How do you use Whippoorwill in a sentence? See 2 example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like goatsucker or nightjar, plus the exact meaning.
Whippoorwill meaning
- A nocturnal insectivorous bird of North America (Antrostomus vociferus, syn. Caprimulgus vociferus), a type of nightjar, named after its characteristic call.
- The distinctive call of the above bird.
Synonyms of Whippoorwill
Using Whippoorwill
- The main meaning on this page is: A nocturnal insectivorous bird of North America (Antrostomus vociferus, syn. Caprimulgus vociferus), a type of nightjar, named after its characteristic call. | The distinctive call of the above bird.
- Useful related words include: caprimulgus vociferus, goatsucker, nightjar, caprimulgid.
Context around Whippoorwill
- Average sentence length in these examples: 27.5 words
- Position in the sentence: 0 start, 2 middle, 0 end
- Sentence types: 2 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Whippoorwill
- In this selection, "whippoorwill" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 27.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Recognizable usage signals include butterflies and whippoorwill a bird and he called whippoorwill which overlooked. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "whippoorwill" sits close to words such as aabc, aacr and aacsb, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with whippoorwill
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
He enjoyed his farm and the colonial-style home he built that he called “Whippoorwill,” which overlooked the Mississippi River and the hills between Louisiana and Clarksville. (27 words)
According to Whittmore, many of the rare species that live in the area include moths, butterflies, and whippoorwill, a bird species that has been experiencing a population decline. (28 words)
According to Whittmore, many of the rare species that live in the area include moths, butterflies, and whippoorwill, a bird species that has been experiencing a population decline. (28 words)
He enjoyed his farm and the colonial-style home he built that he called “Whippoorwill,” which overlooked the Mississippi River and the hills between Louisiana and Clarksville. (27 words)
Example sentences (2)
According to Whittmore, many of the rare species that live in the area include moths, butterflies, and whippoorwill, a bird species that has been experiencing a population decline.
He enjoyed his farm and the colonial-style home he built that he called “Whippoorwill,” which overlooked the Mississippi River and the hills between Louisiana and Clarksville.