caw
noun
the harsh, grating cry of the crow, raven, etc.
are cawing
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present progressiveof caw.present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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The rooks are cawing, and a faint cry of plover comes from the hill.
From A Cotswold Village by J. Arthur Gibbs
As I write, the rooks are cawing in the church-yard elms, disputing and chattering like a set of busy prosaic burghers.
From Chronicles of the Schonberg-Cotta Family by Elizabeth Rundle Charles
Dogs are tracing thro' the grass, Crows are cawing round the chimneys, In and out among the washing Goes the West at hide-and-seek.
From Poems by William Ernest Henley
The rooks are cawing in the elms, the cuckoo's note has been heard in the spinney for some time before these little visitors pass in jerky flight up and down the valley.
From Birds in the Calendar by Frederick G. (Frederick George) Aflalo
The hawk sails high in the sleepy air, The buzzard on wings as strong and fair Circles and stoops 'neath the lazy cloud, And crows in the wood are cawing aloud.
From Blooms of the Berry by Madison J. Cawein
