Used in a Sentence

owls

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for owls.

Editorial note

Rats are attracted to weed, and growers put out Decon to kill them, which eventually kills the owls.

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Definitions4
Parts of speech1

Quick take

an indie rock band from Chicago, Illinois.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of owls gathered in one view.

N

an indie rock band from Chicago, Illinois.

N

the debut studio album by American rock band Owls, which was released on July 31, 2001, through Jade Tree.

N

"Owls" is the fifteenth episode of the second season of the American crime-thriller television series Millennium.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for owls.

N

an indie rock band from Chicago, Illinois.

N

the debut studio album by American rock band Owls, which was released on July 31, 2001, through Jade Tree.

N

"Owls" is the fifteenth episode of the second season of the American crime-thriller television series Millennium.

N

a symphonic poem by the German-American composer André Previn.

Example sentences

1

Rats are attracted to weed, and growers put out Decon to kill them, which eventually kills the owls.

2

It still works surprisingly well because interplanetary owls are kind of fun, maybe, for some people.

3

A lot of is to work around the limitations imposed - like not negatively impacting the habitat of burrowing owls.

4

Many people become night owls when they get disconnected from normal society (studying/working alone for more than a few days).

5

A machine can be given enough resources to have the scan of a tree full of owls - no single driver can.

6

The post I was replying to said they thought Computer and Math workers would be more night owls.

7

Crazy question for the night owls in here: I frequently find I can concentrate more in a dark environment.

8

The idea that people are statically night owls or early birds seems silly.

9

So people are night owls to abuse the tiredness of the early risers?

10

BTW, he works in the same lab as the people who publishes the early birds/night owls paper featured on HN a few months ago.

11

On the other hand, I can't find a reference to Wer being an owl sound, rather Owls say hoe-hoe in German.

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The other owls (82, 83, and 84 within Seattle) were also slated to be cut and Seattle ponied up $500,000 from its coffers to keep them going.

Quote examples

1

That was "Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole".

2

I expected to see more night owls in the "Computer and mathematical" category, but it looks like we're more conventional than the average.

3

We turned LinkedIn endorsements into a trivia game at one office: "Hey Bob, do you know why owls can turn their heads 270 degrees?" "Uh, because they can't move their eyes?" That's a Wildlife Biology endorsement right there.

4

"I wonder WHO is the owl here." So it seems that in German, owls make the sound "WER", rather than "Hoo", but wer also means who in German.

Proper noun examples

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Owls are known to swim from time to time, particularly when they are injured.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use owls in a sentence?

Rats are attracted to weed, and growers put out Decon to kill them, which eventually kills the owls.

What does owls mean?

an indie rock band from Chicago, Illinois.

What part of speech is owls?

owls is commonly used as N.