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How to use gander in a sentence

19 example sentences · noun, verb

Gander means a male goose. Example: “Have a gander at what he’s written.”

Examples of gander by meaning

nounA male goose.

  • Ganders and geese are at their best for stock from two to ten years old.1902, Lewis Wright, “Geese and Swans”, in The New Book of Poultry […], London; […]: Cassell and Company, Limited, page 560, column 1
  • Marta's gander was a magnificent snow-white bird: the object of terror to foxes, children and dogs.1988, Bruce Chatwin, Utz, London: Jonathan Cape, →ISBN; republished London: Vintage Books, 2005, →ISBN, page 50

nounA glance, look.

  • Have a gander at what he’s written.
  • I took a gander and she seemed so familiar.
  • As well as the church and its sexton, the market house is worth a gander, while the hop fields and orchards are "reminding one of Kent", for we are in another "Garden of England".2022 August 24, Stephen Roberts, “Bradshaw's Britain: the Cotswold Line: Ledbury”, in RAIL, number 964, page 61

More sentences with gander

  • A new wife for the gander is introduced into the pen.From the entry wife
  • They all went downtown to take a gander at the new shops that had opened there.From the entry take a gander
  • “Take a gander son, but be quick about it,” he said lighting a cigarette.2008, Deborah N. David, The Janus Project, page 382. From the entry blue heeler
  • "Another term was 'eyeballing,' which meant viewing and gandering around, such as 'eyeballing into Napels.'"1944, Ernie Pyle, Brave Men, University of Nebraska Press (2001), page 160. From the entry eyeballing
  • The ganders spread abroad, sheepwise, grazing, and gabbling as they grazed.1924 November 30, F. St. Mars [Frank Howard Atkins], “The Raider”, in Adventure, volume 49, number 6, page 159. From the entry sheepwise
  • Can any of our readers give this correspondent the name applied to a young gander?[1911, The Canadian Teacher, volume XVI, Toronto, Ont.: Educational Publishing Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 733, column 2. From the entry ganderling
  • Some one has suggested that, since a young goose is a gosling (goose-ling) a young gander should be a ganderling.[1911, The Canadian Teacher, volume XVI, Toronto, Ont.: Educational Publishing Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 733, column 2. From the entry ganderling
  • It is difficult sometimes to distinguish ganders from geese.1902, Lewis Wright, “Geese and Swans”, in The New Book of Poultry […], London; […]: Cassell and Company, Limited, page 560, column 1. From the entry goose
  • As soon as I was alone I glommed a quick gander into the bedroom, saw the Bonham punk was resting quietly under the covers.2014 August 14, Robert Leslie Bellem, Coffin for a Coward, eStar Books, →ISBN. From the entry glom
  • What's more, I pull back the sheets to take a quick but suspicious gander at Bunny, and she's wearing a pair of my briefs.2002, Dennis J. Barton, Cola Wars. From the entry pull back
  • Held this year in northeast Philadelphia, the gathering is an opportunity to meet other self-described "lotologists," trade tickets and take a gander at the never-ending multitude of collectible material.2011 July 29, The Denver Post, Denver, Colo.: Digital First Media, published 3 May 2016 (updated), →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the…. From the entry lotologist
  • Just, you know, so one can assign some value to the "TREMENDOSITY" and, of course, take a gander at the different costs these countries have paid to achieve this.1999 November 24, pjdiaz, “Sucesses^([sic]) and Failures in Cuban Music Ed”, in rec.music.afro-latin (Usenet). From the entry tremendosity
  • What is sauce for the goose may be sauce for the gander but is not necessarily sauce for the chicken, the duck, the turkey or the guinea hen.1954, Alice B. Toklas, The Alice B. Toklas Cook Book, Doubleday, page 6. From the entry guinea hen
  • What is sauce for the gander is sauce for the goose and the arguments that he produces against my suggestion apply with double force to his.1945, Herbert Walter Fairman, “An Introduction to the Study of Ptolemaic Signs and Their Values”, in Le Bulletin de l’Institut Français…. From the entry what's sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander

Meaning of gander

  1. noun A male goose.
  2. noun A fool, simpleton.
  3. noun A glance, look.

Full definition of gander

Questions about gander in a sentence

How do you use gander in a sentence?
Gander is used as a noun and verb. For example: “Have a gander at what he’s written.”
What is a short sentence with gander?
“Have a gander at what he’s written.”
What does gander mean?
Gander means a male goose.

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