Synonyms

1. grayback
2. greyback
3. calidris canutus

Sentence Examples

1. A knot of girls squawked around him like a flock of hungry pigeons.
2. Satisfied that the knot was secure, she looped the line around several of her fingers, the ornament dangling, and climbed on top of her bed frame, balancing on one foot on the narrow edge of her carved headboard.
3. Her hair was pulled back in a functional knot, and it was difficult to see the color clearly in the dim light of the room, but it seemed darker than it had been when she was younger, the shade now closer to mahogany.
4. For some reason that knowledge made the knot in the pit of my stomach grow larger and pull a little tighter.
5. A moment later Richard knelt next to Jack, his body shaking from the exertion, a cut on his right cheek from a knot in the wood was dripping blood in a steady stream.
6. I tied it in a knot in the front like a shoestring.
7. With his tongue dancing in rhythm with mine, I feel my stomach twisting into a knot, making it harder to breathe.
8. She wound the line around the beam and took extra care with the knot, mindful of the value of the gift.
9. At the sight of his smiling face, a knot inside me loosened.
10. Her hair was in a severe knot, pulled so tightly against her head that it tugged at the skin of her temples.