • His father James, who greatly influenced him was politically active in the Irish Republican Brotherhood and the fledgling GAA.1997 August 5, “Film failed to do justice to drama surrounding death of Harry Boland”, in The Irish Times
  • Less than 24 hours later, Aker’s fledgling green energy and technology unit, Aker Horizons, revealed it had landed a bigger catch, with its planned purchase of Roscommon native Eddie O’Connor’s Mainstream Renewable Power for up to €1 billion.2021 January 22, Joe Brennan, “Has Eddie O’Connor underestimated the value of his €1bn baby?”, in The Irish Times

More sentences with fledgling

  • Fledglings can only be fed finely chopped meat.From the entry finely
  • The state’s fledgling pot market, envisioned as a low-key, mom-and-pop industry, would be Wal-Marted, some feared.2016 March 25, Rick Anderson, “Laws may usher in Big Marijuana”, in Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles, Calif.: Los Angeles Times…. From the entry Wal-Mart
  • Over the years it drew such fledgling business leaders as Gerald Hines and Fayez Sarofim.2008 August 24, Tara Dooley, “It's been fun to stay at the Y”, in Chron. From the entry YMCA
  • John Forrest had dominated the fledgling state of Western Australia, serving as premier for the previous decade.2007, Patrick Moray Weller, Cabinet Government in Australia, 1901-2006: Practice, Principles, Performance, page 1. From the entry premier
  • There was a young deshi (fledgling sumōtori) looking up at the oyakata with a terrified face.1998, “Arena”, in Look Japan, volume 44, Tokyo: Look Japan, Ltd., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 32, column 2. From the entry sumōtori
  • Producing a second batch is easier if she skips the last grueling week or two of provisioning fledglings.2020, Laura Erickson, The Love Lives of Birds: Courting and Mating Rituals, North Adams, M.A.: Storey Publishing, →ISBN, page 81. From the entry a
  • It was a humble little plant, fragile, a fledgling shrub with a few sprays of leaves—a Charlie Brown Christmas tree.2014, Lev Grossman, The Magician’s Land (The Magicians Trilogy; 3), New York, N.Y.: Plume, published 2015, →ISBN, page 389. From the entry Charlie Brown Christmas tree
  • This version shows a small figure inside of cagelike towers, perhaps symbolizing the fledgling sculptor's dreams of creation.1990, Charlotte Streifer Rubinstein, American Women Sculptors: A History of Women Working in Three Dimensions. From the entry cagelike
  • Fledgling superstar Jimmy Carson couldn't bear another day in Edmonton living in the void created by the departure of Wayne Gretzky, whose brokenhearted fans never accepted his replacement.1989 November 3, “Jimmy Carson Comes Home; He's a Redwing”, in The Argus-Press (Owesso…. From the entry syndrome

Meaning of fledgling

  1. adjective Untried or inexperienced.
  2. adjective Emergent or rising.
  3. noun A young bird which has just developed its flight feathers (notably wings).

Full definition of fledgling

Questions about fledgling in a sentence

How do you use fledgling in a sentence?
Fledgling is used as an adjective and noun. For example: “Fledglings can only be fed finely chopped meat.”
What is a short sentence with fledgling?
“Fledglings can only be fed finely chopped meat.”
What does fledgling mean?
Fledgling means untried or inexperienced.

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