Example sentences for: droppings

How can you use “droppings” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • As for Hoyle and the rest of the skeptics, they were finally won over in 1965, when two scientists at Bell Labs in New Jersey accidentally detected a pervasive microwave hiss that turned out to be the echo of the big bang (at first they thought it was caused by pigeon droppings on their antenna).

  • Most critics say yes, praising the "resonant, body-slamming riffs that will leave you shuddering" (Amy Sciaretto, CMJ ) and the fact that the band's lyrics "make a case that there are still some things worth fighting for" (Will Hermes, Entertainment Weekly ). A few are not impressed: Jim Derogatis of the Chicago Sun-Times calls lead singer Zack de la Rocha "insufferable" and his lyrics "addlepated," and compares his contributions to the band's otherwise excellent music to "rodent droppings at a gourmet dinner."

  • But now Giuliani's attacking this "Sensation" exhibit, which includes: a self-portrait made of its creator's frozen blood; vivisections of dead livestock preserved in formaldehyde; and a painting of a Virgin Mary decorated with elephant droppings.

  • In Gulliver's Travels , the hero closely observes insect droppings and the stinking evacuations of cows, while the horrible Yahoos pelt him with their dung.

  • The Reliable Source's item about an election day get-together of old pols includes this quote from one of them: "If a bomb went off in this place, 50 percent of the country's known supply of [equine droppings] would be destroyed."


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