PARTRIDGE in a Sentence

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Example sentences for PARTRIDGE, such as:
1. The huntsman sent a beater ahead to scare out the partridge.
2. Two hours after he again landed at Pianosa, where he was assured that red partridges abounded.
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Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
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 Meanings and Examples of PARTRIDGE
partridge
 n.  heavy-bodied small-winged South American game bird resembling a gallinaceous bird but related to the ratite birds
 n.  a popular North American game bird; named for its call
Classic Sentence:
1  A partridge, indeed, with a brood of ten behind her, ran forward threateningly, but soon repented of her fierceness, and clucked to her young ones not to be afraid.
The Scarlet Letter By Nathaniel Hawthorne
Context  Highlight   In XVIII. A FLOOD OF SUNSHINE
2  Quite an elegant dish of fish; the kidney-end of a loin of veal, roasted; fried sausage-meat; a partridge, and a pudding.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 17. SOMEBODY TURNS UP
3  Two hours after he again landed at Pianosa, where he was assured that red partridges abounded.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 31. Italy: Sinbad the Sailor.
4  The sport was bad; Franz only succeeded in killing a few partridges, and, like every unsuccessful sportsman, he returned to the boat very much out of temper.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 31. Italy: Sinbad the Sailor.
5  A fat marmot, flanked by white partridges and heather-cocks, was turning on a long spit before the fire; on the stove, two huge carps from Lake Lauzet and a trout from Lake Alloz were cooking.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: CHAPTER I—THE EVENING OF A DAY OF WALKING
6  And he pursued his road, walking rapidly straight ahead, and with almost an air of certainty, with the sagacity of a fox scenting a covey of partridges.
Les Misérables 2 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 3: CHAPTER X—HE WHO SEEKS TO BETTER HIMSELF MAY RENDER HIS S...
7  These insects were as large as partridges: I took out their stings, found them an inch and a half long, and as sharp as needles.
Gulliver's Travels 1 By Jonathan Swift
Context  Highlight   In PART 2: CHAPTER III.
Example Sentence:
1  The huntsman sent a beater ahead to scare out the partridge.