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• Mute swans need a long stretch of water in order to take off.From the entry take off
• The mute swan, being one of the world's heaviest flying birds, can have a laborious takeoff.From the entry takeoff
• There were ducks, geese, swans, you name it on the lake.From the entry you name it
• The inelegance of the ugly duckling stood in contrast to its ultimate life as a swan.From the entry inelegance
• Hey! Stop throwing stones at the swans! What on earth do you think you're playing at?From the entry play at
• The ballet dancer representing the swan wore a white tutu.From the entry tutu
• He snatched my serviette and swiftly origamied a swan.From the entry origami
• It's not every day you see a black swan.From the entry it's not every day
• After a few months passed, Poobear from Bounty Hunters and Poobear from mad swans became tight.2020 November 6, Clifford Lee, When Blood Flows, Page Publishing Inc, →ISBN. From the entry Damu
• I didn’t spend all my time as an ordinand swanning around in vestments.2016 May 2, Kelvin Holdsworth, “The Seven Actual Marks of Mission”, in Thurible.net, archived from the original on 06 May 2016. From the entry ordinand
• We're sitting by the swan pond, which presently is swanless due to the season.2012, Sarah Mlynowski, Milkrun. From the entry swanless
• Show them the ugly duckling has morphed into a swan, that kind of thing.2011, Jason Hawes, Grant Wilson, Tim Waggoner, Ghost Trackers, →ISBN, page 7. From the entry screw you
• Intimidated by Scott’s swan dives, Lewis chose to underwhelm the poolside panel with a different approach.2011 August 5, Melissa Bell, “‘Leisure Dive,’ the latest in online photography pranks”, in The Washington Post, archived from the original…. From the entry corona
• Suits, top hats, the full bifta, then we can swan around the owners' enclosure looking the bollocks.2011, Mark Baxter, Paolo Hewitt, The Mumper, →ISBN. From the entry bifta
• They were as different to look at as a dove and a swan.2010, Paul Hoffman, The Left Hand of God, Dutton, →ISBN, page 338. From the entry plumpitude
• Actually, mostly I swan around in my silver sports car, necking drugs, and feeling sorry for myself.2005, Stephen Price, Monkey Man, page 146. From the entry neck
• The trumpeters' fate seems likely to get tangled with that of the mute swan.1998, Bob Devine, National Geographic Society (U.S.), Alien invasion: America's battle with non-native animals and plants. From the entry trumpeter
• And this one's a cross between a swan and a goose, and we call him a swoose.1968 Jan, Samuel J. Sackett, “Another Cross-Fertilization Joke”, in Western Folklore, volume 27, number 1, pages 50–51. From the entry swoose
• She'd her apron wrapped about her and he took her for a swan.1963 Peter, Paul and Mary, "Polly Von". From the entry 'd
• “The swans are singing again,” said to one another the gods.1915 April, Lord Dunsany [i.e., Edward Plunkett, 18th Baron of Dunsany], “The Return of Song”, in Fifty-one Tales, London: [Charles] Elkin…. From the entry Valhalla
• According to that, the word's only meaning was 'male swan'.2026 April 1, Vitali Vitaliev, “Literature on the track”, in RAIL, number 1058, page 68. From the entry cob
• However, a black swan was discovered in Australia.2015, Robert V Kozinets, Netnography: Redefined, page 163. From the entry black swan fallacy
• Therefore, all it takes is one black swan to falsify the general statement about the universality of white swans.2015, Robert V Kozinets, Netnography: Redefined, page 163. From the entry black swan fallacy
• "John calls teenagers 'sweese.'" "What?" "Neither swans nor geese."2007, Susan Kelly, Now You Know, Pegasus Books, page 229. From the entry swoose
• This was intended for larger fowl, such as swan.2006, Allison Sim, “Yeomen, Scullions and Children: Living in a Great Household as a Lower Servant”, in Masters and Servants in Tudor…. From the entry chawdron
• This concept of "observation" is not like that of seeing a black swan, to mention a famous classical example.1999, G. D’Agostini, “Bayesian Reasoning versus Conventional Statistics in High Energy Physics”, in Wolfgang von der Linden, Volker Dose…. From the entry black swan
• Swans glide, fox-cubs gambol, eagles soar; time-lapsed trees burst into leaf, slowed-down hares leap and twist like furry ballet-dancers.1999 November 8, Robert Hanks, “Television Review”, in The Independent, London: Independent News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the…. From the entry ballet-dancer
• The elk, swans and woodgrouse are no more.1998, Anton Pavlovich Chekhov, Ronald Hingley, Five Plays, Oxford University Press, USA, →ISBN, page 148. From the entry odd
• Into the court you'd swanned, you dateless little pillock, if not wholly confident of winning, surely careless of losing.1997, Peter O'Toole, Loitering with Intent: The Apprentice, →ISBN, page 281. From the entry dateless
• Since when I've cleared the table to feed these guttlesome swans—on the best cake, too, which is simply immoral.1919, Lucas Malet, The Tall Villa, George H. Doran Company, →OCLC, page 95. From the entry guttlesome
• That was her swan song for me.1918 February (date written), Katherine Mansfield [pseudonym; Kathleen Mansfield Murry], “Je ne parle pas français”, in Bliss and Other…. From the entry swan song
• A game of swans flew there and the water and the shore beneath were fouled with their greenwhite slime.1916, James Joyce, chapter V, in A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, New York, N.Y.: B[enjamin] W. Huebsch, →OCLC. From the entry game
• "I won't have him for a swan yet in my aviary; he must first grow other and finer feathers."1910, The Pall Mall Magazine. From the entry swanship
• One of the black swans of Stow Lake was found dead Wednesday near the edge of the lake.1901 June 28, “Coyote Kills Black Swan. Visits Scene of His Crime and Meets Deserved Death.”, in The Examiner, volume LXXII, number 179…. From the entry cygnicide
• Those ancient red boats, with their beautiful carved swans on each side, circled around a murky pond in the middle of the Public Garden.2024 June 11, Kate Spencer, chapter 1, in One Last Summer, London: Pan Books, published 2025, →ISBN. From the entry cash-grabby
• So-called black swan funds – named for rare and unexpected events – offer a way to profit in the event of a market collapse.2011 June 29, Azam Ahmed, “New investment strategy: Preparing for end times”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times…. From the entry black swan

Meaning of swan

1. noun Any of various species of large, long-necked waterfowl, of genus Cygnus (bird family: Anatidae), most of which have white plumage.
2. noun One whose grace etc. suggests a swan.
3. noun This bird used as a heraldic charge, sometimes with a crown around its neck (e. g. the arms of Buckinghamshire).

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Questions about swan in a sentence

How do you use swan in a sentence?

Swan is used as a noun and verb. For example: “Mute swans need a long stretch of water in order to take off.”

What is a short sentence with swan?

“That was her swan song for me.”

What does swan mean?

Swan means any of various species of large, long-necked waterfowl, of genus Cygnus (bird family: Anatidae), most of which have white plumage.