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noun

eagle

CEFR B2

any of various large keen-sighted diurnal birds of prey noted for their broad wings and strong soaring flight

In a sentence

Six example sentences with eagle, each labelled with its topic.

  • Rangers count every eagle nest along the river each March, since a lost pair usually means a lost territory.

    Environment

  • He waited nine mornings in the blind before an eagle finally settled on the dead cottonwood within lens range.

    Photography

  • Our guide pointed to an eagle circling above the fjord, so far up it looked like a fleck of ash.

    Travel

  • An eagle can spot a rabbit from two miles away, thanks to a retina packed with far more receptors than ours.

    Science

  • Audubon painted the eagle life size on a huge sheet, with a fish gripped in one talon.

    Art

  • Tennyson's short poem watches an eagle on a crag before it falls like a thunderbolt toward the sea.

    Literature

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