How to use raven in a sentence

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• We will track the raven population over the next six months.From the entry track
• There is no shortage of ravening friends and relatives on the day one hits the lottery.From the entry ravening
• An unkindness of ravens spread across the sky.From the entry unkindness
• The teaching of honesty is taught to us by Sabe or sometimes the raven.2020, Centennial College, “Seven Grandfather Teachings”, in Our Stories, archived from the original on 21 Jan 2020. From the entry sabe
• Humphrey turned the wagon around, noticing the ravens that lined the road.2016, Henry Fleiss, An Unkindness of Ravens, →ISBN. From the entry pruck
• A raven quorks from high above the Hills Pond as we stroll Alder Brook Road.2011, John M. Marzluff, Colleen Marzluff, Dog Days, Raven Nights, page 241. From the entry quork
• "There's an unkindness of ravens that roosts on top of the guild.2007, Elizabeth Haydon, The Thief Queen's Daughter, Starscape Books, published 2007, →ISBN, page 228. From the entry unkindness
• "Neverthemore, as the raven said, ha ha ha, I want you all to see my doghouse."2007, Roger Caras, Treasury of Great Dog Stories, →ISBN. From the entry neverthemore
• Were there still wild ravens flying about England looking for corpses to peck at?2006, Hugh Cook, The Succubus and Other Stories, page 579. From the entry ravenless
• Of middling height, with fairish skin and raven dark curls peeking from beneath a stylish bonnet.2004, Leslie Lafoy, The Perfect Temptation. From the entry fairish
• There are rivers, mountains, forests, oceans, storms, cold weather, fierce winters, eagles, ravens, salmon, and snakes.2001, John Lindow, “The Historical Background”, in Handbook of Norse Mythology (Handbooks of World Mythology), Santa Barbara, Calif.…. From the entry jotun
• He could hear the ravens quorking and complaining in the rookery above.2000 August 8, George R[aymond] R[ichard] Martin, “”, in A Storm of Swords (A Song of Ice and Fire; 3), London: Voyager, →ISBN, page 549. From the entry quork
• RAVEN—masked swordmistress from a land where women rule and men obey.1983, Samuel R[ay] Delany, Tales of Nevèrÿon, Bantam Books, →ISBN, back cover. From the entry swordmistress
• After vigintillions of years great Cthulhu was loose again, and ravening for delight.1928 February, H[oward] P[hillips] Lovecraft, “The Call of Cthulhu”, in Farnsworth Wright, editor, Weird Tales: A Magazine of the Bizarre…. From the entry vigintillion
• We were just about finished when two large ravens descended with thunderous backwings that sounded like chopper blades.2013, Kevin Hearne, Hunted: The Iron Druid Chronicles, →ISBN. From the entry backwing
• She looked like a raven about to take flight, half bird, half woman, like she'd sprouted wings from her shoulders.2011, Bernie McGill, The Butterfly Cabinet. From the entry scaresome
• A murder of ravens scythed through the air , black arrows on a western trajectory toward the Flathead River .2010, Cristina Eisenberg, The Wolf's Tooth, Island Press. From the entry murder
• Juan Bautista handed the raven off to a perch—it gronked and protested—and took a seat on his couch.2007, Kage Baker, The Graveyard Game, page 34. From the entry gronk
• Silence rang in my ears, punctuated by the occasional gronk of the ravens, as they flitted about in the spruce trees.2006, Terrence Rundle West, Run of the Town, page 153. From the entry gronk
• They'd grown up together, had seen a lot of life, and were mostly inseparable, through six decades of raven, starve-acre days.2004, James Everett Kibler, Walking Toward Home, →ISBN, page 35. From the entry starve-acre
• Explained a Curtiz assistant: "We had three ravens in Assisi; one died of cold, and another flew the coop."1961 January 6, “Assisi Revisited”, in Time. From the entry fly the coop
• My bewildered mind was deep in ponderment, and the distant croaking of ravens blended in evil litany with my thoughts.1937 April, Robert Bloch, “The Mannikin”, in Weird Tales, volume 29, number 4, page 450. From the entry ponderment
• Baela sends a letter by raven to her father Daemon spilling all the tea, and the news sends a now-pregnant Rhaenyra into mother-hen mode.2022 October 10, Jenna Scherer, “House Of The Dragon drops its best episode yet”, in AV Club. From the entry mother hen
• The construction or creative impulse from destruction, the all in one, is like a school of fish or a conspiracy of ravens.2018, Marina Perezagua, The Story of H, HarperCollins. From the entry conspiracy
• That’s where Osvath’s ravens come in.2017 July 13, Ed Yong, “Ravens Can Plan for the Future”, in The Atlantic. From the entry puzzle box
• The ‘Raven Crown” (a crown like a helmet with a raven head on top) is the national symbol of the monarchy of Bhutan.2009 June 1, Reiki Crins, Meeting the “Other”: Living in the Present, Gender and Sustainability in Bhutan, Eburon Academic Publishers…. From the entry Raven Crown
• The blasters are those beams of ravening destruction which take care of recalcitrant meteorites in a spaceship's course when the deflectors can't handle them.1945 May, Murray Leinster, “First Contact”, in Astounding Stories, volume 35, number 3. From the entry deflector
• Sabe is believed to be closer to the spirit world than humans and reminds us, just as the raven does, that we must be truthful to who we are.2020, Centennial College, “Seven Grandfather Teachings”, in Our Stories, archived from the original on 21 Jan 2020. From the entry sabe
• While attempting to remain as true to history as possible, I created a world of witches and wizards, earthdrakes and talking ravens, according to my imagination.2008, M.C. Halliday, The King's Daughter - Page 196. From the entry earthdrake
• He soon comes back to land, makes a largely undescribed blót sacrifice to Óðinn, and receives confirmation of his god's approval in the flight of two cawing ravens.2006, Anders Andrén, Kristina Jennbert, Catharina Raudvere, Old Norse Religion in Long-term Perspectives: Origins, Changes, and…. From the entry blót
• Raven wore a labret at that time set with abalone shell which was formerly very valuable, and it is from him that high-caste people afterward used those.2003, John R. Swanton, Tlingit Myths and Texts, page 115. From the entry labret
• As he got out, a raven backwinged to a landing in a nearby tree and was scolded by a squirrel who had thought that it was his spruce.1998, Dana Stabenow, Fire and Ice, page 212. From the entry backwing
• Her hair was raven black with a tantalizing suggestion of wave which relieved the oval face from the madonnalike look it had so often worn since her mother’s death.1925, “Adventure”, in The Calgary Stampede: A Story of the Canadian Plains Based on the Motion Picture Story by Raymond L. Schrock, New…. From the entry madonnalike

Meaning of raven

1. noun Any of several, generally large, species of birds in the genus Corvus with lustrous black plumage; especially the common raven (Corvus corax).
2. noun A jet-black, often glossy, colour, like that of the plumage of a raven (etymology 1, noun sense 1).
3. noun Usually preceded by a descriptive word: a bird from a genus other than Corvus that resembles the raven (etymology 1, noun sense 1), especially in having black plumage; also, an imaginary black bird.

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Questions about raven in a sentence

How do you use raven in a sentence?

Raven is used as a noun, adjective and verb. For example: “She was a tall, sophisticated, raven-haired beauty.”

What is a short sentence with raven?

“raven curls raven darkness”

What does raven mean?

Raven means any of several, generally large, species of birds in the genus Corvus with lustrous black plumage; especially the common raven (Corvus corax).