How to Use fledgling in a Sentence

fledgling

noun
  • The city was a hotbed for the fledgling genre at the time.
    — Elias Leight, Billboard, 2 Apr. 2025
  • The fledgling event took place on two stages on a single block in the Gaslamp.
    — George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 June 2024
  • The loss snapped New Pal’s fledgling three-game win streak.
    — Rob Peeters, The Indianapolis Star, 23 Jan. 2021
  • The owl had come to the zoo as a fledgling 13 years earlier.
    — Dennis Romero, NBC News, 24 Feb. 2024
  • And the fledglings aren’t the only ones who benefit from the rescue.
    — Jessica Bishopp, The New Yorker, 8 Nov. 2023
  • Some species of birds will feign a broken wing to draw a predator away from their fledglings.
    — Harvey Whitehouse, WIRED, 23 Jan. 2025
  • Vedder moved to Seattle in 1990 to join the then-fledgling Pearl Jam.
    — George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Feb. 2022
  • For the fledgling filmmaker, the project is both labor of love and a dream come true.
    — Tribune News Service, Hartford Courant, 12 June 2024
  • Invasive mammals, like rodents, are known to feed on the eggs and fledglings of the Azores bullfinch.
    — Anne Pinto-Rodrigues, Smithsonian Magazine, 14 Sep. 2023
  • Saleh was well known for his support of fledgling techies.
    — Zenebou Sylla, CNN, 25 June 2024
  • Koepka looks to become the first two-time winner on the fledgling tour formed last spring and in its 11th event, the ninth for the 32-year-old.
    — Edgar Thompson, Orlando Sentinel, 1 Apr. 2023
  • The canker fungus lives on in the inner bark of fledgling trees and encircles the stem.
    — Paul Smaglik, Discover Magazine, 4 Oct. 2024
  • The male reared his head toward the fledgling, the breeze gently tugging at their plumage.
    — Alexander Aciman, The New Yorker, 5 Apr. 2021
  • Seventy-one of the nests – or 65% – failed to produce an eaglet to the fledgling stage.
    — Paul A. Smith, Journal Sentinel, 19 Nov. 2022
  • Why does Visa care about this fledgling, zany part of the economy at all?
    — Robert Hackett, Fortune, 29 Mar. 2021
  • The show also boosted the fledgling career of Paul Robeson, who joined the cast as a fill-in.
    — John Check, WSJ, 21 May 2021
  • Not thinking much of it, the fledgling young actor gave the audition his best and hoped for the best.
    — Rivea Ruff, Essence, 23 Feb. 2022
  • For the fledgling Greta Van Fleet, a band then barely in its teens, the biggest step came on a tiny stage.
    — Brian McCollum, Detroit Free Press, 13 Mar. 2022
  • Along the nearby blocks are a few fledgling breweries, a wine bar and soon a new coffee shop.
    — Ray Mark Rinaldi, The Denver Post, 3 Mar. 2025
  • And her fledgling news site, the Clayton Crescent, saw a flood of readers.
    — Reis Thebault, Washington Post, 10 Nov. 2020
  • One is a fledgling, whose gray, pillowy down is damp and matted.
    — Craig Welch, National Geographic, 13 Jan. 2023
  • But the fledgling tradition of mariachi opera did not die with him.
    — Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Nov. 2023
  • The Breakers joined a third fledgling league in their 12-year history.
    — Joe Eachus, BostonGlobe.com, 18 Sep. 2023
  • The fastest animal on earth made a home of an 11th floor ledge this spring, with three fledglings hatching in early May.
    — Annasofia Scheve, The Enquirer, 28 June 2023
  • At the time, the strategy helped the fledgling watchmaker get his business off the ground.
    — Allen Farmelo, Robb Report, 26 Dec. 2024
  • Power won an event there in 2012 to kick-start his fledgling career.
    — Ron Kroichick, San Francisco Chronicle, 4 Feb. 2022
  • The hope is that Schwartz can bring out the best in the fledgling bunch and provide guidance for a unit that floundered at times during the 7-10 season.
    — cleveland, 17 Jan. 2023
  • Only money hard-earned as a fledgling lawyer can save them all.
    — David L. Coddon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 July 2023
  • George Washington | $1 bill As the leader of a fledgling nation at a tumultuous time, the nation’s first President had no shortage of challenges.
    — Faith Karimi, CNN Money, 29 Mar. 2025
  • Inevitably, he has been strongly linked with creative director roles beyond his fledgling brand.
    — Luke Leitch, Vogue, 2 Apr. 2025

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