On this page you'll find 10+ example sentences with Flocks. Discover the meaning, how to use the word correctly in a sentence.
Flocks meaning
plural of flock
Using Flocks
- The main meaning on this page is: plural of flock
- In the example corpus, flocks often appears in combinations such as: flocks of, their flocks, in flocks.
Context around Flocks
- Average sentence length in these examples: 23.9 words
- Position in the sentence: 4 start, 12 middle, 4 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Flocks
- In this selection, "flocks" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 23.9 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, large, saw, form, received and having stand out and add context to how "flocks" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include and tima flocks received for and flocks and flocks of ducks. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "flocks" sits close to words such as acumen, agri and ajayi, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with flocks
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Later, the flocks of birds, blood-red globules and spiky strawberries. (11 words)
Not many people know that gators gather in flocks when it's time to migrate. (15 words)
There’s a shortage of baby chicks because of high demand to replace slaughtered flocks. (15 words)
As far as St Helena is concerned, the risk is primarily to our poultry flocks and other resident birds of note such as seabirds and the endemic wirebird, although the latter two categories should in theory be little affected. (39 words)
Jess and Marcus Gray use two Border Collies, named Trip and Dot, to herd their flocks as well as having a Great Pyrenees named Myra live with the flock in order to protect the sheep. (35 words)
B.C.'s commercial poultry sector has been damaged by avian flu outbreaks in recent years, with about 6.4 million birds in domestic flocks having been culled since the spring of 2022. (33 words)
Example sentences (20)
Then they get up and move around, and I saw flocks and flocks of ducks then.
During the non-breeding season they may form flocks of between 20 and 25 birds, citation although the lesser rhea forms smaller flocks than this.
As far as St Helena is concerned, the risk is primarily to our poultry flocks and other resident birds of note such as seabirds and the endemic wirebird, although the latter two categories should in theory be little affected.
However, producers have kept their biosecurity tight for several years, and there is little more that the steps they have already taken to try to keep the virus out of their flocks.
I did not see large flocks of ducks because they came in later after I had left.
Industry officials say egg supplies have bounced back as the spread of avian influenza has slowed and flocks of laying hens have been rebuilt.
It is sure to draw flocks of crowds as Branson's company launches two shoebox-sized satellites on behalf of the UK government on a rocket called LauncherOne.
Jess and Marcus Gray use two Border Collies, named Trip and Dot, to herd their flocks as well as having a Great Pyrenees named Myra live with the flock in order to protect the sheep.
Later, the flocks of birds, blood-red globules and spiky strawberries.
Not many people know that gators gather in flocks when it's time to migrate.
Reduced costs of transforming fleece into coats redistributed the returns from estates rented to small crop growers to hiring a few shepherds to tend vast flocks.
Selkirk-based Texel breeders Gordon and David Gray, of the Ettrick and Tima flocks, received for a gimmer by Claybury Dunkirk, scanned with twins to Sadlerhead Frank the Tank.
The flocks of partridge that ran across the snow from the roadsides headed for frosty grass.
The guidance asks poultry owners to increase safety precautions and biosecurity practices, monitor their flocks for illness, and report any sick or dead birds to the State Veterinarian’s Office.
There’s a shortage of baby chicks because of high demand to replace slaughtered flocks.
The reserve acts as an important stopover for large flocks of herons during migration, BirdLife said.
These lambs were from the prize-winning flocks of Valais Blacknose Sheep Northumberland and Valais Blacknose Sheep Cheshire.
They traveled in large flocks of about 300 and were quite abundant all over America, inhabiting a significant portion of the eastern United States.
A Stonegate spokesperson said: 'The care and welfare of our flocks are of the utmost importance to us and we take allegations of mistreatment of birds very seriously.
B.C.'s commercial poultry sector has been damaged by avian flu outbreaks in recent years, with about 6.4 million birds in domestic flocks having been culled since the spring of 2022.
Common combinations with flocks
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- flocks of 43×
- their flocks 20×
- in flocks 12×
- flocks and 11×
- the flocks 10×
- and flocks 7×
- flocks in 6×
- large flocks 5×
- poultry flocks 4×
- flocks are 4×