How to use pigeon in a sentence

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• They sat on a park bench and tossed bread crumbs to the ducks and pigeons.From the entry bench
• The pigeons were happily pecking at crumbs of bread on the ground.From the entry crumb
• A kindly old man sits on the park bench every afternoon feeding pigeons.From the entry kindly
• Each of the pigeon fanciers released a homer at the same time.From the entry homer
• My brother's hobby is raising domestic pigeons, some for show, and others as messengers.From the entry domestic pigeon
• Competition pigeons are hampered for the truck trip to the point of release where the race back starts.From the entry hamper
• His plan to rid Trafalgar Square of pigeons by bringing in peregrine falcons to eat them was dismissed as not feasible.From the entry feasible
• Startled, the wood pigeon flew off, its wings flapping noisily.From the entry flap
• The homing instinct in pigeons is an example of orientation.From the entry orientation
• Despite their lowly status, all city pigeons come from domestic pigeons, which were once popular as both pets and as messengers.From the entry city pigeon
• Countless pigeons ruptured it here and there with the songliness of their short circular flights.2014, Aashish Kaul, A Dream of Horses & Other Stories. From the entry songliness
• I saw a kit of pigeons swinging round some nearby chimney pots.2013, Old Hand, The Strain Makers: The Art of Breeding Long Distance Pigeons, Read Books Limited. From the entry kit
• When in panic I feared they, like fluttering pigeons, were liable to do anything.2011, Rahul Bhattacharya, chapter 7, in The Sly Company of People Who Care, London: Picador, →ISBN, page 86. From the entry crappo
• The researchers developed tiny neurologgers, to record electrical activity in the pigeons’ brains as they flew.2009 June 30, Henry Fountain, “Reading the Brains of Pigeons in Flight”, in New York Times. From the entry neurologger
• I tell you my outjie, out there even the pigeons are anti-apartheid.2003, Antony Sher, I.D., act 1, scene 10, page 38. From the entry outjie
• A flock of crested pigeons flashed through the timber out in the day.2002, Alex Miller, Journey to the Stone Country, Allen & Unwin, published 2003, page 223. From the entry crested pigeon
• As a "stool pigeon," or what the corrupt union boss Johnny Friendly (Lee J.1998, Sam B. Girgus, Samuel Bruce Girgus, Hollywood Renaissance: The Cinema of Democracy in the Era of Ford, Capra, and Kazan, page 155. From the entry cheese eater
• I saw where the Pope poped and where the pigeons flocked.1989 September 24, Los Angeles Times, iii. 22/1. From the entry pope
• But somehow the word got around in pigeon circles that Benchley was antipigeon.1983, Robert Benchley, The best of Robert Benchley, page 218. From the entry antipigeon
• City squares, bus terminals and parks are favorite feeding grounds for pigeons.1981, Clive Dobson, “The Winter Birds”, in Feeding Wild Birds in Winter, Firefly Books, →ISBN, page 65. From the entry bread-monger
• I would recommend this little book very highly to anyone who fancies pigeons, novices and veterans alike.1973, American Pigeon Journal, page 159. From the entry fancy
• Birds are as popular as animals in the toy kingdom, especially pigeons, owls and domestic hens.1971, Gwen White, Antique Toys And Their Background, page 54. From the entry animal
• Amidst a springful sunny bliss Nor you, nor I, none else, Only the pigeons shining.1969, Nandagopāla Senagupta, A Book of Bengali Verse from 10th to 20th Century, page 96. From the entry springful
• They are shot, taken by hawks, blown down in storms or trapped by other pigeon keepers.1962, Mervin F. Roberts, How to Raise & Train Pigeons, →ISBN, page 38. From the entry homer man
• Taken twice daily morning and night, in pigeon or fowl broth, preceded and followed by eater.1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 102. From the entry broth
• Little bass gull; sea pigeon (from its general figure and small size among gulls).1956, The Kingbird - Volumes 6-10, page 9. From the entry sea pigeon
• From a big msasa tree that shaded the veranda a pigeon was cooing regularly.1954, Doris Lessing, A Proper Marriage, HarperPerennial, published 1995, page 285. From the entry msasa
• You trying to work one of those pigeon drops on me?”1952, Ralph Ellison, Invisible Man, Penguin Books (2014), page 330. From the entry pigeon drop
• Clipped to its leg was this German sneer: "Herewith your message pigeon is returned.1944 February 7, “World Battlefronts: Men at War—The Bird”, in Time. From the entry carrier pigeon
• The sea pigeon lives upon sea lettuce, consuming about a teacup-ful every day.1942 June, Ellen Reed, “Natural Ink”, in Fantastic Adventures. From the entry sea pigeon
• The supposed fisherman had been sending the enemy information by means of the carrier pigeons.1914 December 11, The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express, NSW, page 35, column 4. From the entry carrier pigeon
• Feggs don’t fool pigeons and they don’t prevent egg-laying.2025 January 21, Sammy Mikus, Elizabeth Young, “Eggs & Feggs: Hatch Prevention”, in Palomacy (blog post). From the entry fegg
• Idiot-eyed wood pigeons lumbered across the lawn, belly-deep in clover.2024, Kaliane Bradley, The Ministry of Time, Sceptre, page 14. From the entry wood pigeon
• But what if feeding pigeons reveals contours of a large-scale affective militancy among older people in the public space?2020, Fahim Amir, Being and Swine: The End of Nature (As We Knew It), unnumbered page. From the entry granarchist
• Rosemary loved her daddy, but she didn't have him long, and she was as jealous as a Barbary pigeon.2020, V. C. Andrews, Beneath the Attic, page 185. From the entry jealous as a Barbary pigeon
• Meet your new pal: An ornithologist who keeps pigeons (and has one along in a pet-carrier under his seat).2019 November 27, Peter Mandel, “Traveling for the holidays? You can scare off that seatmate who just won’t shut up”, in Miami Herald…. From the entry pet-carrier
• “I 'ave a wife and pigeon pair,” he said.2018, Tom Treanor, One Damn Thing After Another. From the entry pigeon pair
• “What's a pigeon pair?” I asked him.2018, Tom Treanor, One Damn Thing After Another. From the entry pigeon pair

Meaning of pigeon

1. noun One of several birds of the family Columbidae within the order Columbiformes.
2. noun The meat from this bird.
3. noun A person who is a target or victim of a confidence game.

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How do you use pigeon in a sentence?

Pigeon is used as a noun and verb. For example: “It's their pigeon.”

What is a short sentence with pigeon?

“It's their pigeon.”

What does pigeon mean?

Pigeon means one of several birds of the family Columbidae within the order Columbiformes.