Example Sentences

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The area beside Bloody Bridge Valley, where firefighters tackled a two mile long fire, is a "very important" breeding ground for skylarks.

From BBC • Apr. 11, 2025

Grasshoppers, sand lizards, nightingales, and skylarks that are declining or threatened elsewhere have been found thriving in the city’s green spaces.

From Science Magazine • Nov. 2, 2022

Two skylarks sing and flit above his hat.

From Reuters • Jul. 25, 2019

As kites and skylarks fly above his fields, Cherry says he first became interested in conservation agriculture – or no-till farming – after speaking to others who were trying it.

From The Guardian • Apr. 24, 2019

Sometimes we sit together the way we did a thousand years ago and we don’t say a word but just listen to the thrushes and the skylarks.

From "How I Live Now" by Meg Rosoff