Example sentences for: larks

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

  • The animal kingdom provided a rich source: Gallos (gallo cock or rooster) either sang well or had active sexual lives, Gazzas and Gazzanis (gazza magpie) and Malpighis ( male bad, piga a dialect word for magpie) made a habit of gossiping or collecting things, and many Calendris and Calandrinos ( calandra lark) were so named because people believed larks to be remarkably witless.

  • For instance, those who are curious about collective nouns (like gaggle of geese, pride of lions ) are referred to Ruth Rendell's An Unkindness of Ravens and James Lipton's An Exaltation of Larks , but no mention is made of Ivan G. Speakes's Dictionary of Collective Nouns , Gale Research Company, 1975, which is not only the most comprehensive work on the subject but provides citations, as well.


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