How do you use Duckling in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like duck, plus the exact meaning.
Duckling meaning
- A young duck.
- A young female duck.
Synonyms of Duckling
Duckling vertaling naar Nederlands
Using Duckling
- The main meaning on this page is: A young duck. | A young duck. | A young female duck.
- Useful related words include: duck.
- Possible Dutch translations are: eendenkuiken, eendenjong, eendje.
- In the example corpus, duckling often appears in combinations such as: ugly duckling, the duckling, duckling is.
Context around Duckling
- Average sentence length in these examples: 23 words
- Position in the sentence: 5 start, 9 middle, 6 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Duckling
- In this selection, "duckling" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 23 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, ugly, labelled, looking, fell, tackles and doesn stand out and add context to how "duckling" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include an ugly duckling and a duckling is a. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "duckling" sits close to words such as abattoirs, abike and ablative, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with duckling
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Once upon a time, there was an ugly duckling. (9 words)
Viewers were also outraged over a scene where a duckling is mutilated. (12 words)
Below, firefighter and council member David Cassidy gives the duckling a goodbye caress. (13 words)
Marcus Henley, operations manager for Hudson Valley Foie Gras duck farm, holds a Moulard duckling, a hybrid farm Peking duck and a South American Muscovy duck in Ferndale, N.Y. The sale of foie gras in New York City is about to be a faux pas. (46 words)
He said after a month and a half, when the duckling has grown enough to be more independent, they will take it to a local rescue centre or Alice’s grandfather’s duck pond. (34 words)
She was a fat child, an ugly duckling, constantly compared by her mother to her more beautiful sister (she never spoke to either for the last three decades of her life). (31 words)
Example sentences (20)
A duckling is a young duck in downy plumage citation or baby duck; citation but in the food trade young adult ducks ready for roasting are sometimes labelled "duckling".
A contemporary said that, looking at the two brothers, it was like comparing a cock pheasant with an ugly duckling.
Below, firefighter and council member David Cassidy gives the duckling a goodbye caress.
One duckling fell from the roof, but was caught by a member of public with a net.
Ugly Duckling tackles themes of social acceptance and liking yourself in a child-friendly, charming manner.
At the time, my restaurant was selling 15 portions of Leith’s duckling a night, which meant using more than 200 birds a month.
Beth’s transformation—not into a swan, exactly, but a better-looking duckling—doesn’t need to be mimicked exactly for the adaptation to work.
He said after a month and a half, when the duckling has grown enough to be more independent, they will take it to a local rescue centre or Alice’s grandfather’s duck pond.
Police said a “disturbing” video posted to social media showed Fowler throwing a duckling out of a vehicle and off the side of the bridge.
And Piper reveals another twist in the duck tale: Despite witnessing an event never before recorded among loons, he held back from banding the duckling.
It’s very possible, Piper suggests, that the strange loon would fail to recognize this duckling as part of a loon family.
Marcus Henley, operations manager for Hudson Valley Foie Gras duck farm, holds a Moulard duckling, a hybrid farm Peking duck and a South American Muscovy duck in Ferndale, N.Y. The sale of foie gras in New York City is about to be a faux pas.
Rather than be a kid’s film variation on the “ugly duckling” theme, Dufault and Krejcí lend an authenticity and complexity that allows the stakes and emotions to rise higher.
Viewers were also outraged over a scene where a duckling is mutilated.
An officer called the reporting party and advised him the ACO was aware of the situation and that the duckling appeared okay.
As a child he remembers noting how “the duckling eventually turned into a swan.
As a duckling, he was always interested in music, but his family did not have a musical background.
Once upon a time, there was an ugly duckling.
She was a fat child, an ugly duckling, constantly compared by her mother to her more beautiful sister (she never spoke to either for the last three decades of her life).
A recent and novel method of melanoma detection is the "ugly duckling sign" citation citation It is simple, easy to teach, and highly effective in detecting melanoma.
Common combinations with duckling
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- ugly duckling 9×
- the duckling 5×
- duckling is 2×