Example Sentences

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However, some presidents, including Abraham Lincoln and John F. Kennedy, did spare a few fowls in their day.

From Fox News • Nov. 19, 2018

Today, starlings are viewed as the foulest of the fowls, but it wasn’t always this way.

From Salon • Sep. 11, 2016

Expect 1980s carton environments and side-scrolling shooting and racing mechanics to replace the previous sling-shot type battles between the pigs and fowls, except now its Autobirds versus Deceptihogs.

From Washington Times • Sep. 29, 2014

Another time, the group released a flock of turkeys dressed up like Milošević’s wife in a busy shopping district, leading the authorities to chase the fowls all over the neighborhood.

From Slate • Mar. 31, 2014

Taran and Coll raced to the chicken run, too late to catch the fowls.

From "The Book of Three" by Lloyd Alexander