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How to use lark in a sentence

26 example sentences · noun, verb

Lark means any of various small, singing passerine birds of the family Alaudidae. Example: “She's happy as a lark with her ten dollar pay raise, even though the long-term prospects for the business are not good.”

Examples of lark by meaning

nounA jolly or peppy person.

  • Charles Randolph Grean is married to pop lark and multi-hit artist Betty Johnson.1990, Wayne Jancik, The Billboard Book of One-Hit Wonders, →ISBN, page 238

verbTo catch larks (a type of bird).

  • to go larking

nounA frolic or romp, some fun.

  • Thanks partly to Tom Wolfe’s raised-eyebrow account, “The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test,” that bohemian lark has been retrospectively hailed as the flash point of the emerging hippie counterculture.2011 August 4, Stephen Holden, “Stoned Archive: Wild Ride Of the Merry Pranksters”, in The New York Times, →ISSN
  • What began as a lark has grown into something very, very big, inflating the company’s ambitions.2018 November, Alexis C. Madrigal, “The Dangers of YouTube for Young Children”, in The Atlantic

More sentences with lark

  • She's happy as a lark with her ten dollar pay raise, even though the long-term prospects for the business are not good.From the entry happy as a lark
  • What a turn-up for the books, Portia thinks, what a lark!2011, Nina Bawden, A Nice Change, →ISBN. From the entry turn-up for the books
  • Actually, this little girl-child should have been as happy as a lark.2007, Vivek Iyer, chapter 8, in Samlee’s Daughter: A Novel, Great Britain: Polyglot Publications, →ISBN, section I. From the entry uranian
  • "I'm not much cop at the decorating lark, am I, Floss?" "Never mind, Dad."2007, Jacqueline Wilson, Candyfloss. From the entry not much cop
  • “I'd like to think of my father being lifted to God in an exaltation of larks.”2005, Lucille Bellucci, Journey from Shanghai, iUniverse, published 2005, →ISBN, page 83. From the entry exaltation
  • Lark praises Courtney's mothering skills, but grades her low on her girlfriending skills.1999 November 1, MTCzajka, “PC: Monday Update 11/1”, in rec.arts.tv.soaps.abc (Usenet), archived from the original on 06 Dec 2025. From the entry girlfriending
  • The lark in the clear air is only trotting after him.'1976, Christy Brown, Wild Grow The Lilies, New York: Stein and Day, →ISBN, page 301. From the entry only trotting after
  • A musty smell swells from the mounted lark, blitheless in spirit.1964, John Lehmann, Alan Ross, The London Magazine - Volume 4 - Page 20. From the entry blitheless
  • Does he not play the tambor and sing as gay and songsome as a lark?"1952, Lorna Doone Beers, The Book of Hugh Flower. From the entry songsome
  • "But you'll have to be up with the lark," she added.1927, Virginia Woolf, To the Lighthouse, part 1 "The Window", chapter 1. From the entry up with the lark
  • Cordwainer and he'll busticate us for a lark, sir.2012, Daniel H. Wilson, Amped. From the entry busticate
  • Larks was right in bemoaning his indoorness.2011, Maggie Pouncey, Perfect Reader, Anchor, →ISBN, page 231. From the entry indoorness
  • On a lark, he took a small scup, or porgy, and a stamp pad and demonstrated how to make a print.2007 August 8, Brett Martin, “First a Hook, Then Ink: An Artist’s Catch”, in New York Times. From the entry scup
  • On a lark, I called out: “Here comes a 9!” Sure enough, the next roll was a 9.2005, R. D. Ellison, Gamble to Win Advanced Craps, Lyle Stuart, Kensington Publishing Corp., →ISBN, page 109. From the entry stickwoman
  • Rachel came in, and Nick felt he'd been caught larking about, Catherine squashing him like some bolshie teenage attempt at seduction.2004, Alan Hollinghurst, chapter 16, in The Line of Beauty […], London: Picador, →ISBN. From the entry bolshie
  • An exultation of larks rose from the fen itself.1983, Robert Nye, Three Tales: Beowulf, Taliesin, Wishing Gold, Hamilton, page 42. From the entry exultation
  • A springful of larks in a rolling Cloud and the roadside bushes brimming with whistling Blackbirds and the sun of October.1944, Dylan Thomas, Poem in October. From the entry springful
  • There was a lark in the sky, a chatter of rooks, and the swoop of swallows arrived to-day.1903, William Babington Maxwell, Fabulous Fancies, G. Richards, page 161. From the entry chatter
  • Lower East Side of the soul on a lark, stepping nimbly between the piles of garbage to the gay marimba rhythms in your head.1984, Jay McInerney, Bright Lights, Big City, →ISBN, page 4. From the entry slum
  • It was just a crazy jimjam lark, concocted by a fuddled brain, but it might have had most serious consequences for the innocent clerk.1920, Benjamin Lillard, Practical Druggist and Pharmaceutical Review of Reviews. From the entry jimjam
  • It is said that an exaltation of larks, which had assembled on the roof of Francis's hut, suddenly—and inexplicably—took to the air just after sunset, wheeling and singing.2005, Linda Bird Francke, On the Road with Francis of Assisi: A Timeless Journey Through Umbria and Tuscany, and Beyond, Random House…. From the entry exaltation
  • The California sun was doing what the Chamber of Commerce says it always does; bees were buzzing; larks were bugling; orange marigolds were blooming by the acreful.1944, Arnold Gingrich, Coronet - Volume 16, page 40. From the entry acreful

Meaning of lark

  1. noun Any of various small, singing passerine birds of the family Alaudidae.
  2. noun Any of various similar-appearing birds, but usually ground-living, such as the meadowlark and titlark.
  3. noun One who wakes early; one who is up with the larks.

Full definition of lark

Questions about lark in a sentence

How do you use lark in a sentence?
Lark is used as a noun and verb. For example: “She's happy as a lark with her ten dollar pay raise, even though the long-term prospects for the business are not good.”
What is a short sentence with lark?
“to go larking”
What does lark mean?
Lark means any of various small, singing passerine birds of the family Alaudidae.

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